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An Integrated Phylogeographic Analysis of the Bantu Migration
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Author
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Ford, Colby
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Mathematics, Genetics
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Description
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"Bantu" is a term used to describe lineages of people in around 600 different ethnic groups on the African continent ranging from modern-day Cameroon to South Africa. The migration of the Bantu people, which occurred around 3,000 years ago, was in...
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Data Mining the Serous Ovarian Tumor Transcriptome
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Author
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Tickle, Timothy
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Date Created
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2011
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics, Genetics
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Description
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Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic cancer in the United States. If caught in early stages, patient survival rate is 94%, late stage survival rates drop to 28%. It is because most cases are caught in late stages that high mortality is se...
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Functional Analysis of Structural Variation in the 2D and 3D Human Genome
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Author
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Nodzak, Conor
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics, Genetics
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Description
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The human genome consists of over 3 billion nucleotides that have an average distance of 3.4 Angstroms between each base, which equates to over two meters of DNA contained within the 125 $\mu m^3$ volume diploid cell nuclei. The dense compaction o...
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GENETIC MECHANISMS OF OZONE TOLERANCE IN SOYBEAN AND METHODS OF EVOLUTIONARY DISTANCE
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Author
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Whaley, Adam
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics, Genetics
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Description
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At ground level, ozone is a pollutant that poses serious risk to both human health and crop yields. In addition to being a vital economic crop in the US and abroad, conventional soybean lines are susceptible to damage caused by ozone exposure. In ...
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Genetic architecture of early vigor traits in wild soybean
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Author
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Song, Bao-Hua, Kofsky, Janice, Zhang, Hengyou
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Subjects--Topical
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Genetics, Genomics, Soybean
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Description
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A worldwide food shortage has been projected as a result of the current increase in global population and climate change. In order to provide sufficient food to feed more people, we must develop crops that can produce higher yields. Plant early vi...
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RECIPROCAL REGULATION OF MYC AND MICRORNA MIR-308 DURING DROSOPHILA EMBRYOGENESIS
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Author
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Daneshvar, Kaveh
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
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Description
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Myc is a conserved transcription factor with a role in the regulation of genes that are involved in growth and development. The abundance of Myc protein in the cells must be exquisitely controlled to avoid growth abnormalities caused by too much o...
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The Carbon Process
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Author
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Gunnink, Andrew
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Creative writing, Genetics, Biology
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Description
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ABSTRACTAndrew Dale Gunnink. The Carbon Process. (Under the direction of Dr. Aaron Gwyn)Mark Bovert is a brilliant geneticist and plant biologist at MIT who is developing an experiment that will attempt to permanently fix the frailties of the huma...
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Title
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The role of the dopaminergic system in the regulation of physical activity in mice
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Author
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Knab, Amy
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Molecular biology, Genetics, Physiology
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Description
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Physical activity (PA) is important to human health, and the genetic and biological regulating factors of physical activity are only beginning to be understood. The dopamine (DA) system has been shown to regulate motivation, and locomotor behavior...
