Honors Theses from 2023
Investigating Behavioral Patterns in Birds with Wing Weaponry and Skeletal Weaponization in Two Zenaida Doves, Maia Dykstra
Honors Theses from 2022
Investigating Novel Interactions of Fig4 Toward Insights into Neurodegenerative Diseases, Imran Ali Khan
Honors Theses from 2021
Does Testosterone Facilitate Dynamic Relationships in Lizard Behavior, Morphology, and Physiology?, Lauren E. Johnson
Ablation of Tight Junction ZO-1 in Epithelial Cells, Lindsey Noelle Peng
Novel Function of Yeast Fig4 Could Lead to a Better Understanding of Human Neurodegeneration, Hannah Reeves
Honors Theses from 2020
Female Nesting Site Choice in Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) Lizards: Implication for Embryonic and Post-Hatching Development, Abigail J. Dennis
Influence of RNA-Seq Data Analysis Methods on the Outcome of Transcribing Analyses of Zika Virus Infection in a Baboon Model, Emma Lyda Mask
The Relevance of Shortwave UV-B Radiation to Plant UV-B Associated Responses in Field Conditions, Andrea Nebhut
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN): An Anthropogenic Challenge for Urban Lizard Behavior and Physiology, Laura A. Taylor
Honors Theses from 2019
The Ecology of Dynamic Body Color in the Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, Daisy M. Horr
Use It and Lose It? Behavioral and Energetic Influences on Lizard Tail Autotomy, Amy A. Payne
Maternal Condition Effects Methylation Status of Infants, Heather E. Rizzo
Honors Theses from 2018
The Effect of Exogenous Testosterone on Dominance and Status Signaling in the Female American Goldfinch (Spinus tristus), Danielle R. Freund
The Evolution of Testis Architecture and Sperm Morphology in Anolis Lizards, Hannah R. Hall
The Role of the ZO-1 ZU5 Domain in the Epithelial Tight Junction and Its Interaction With Actin, Addison White
Honors Theses from 2017
Processing of Visual and Social Stimuli in the Green Anole Lizard Brain, Maria Alejandra Jaramillo
The Evolution of Androgen Receptor Expression and Social Behavior in Anolis Lizards, Miguel Angel Webber
Honors Theses from 2015
What makes a lizard invasive? Behavioral and neural correlates of invasion success, Lauren M. Davis
Are corridors effective? A genetic study of Texas Spiny Lizard populations in urban parks of San Antonio, Alyssa A. Fink
Resource value as a mediating factor of aggression during within-sex competition between female Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), Jessica M. Heppard
Honors Theses from 2014
Effects of Mode of Cedar (Juniperus ashei) Removal on Grassland Species Composition in the Texas Hill Country, Cade C. Bradshaw
Analysis of Social Dominance in the Green Anole, Jordan McKenzie Bush
The role of the C-terminus of zonula occludens-1 in the structural reorganization of epithelial cells, Helene L. Nepomuceno
Minimizing the cost of competition in the black-crested titmouse: status signaling, dominance, and foraging behavior, Philip Queller
Convergence in communication behavior and brain morphology in lizards: An evolutionary approach, Christopher D. Robinson
From Competition to Facilitation: Mechanisms of Species Interactions in a Novel World, Erin E. Tansey
Honors Theses from 2013
Invasion of Texas Rangelands by King Ranch Bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum): The Role of Nutrient Availability, Niche Partitioning, and Mycorrhizal Fungi, Claire Afflerbach
THE EFFECT OF VARIATION IN ENDOCRINE MECHANISMS ON NATURAL DISPLAY BEHAVIOR IN CARIBBEAN ANOLIS LIZARDS, Diego Castro
ARE DEWLAP COLOR AND DISPLAY BEHAVIOR HONEST INDICATORS OF MALE QUALITY IN ANOLIS LIZARDS?, Ellee G. Cook
A Stochastic Model for the Development of Complex Bateson- Dobzhanksy-Muller Incompatibilities Incorporating Protein-Protein Interaction Network Structure, Andrius Jonas Dagilis
Honors Theses from 2012
Migration Distance and Sexual Dichromatism: Cost of Migration is Correlated with Reduced Female Coloration in Wood Warblers, Richard K. Simpson
Honors Theses from 2011
Structure-‐function analysis of the C-‐terminal domain, ZU5, of the Zonula Occludens-‐1 protein, Rachel C. Brady
SELEX-Based Identification of Synthetic Binding Sites for Streptomyces acidiscabies 84.104 γ-Butyrolactone Receptors: SabS and SabR., Caitin Nicole Spaulding
Honors Theses from 2010
Preliminary Characterization of a Chicken Serum Hemagglutination Enhancing Factor of Complement: Evolutionary and Functional Perspectives, Brian Michael Malpede
A Molecular Investigation of Inbreeding in Captive Addra Gazelles, Laney Redus
Honors Theses from 2009
Engineering an anaerobic derivative of the obligately aerobic thermophile Thermus thermophilus HB27 for the purposes of studying thermophilic aerobic respiratory chain proteins, Prajit Limsirichai
Honors Theses from 2008
Evidence in the Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway for Variation in Evolutionary Rates, Stephanie A. Anderson
Honors Theses from 2007
Tight junction protein cleavage by Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 results in epithelial barrier dysfunction during cytokine induced inflammation, Christopher Lee Koehler
Honors Theses from 2006
Investigating the Genetic Mating System of the Volcano Mouse, Peromyscus Alstoni, Samantha J. Hammer