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An Evolutionary Approach to Predict Human Pathogenic Mutations and Identify Putative Compensatory Sites

Description:
The five-year survival rate in breast cancer patients drops from 99% at Stage I to about 23% at Stage IV. Early detection of diseases such …
Year:
2022
Contributor:
Lai, Jiaying (creator)
Sarkar, Neil (Advisor)
Uzun, Ece (Reader)
Istrail, Sorin (Reader)
Weinreich, Daniel (Reader)
Brown University. Center for Computational Molecular Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Phylogeny
Quantitative genetics
Functional genomics
Collection:
Center for Computational Molecular Biology
Theses and Dissertations
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Communities Within a Community: The Gut Microbiomes of Co-occurring Small Mammals in a Kenyan Savanna

Description:
Abstract of “Communities Within a Community: The Gut Microbiomes of Co-occurring Small Mammals in a Kenyan Savanna” by Bianca R. Palmer Brown, Ph.D., Brown University, …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Brown, Bianca Regina Palmer (creator)
Kartzinel, Tyler (Advisor)
Rand, David (Reader)
Ramachandran, Sohini (Reader)
Weinreich, Daniel (Reader)
Goheen, Jacob (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
ecology
Phylogeny
16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing
shotgun metagenomics
gut microbiome
small mammals
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
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Constructing HIV-1 Transmission Networks in Rhode Island through Phylogenetic Analysis of HIV-1 Whole Genome Sequences

Description:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a global public health challenge, primarily due to its uncontrolled transmission. Analysis of HIV-1 sequence data can lead to phylogenetic …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Won, Cindy Y. (creator)
Kantor, Rami (thesis advisor)
Brown University. Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
HIV (Viruses)
Rhode Island
Phylogeny
Language:
English
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
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CreatureCast - Phylogenies

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JD Laurence-Chasen, a student in Casey Dunn's 2015 Invertebrate Zoology course explains how to read phylogenies. For more information, see: Baum DA, Smith SD, Donovan …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Laurence-Chasen, JD (Creator)
Subject:
CreatureCast
Phylogeny
Collection:
Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Advancing Research Impacts
CreatureCast Archives
Brown University Open Data Collection
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CreatureCast - Phylogenies

Description:
JD Laurence-Chasen, a student in Casey Dunn's 2015 Invertebrate Zoology course explains how to read phylogenies. For more information, see: Baum DA, Smith SD, Donovan …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Laurence-Chasen, JD (Creator)
Subject:
CreatureCast
Phylogeny
Collection:
CreatureCast Archives
Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Advancing Research Impacts
Brown University Open Data Collection
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The evolution of cone and seed size in serotinous conifers

Description:
Serotiny, or the retention of seeds on a parent plant, is a dispersal strategy seen across many groups of plants. Serotiny may be correlated with …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Swarup, Karishma (creator)
Leslie, Andrew B. (advisor)
Brown University. Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (research program)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Cupressaceae
Conifers
Pine cones
Seeds > Dispersal
Phylogeny
Collection:
Summer Research Symposium
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Evolutionary transitions within Echinodermata

Description:
Echinodermata is a very rich group of organisms which is comprised of sea urchins, sea stars, brittle stars, sea lilies and sea cucumbers, and as …
Year:
2014
Contributor:
Reich, Adrian (creator)
Wessel, Gary (Director)
Dunn, Casey (Reader)
Johnson, Mark (Reader)
Mowry, Kimberly (Reader)
Cameron, Andrew (Reader)
Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Echinoderms
transcriptome
Echinodermata
Developmental biology
Phylogeny
Language:
English
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Theses and Dissertations
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Improving Information Propagation in Phylogenetic Workflows

Description:
Despite the enormous amount of biological variation and technical uncertainty in sequence data, most phylogenetic workflows propagate a single point estimate throughout the numerous analysis …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Guang, August (creator)
Lawrence, Charles (Advisor)
Dunn, Casey (Reader)
Lewis, Paul (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Applied Mathematics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
HIV/AIDS
Probability
Computational biology
Phylogeny
Collection:
Applied Mathematics
Theses and Dissertations
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Opposing spatial gradients in the abundance and diversity of woody plants and large herbivores in a semi-arid African savanna

Description:
The resource specialization hypothesis posits that all consumers exhibit some degree of specialization and thus more diverse plant communities should support a greater diversity of …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Freeman, Patrick Tyler (creator)
Kartzinel, Tyler (Advisor)
Witman, Jon (Reader)
Kellner, James (Reader)
Porder, Stephen (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Animals
Phylogeny
Spatial data
Savanna ecology
Plants
Scouting cameras
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
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Phylogenetic and Phenotypic Studies of the Extremophile Chroococcidiopsis (Cyanobacterium). A Foundation for Synthetic Biology in Space.

Description:
Understanding the mechanisms used by organisms living in extreme environments on Earth is a first step towards rationally designing organisms for living in space. The …
Year:
2012
Contributor:
Cumbers, John Robert (creator)
Tatar, Marc (Director)
Rothschild, Lynn (Director)
Dunn, Casey (Reader)
Patterson, David (Reader)
Weinreich, Daniel (Reader)
Wessel, Gary (Reader)
Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Chroococcidiopsis
extremophile
halophile
halophyly
halotolerance
moderate halophile
phylogenetics
Pleurocapsales
salt tolerance
radiation resistance
UV tolerance
ISRU
BISRU
in situ resource utilization
biological in situ resource utilization
Cyanobacteria
Extreme environments--Microbiology
Halophilic organisms
Phylogeny
Radiation tolerance
Synthetic biology
Language:
English
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Theses and Dissertations
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Population Structure and Phylogeography of the Northern Acorn Barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides

Description:
I use the whole mitochondrial genome of the northern acorn barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides, to investigate population structure and historical demography across its geographic range. I …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Ferranti, David (creator)
Rand, David (thesis advisor)
Witman, Jon (reader)
Brown University. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biology
Mitochondrial DNA
Population genetics--Mathematical models
Biogeography
Phylogeny
Language:
English
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
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Tumor Phylogeny Reconstruction from DNA Sequencing Data

Description:
Cancer is an evolutionary process where cells acquire somatic mutations over time. As a result of this process, tumors are often highly heterogeneous — containing …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Satas, Gryte (creator)
Raphael, Benjamin (Advisor)
Ramachandran, Sohini (Reader)
Shah, Sohrab (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Computer Science (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Genomics
DNA sequencing
Cancer
Algorithms
Phylogeny
Evolution
Collection:
Computer Science
Theses and Dissertations
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Untangling the evolution of CAM photosynthesis within Australian Calandrinia (Montiaceae)

Description:
Most important organismal adaptations are not actually single traits, but complex trait syndromes that are evolutionarily integrated into a single emergent phenotype. In plants, crassulacean …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Hancock, Lillian Pine (creator)
Edwards, Erika (Advisor)
Kellner, James (Reader)
Weinwreich, Daniel (Reader)
Holstum, Joseph (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Phylogeny
Photosynthesis
Caryophyllales
Portulacineae
Succulence
Crassulacean acid metabolism
C4 photosynthesis
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
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