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2012

Development of a genetic marker to distinguish between Pulex irritans and Pulex simulans, two potential flea vectors of plague transmission, C. R. Kearl, L. Uribe Mendoza, K. L. Gage, J. A. Montenieri, and Scott A. Bernhardt; National Conference on Undergraduate Research

The relationship between conidial dose, moulting and insect developmental stage on the susceptibility of cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii, to conidia of Lecanicillium attenuatum, an entomopathogenic fungus., J. J. Kim and Donald W. Roberts; Biocontrol Science and Technology

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Investigating Human Impact in the Environment With Faded Scaffolded Inquiry Supported by Technologies, D. T. Longhurst, M. Longhurst, A. M. Duffy, and Paul G. Wolf; Science Activities

Root-knot nematodes in golfcourse greens of the Western United States, M. McClure, Claudia Nischwitz, A. Skantar, S. Subbotin, and Martin P. Schilling; Plant Disease

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Mode of Inheritance of Increased Host Acceptance in a Seed Beetle, Frank J. Messina and N. M. Peña; Bulletin of Entomological Research

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Widespread Triploidy in Western North American Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Karen E. Mock, Colin M. Callahan, M. Nurul Islam-Faridi, John D. Shaw, Hardeep S. Rai, Stewart C. Sanderson, Carol A. Rowe, Ronald J. Rye, Michael D. Madritch, Richard S. Gardner, and Paul G. Wolf; PLoS ONE

Chlorosis of pines, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

Plant pathology, Claudia Nischwitz

Post-harvest storage diseases, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

Post-harvest storage diseases of onion in Utah, Claudia Nischwitz

Root-knot nematodes in vegetables and ornamentals, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

Root-knot nematodes of turfgrass, Claudia Nischwitz

Streptomycin resistance survey, Claudia Nischwitz

Take-all patch of turf, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

Thrips food sources and IYSV hosts in the Utah farmscape, Claudia Nischwitz

Tomato diseases, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

What is fire blight and how to manage it, Claudia Nischwitz

Wheat stripe rust, Claudia Nischwitz; Agriculture News Spring

Pink root disease of onion, Claudia Nischwitz and C. Dhiman

Distribution andsurvival of Iris yellow spot virus in spiny sowthistle, Sonchus asper (L.) Hill, Claudia Nischwitz, R. Srinivasan, S. Sundaraj, S. Mullis, B. McInnes, and R. Gitaitis; Plant Disease

Vegetation and Moisture Controls on Soil C Mineralization in Semi-Arid Environments, U. P. Norton, P. Saetre, T. D. Hooker, and John M. Stark; Soil Science Society of America Journal

Culture of Metarhizium robertsii on salicylic-acid supplemented medium induces increased conidial thermotolerance, but not UV-B tolerance, D. E. N. Rangel, E. K. K. Fernandes, Anne J. Anderson, and Donald W. Roberts; Fungal Biology

The Absence of Detectable Fetal Microchimerism in Nontransgenic Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) Bearing Transgenic Offspring, H. B. Steinkraus, H. Rothfuss, Justin A. Jones, E. Dissen, E. Shefferly, and R. V. Lewis; Journal of Animal Science

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An improved competitive inhibition enzymatic immunoassay method for tetrodotoxin quantification, James P. Strange, Becky L. Williams, and Susannah S. French; Biological Procedures Online

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Silkworms Transformed with Chimeric Silkworm/Spider Silk Genes Spin Composite Silk Fibers with Improved Mechanical Properties, Florence Joe Teulé, Yun-Gen Miao, Bong-Hee Sohn, Young-Soo Kim, J. Hull, Malcolm J. Fraser, Randolph V. Lewis, and Donald L. Jarvis; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

The effect of pre-dispersal seed predation and fungal infection on seed production and seed survival of Luehea seemannii in Panama, Pimonrat Tiansawat, Noelle G. Beckman, and James W. Dalling; 2013 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting

A meta-analysis of climatic and chemical controls on leaf litter decay rates in tropical forests., Bonnie G. Waring; Ecosystems

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Methodological Tools, Ethan P. White, Xiao Xiao, J. B. Nick, and Richard M. Sibly

Plant Genome Diversity, Paul G. Wolf; Plant Genome Diversity

Genomics of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria, Paul G. Wolf and K. G. Karol; Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration

Linking Mate Choice to Hearing and Ear Structure in Engystymops (Physalaemus) petersi, Molly C. Womack, Christian Brandt, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, and Kim L. Hoke; Evolution

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Strong self-limitation promotes the persistence ofrare species, G. M. Yenni, P. B. Adler, and S.K. Morgan Ernest; Ecology

2011

Inducing β-Sheets Formation in Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers by Aqueous Post-Spin Stretching, Bo V. An, Michael B. Hinman, Gregory P. Holland, Jeffery L. Yarger, and Randolph Lewis; Biomacromolecules

Morphology and Putative Function of the Colon and Cloaca of Marine and Freshwater Snakes, Leslie S. Babonis, Molly C. Womack, and David H. Evans; Journal of Morphology

Air and water quality concerns along the Wasatch Front: Science for sustainability, Michelle A. Baker; Sunrise Session sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Utah, Salt Lake City

Ceci n’est pas une pipe: understanding nutrient transport and removal processes in rivers, Michelle A. Baker; Global Change and Ecosystems Center, University of Utah

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The Selaginella Genome Identifies Changes in Gene Content Associated With the Evolution of Vascular Plants, J. A. Banks, T. Nishiyama, M. Hasebe, J. L. Bowman, M. Gribskov, C. dePamphilis, and Paul G. Wolf; Science

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Linking fruit traits to variation in predispersal vertebrate seed predation, insect seed predation, and pathogen attack, Noelle G. Beckman and Helene C. Muller-Landau; Ecology

Phylogenetic relationships among populations of the primary arthropod vector of plague to humans, Scott A. Bernhardt, William C. Black IV, J. A. Montenieri, and K. L. Gage; International conference on diseases in Nature Communicable to Man

Changes in Ligand-Biased Signaling Is Associated With Opioid Tolerance, Erin N. Bobeck; International Narcotics Research Conference

Lack of Cross-Tolerance Between Different Mu-Opioid Receptor Agonists Following Repeated Microinjections Into the Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray, Erin N. Bobeck, Susan L. Ingram, and Michael M. Morgan; Society for Neuroscience Conference

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Loss-of-Function of Constitutive Expresser of Pathogenesis Related Genes5 Affects Potassium Homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana, Monica Borghi, Ana Rus, and David E. Salt; PLoS ONE

Elucidating Metabolic Pathways for Amino Acid Incorporation into Dragline Spider Silk Using 13C Enrichment and Solid State NMR, Melinda Creager, Thomas Izdebski, Amanda E. Brooks, and Randolph V. Lewis; Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Primula cusickiana var. maguirei (Primulaceae), J. B. Davidson and Paul G. Wolf; Western North American Naturalist

Survey and detection of the western black-legged tick and the Lyme-causing bacteria, R. S. Davis, Scott A. Bernhardt, and Ricardo A. Ramirez; Entomological Society of America

Fern Transcriptomes, Joshua P. Der and Paul G. Wolf; The International Plant and Animal Genome Conference

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De novo Characterization of the Gametophyte Transcriptome in Bracken Fern, Pteridium Aquilinum, J. P. Der, M. S. Barker, N. J. Wickett, C. W. dePamphilis, and Paul G. Wolf; BMC Genomics

The Virtual Population Genetics (VPG) Simulation System: An Example of Learning 'With' Cyber-enabled Technologies in Science Classrooms, A. M. Duffy, D. T. Campbell, and Paul G. Wolf; The National Science Teachers Association Research Dissemination Conference, San Francsico, CA

An Intensive Search for Promising Fungal Biological Control Agents of Ticks, Particularly Rhipicephalus Microplus, Éverton K. K. Fernandes, Isabele C. Angelo, Drauzio E. N. Rangel, Thiago C. Bahiense, Áurea M. L. Moraes, Donald W. Roberts, and Vânia R. E. P. Bittencourt; Veterinary Parasitology

Rapid Evolution of Lifespan in a Novel Environment: Sex-Specific Responses and Underlying Genetic Architecture, Charles W. Fox, J. D. Wagner, S Cline, F. A. Thomas, and Frank J. Messina; Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Analysis of Antinociceptive Efficacy Following Microinjection of Mu-Opioid Receptor Agonists Into the Pag of the Rat, Rachel A. Haseman, Erin N. Bobeck, Susan L. Ingram, and Michael M. Morgan; International Narcotics Research Conference

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Relative Changes in KrillAbundance Inferred from Antarctic Fur Seal, T. Huang, L. Sun, John M. Stark, Y. Wang, Z. Cheng, Q. Yang, and S. Sun; PLoS ONE

Thinking big to conserve and restore the Columbia River Basin, Nancy J. Huntly; American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting

Native and exotic plants sagebrush steppe produced by geomorphic processes versus land use, Nancy J. Huntly, R Bangert, and S E. Hanser; Plant Ecology

Investigations of Defensive Steroid Sequestration by the Asian Snake Rhabdophis Tigrinus, Deborah A. Hutchinson, Alan H. Savitzky, Akira Mori, Gordan M. Burghardt, Jerrold Meinwald, and Frank C. Schroeder; Chemoecology

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Simple structural differences between coding and noncodingDNA, Kenneth J. Locey and Ethan P. White; PLOS One

Archaeology as long-term ecology: the dynamics of humans and marine ecosystems in the North Pacific, H Maschner, J Dunne, B Finney, Nancy J. Huntly, J Jordan, N Mistarti, K Reedy-Maschner, R Russell, and S Wood; American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Annual Meeting

Egg-Dumping Behavior is not Correlated with Wider Host Acceptance in the Seed Beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) , Frank J. Messina and Charles W. Fox; Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Inheritance of Traits Mediating a Major Host Shift by a Seed Beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), Frank J. Messina and Jake C. Jones; Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Developing Quality Learning Outcomes for your Courses, A. Miniciello and Lianna K. Etchberger; Developing Quality Learning Outcomes for your Courses

Nuchal Glands: A Novel Defensive System in Snakes, Akira Mori, Gordon M. Burghardt, Alan H. Savitzky, Kathleen A. Roberts, Deborah A. Hutchinson, and Richard C. Goris; Chemoecology

Alfalfa stem nematodes, Claudia Nischwitz

Controlling necrotic ring spot and other turf diseases in Utah, Claudia Nischwitz

Fuego bacteriano del manzano y el peral (Erwinia amylovora), Claudia Nischwitz

Fungicide resistance, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

Management of IYSV by targeting thrips reproductive hosts and IYSV reservoirs in the farmscape - New research project, Claudia Nischwitz

Necrotic ring spot and other lawns diseases and how to manage them in Utah landscapes, Claudia Nischwitz

Peach leaf curl, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

Plant pathology, Claudia Nischwitz

Powdery mildew in your backyard - part 1, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

Powdery mildew in your backyard - part 2, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News

Results of streptomycin resistance survey, Claudia Nischwitz

Snow mold, Claudia Nischwitz; Turfgrass IPM advisory

Peach leaf curl disease, Claudia Nischwitz, B. Black, and M. Pace

Thousand cankers disease of walnut, Claudia Nischwitz and M. Murray

Beet curly top disease (Curtoviruses) in spinach and table beets inArizona, Claudia Nischwitz and M. Olsen

Effects of seed treatment fungicides and seed vigor on cotton seedling stand and yield in southeastern Arizona in 2009 and 2010, M. Olsen, Claudia Nischwitz, and R. Norton; Arizona Cotton Report

Aspen Transcriptomes, H. S. Rai, Paul G. Wolf, B. Richardson, R. Cronn, and K. E. Mock; The International Plat and Animal Genome Conference

Visible Light During Mycelial Growth and Conidiation of Meterhizium Robertsii Produces Conidia With Increased Stress Tolerance, Drauzio E. N. Rangel, Éverton K. K. Fernandes, Gilberto U. L. Braga, and Donald W. Roberts; FEMS Microbiology Letters

Variation in abovegroundforestbiomass across broad climatic gradients, J. C. Stegen, N. G. Swenson, B. J. Enquist, Ethan P. White, O. L. Phillips, P. M. Jorgensen, M. D. Weiser, A. M. Mendoza, and P. Nunez Vargas; Global Ecology and Biogeography

Combining Flagelliform and Dragline Spider Silk Motifs to Produce Tunable Synthetic Biopolymer Fibers, Florence W. Teulé, Bennett Addison, Alyssa R. Cooper, Joel Ayon, Robert Henning, Chris J. Benmore, Gregory P. Holland, Jeffery L. Yarger, and Randolph V. Lewis; Biopolymers

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Species compositionand abundance of mammalian communities, K. M. Thibault, S. R. Supp, M. Griffin, Ethan P. White, and S.K. Morgan Ernest; Ecology

Multimodality in the Individual Size Distributions of Bird Communities, K. M. Thibault, Ethan P. White, A. H. Hurlbert, and S.K. Morgan Ernest; Global Ecology and Biogeography

Use of Coconut as an Oviposition Site By a Neotropical Harvestmen (Opilinoes, Cranaidae), Victor R. Townsend, Jr.; Daniel N. Proud; Alan H. Savitzky; and Merry V. Marshall; Living World

Professional Responsibility, Diversity and Teaching Excellence: So What, D. Vernon, M. Cuch, L. Schultz, Lianna K. Etchberger, J. Barta, S. Edbert, and P. Perez; Professional Responsibility, Diversity and Teaching Excellence: So What

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Dissimilatory nitrate reductionpathways in an oligotrophic aquatic ecosystem: spatial and temporal trends, I. J. Washbourne, C. L. Crenshaw, and Michelle A. Baker; Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Talk and Poster Given for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Becky L. Williams

Ontogeny ofTetrodotoxin Levels in Blue-ringed Octopuses: Maternal Investment and ApparentIndependent Production in Offspring of Hapalochlaena Lunulata, Becky L. Williams, C. T. Hanifin, Edmund D. Brodie Jr., and R. L. Caldwell; Journal of Chemical Ecology

ChemicalDefense in Pelagic Octopus Paralarvae: Tetrodotoxin Alone Does Not ProtectIndividual Paralarvae of the Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena Lunulata)From Common Reef Predators, Becky L. Williams, V. Lovenburg, C. L. Huffard, and R. L. Caldwell; Chemoecology

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The Evolution of Chloroplast Genes and Genomes in Ferns, Paul G. Wolf, J. P. Der, A. M. Duffy, J. B. Davidson, A. L. Grusz, and K. M. Pryer; Plant Molecular Biology

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On the use of log-transformation vs. nonlinear regression for analyzing biological power-laws, Xiao Xiao, Ethan P. White, M. B. Hooten, and Susan L. Durham; Ecology

Dynamics ofnitrate production and removal as a function of residence time in the hyporheiczone: a 15N tracer study, J. P. Zarnetske, R. D. Haggerty, S. M. Wondzell, and Michelle A. Baker; Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences

Labile dissolvedorganic carbon supply limits hyporheic denitrification, J. P. Zarnetske, R. D. Haggerty, S. M. Wondzell, and Michelle A. Baker; Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences

2010

Rivulets to rivers: a journey down the continuum with atom Y, Michelle A. Baker; Department of Biology Seminar Series, Utah State University

Understanding hydrologic transport and biogeochemical reaction (HTBR) in streams and lakes: challenges and opportunities, Michelle A. Baker; American Society for Limnology and Oceanography/North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM

The distribution of native and exotic plants in a naturally fragmented sagebrush-steppe ecosystem, R K. Bangert and Nancy J. Huntly; Biological Invasions

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Unfurling Fern Biology in the Genomics Age, M. S. Barker and Paul G. Wolf; Bioscience

A proteomic approach to identifying proteins differentially expressed in conidia and mycelium of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum, B.H. R. Barros, S. H. da Silva, E. R. Marques, J. C. Rosa, A. P. Yatsuda, Donald W. Roberts, and G. U. L. Braga; Fungal Biology

Chemical defenses in tropical fruits: Quantifying variation in toxicity across fruit development and within fruit of vertebrate- and wind-dispersed canopy plants, Noelle G. Beckman; 2010 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting

Evolutionary rates of siRNA and miRNA genes in geographically diverse Aedes aegypti mosquito populations, Scott A. Bernhardt, M. P. Simmons, B. Geiss, C. D. Blair, M. Sylla, K. E. Olson, B. J. Beaty, and William C. Black IV; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene