Biology (School of)
The School promotes an interdisciplinary approach to both applied and fundamental research problems and to postgraduate training. Research in the School is organised into three major interdisciplinary centres: the Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI), Biomedical Sciences Research Complex (BSRC) and Centre for Biological Diversity (CBD). Together these centres encompass the full spectrum of research in biological sciences, spanning investigations on the properties and behaviour of individual molecules to planetary environmental dynamics.
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As the crow, flies : identifying genomic loci contributing to adaptation in Drosophila and the corvid radiation
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-27) - ThesisIdentifying loci that contribute to adaptive traits is an important goal of evolutionary biology. I take a comparative genomic approach to identify loci that have responded to divergent selection. First I consider the ... -
Acoustic signals as indicators of animal behavior, presence and location in delphinids
(University of St Andrews, 2019-12-03) - ThesisAnimal acoustic behavior systems are complex and the lifestyle of marine mammals makes understanding these systems difficult as they spend much time submerged underwater and are often difficult to observe visually. Using ... -
Integrating the theories of kin selection and sexual selection
(University of St Andrews, 2019-12-03) - Thesis -
The role of individual behaviour in the collective cultural evolution of humpback whale songs
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - ThesisFor more than forty years, the complex songs emitted by humpback whales have fascinated the scientific community as well as the general public. These songs are produced by males during the breeding season, and are ... -
Avian life in a seasonally arid tropical environment : adaptations and mechanisms in breeding, molt and immune function
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-14) - ThesisThere is a growing appreciation of the diversity and uniqueness of tropical organisms, but evidence about the selection pressures that shape this diversity remains sketchy. In this thesis, I investigated how variation in ...
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