Graduate Student Theses

Boyer Lab

• Austin Biery, M.S. 1996. Association of the beta 3-adrenergic receptor polymorphism with obesity in Native Alaskans.
• Qun Chen, M.S. 1996. Elucidation of cold-inducible and tissue-specific protein-DNA interactions in the S1 flanking region of the mouse uncoupling protein gene by in vivo footprinting.

Button Lab

• Xiaoming Zhao, (PhD. yr?) Microbial diversity in Interior Alaska lakes.

Cook Lab

• Suzette (Durall) Mouchaty, M.S. 1993. Phylogenetic analysis of northern hair seals based on nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene.
• Ellen Weintraub Lance, M.S. 1995. Phylogeography and the island syndrome in the tundra vole (Microtus oeconomus).
• Guillermo D'Elia, M.S. 1996. Universidad de la Republica, Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo. Geographic variation in the polymorphic Ctenomys rionegrensis (Rodentia: Octodontidae)complex: evidence from cytochrome b haplotypes and allozymes.
• Chris Conroy, PhD. 1998. Molecular phylogenetics of arvicoline rodents.
• John Demboski, PhD. 1999. Molecular systematics and biogeography of long-tailed shrews (Insectivora: Sorex) and northern flying squirrels (Rodentia:Glaucomys).
• Karen Stone, PhD. 2000. The evolution of insular populations of marten (Martes americana).
• Allison Bidlack, M.S. 2000. Phylogeography and population genetics of northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) in Southeast Alaska.
• Amy Runck, M.S. 2000. Molecular and morphological perspectives on the post-glacial colonization of Clethrionomys rutilus and C. gapperi in Southeast Alaska.
• John Levno-Chythlook, M.S. 2000. Stickleback differentiation in Bristol Bay.
• Kurt Galbreath, M.S. 2001. Molecular phylogeography of the tundra vole (Microtus oeconomus) in Beringia.
• Eric Waltari, (M.S. yr?). Biogeography of Arctic Hares.

Happ Lab

• Zhengyu Wei (PhD. yr?). Genetic diversity at major histocompatibility complex (MHC) loci in a variety of mammal species in Alaska.

McCracken Lab

K. O'Brien Lab

L. Olson Lab

M. Olson Lab

Plumley Lab

• Zhang Hua, (M.S. yr? ). Identification and characterization of the gene family encoding the light harvesting complex proteins (fucoxanthin-chlorophyll a/c) in the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis.

Schulte Lab

Sedinger Lab

• Pam Svete, M.S. 1999. Male behavior and paternity in Brant.

Shields Lab

• Pam Groves, PhD. 1995. The takin and muskox: a molecular and ecological evaluation of relationship.
• Jeff Simonson, M.S. 1997. Genetic evidence for a Beringian bottleneck in northern Native Americans during the late Pleistocene.

Winker Lab

• Garth Spellman, M.S. 2000. Molecular phylogenetics of the Bombycillidae and Limosa (Scolopacidae).
• Christin Pruett, PhD. 2002. Phylogeography and population genetic structure of Beringian landbirds.
• James Maley, M.S. 2006.
• Carrie Topp, M.S. 2008.
• Mathew Miller (PhD. in progress)
• Elizabeth Humphries (M.S. in progress)
• Jack Withrow (M.S. in progress)

Wolf Lab

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