Biology (School of): Recent submissions
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A genome wide screening approach for investigating the interplay between host defence and parainfluenza viruses
(2023-11-28) - ThesisViruses are obligate intracellular pathogens, so virus-host interactions are crucial to their infectivity. A successful infection is a trade-off between the virus’s utilisation of host dependency factors that permit virus ... -
The type I-G CRISPR system : mechanism, structure and application
(2023-11-28) - ThesisCRISPR is originally discovered as an adaptive immune system in prokaryotes. It has been widely repurposed for application in different microbiological fields attributed to its ability to target DNA or RNA in a sequence-specific ... -
Assessing the response of microphytobenthic biofilms to multiple stressors
(2023-11-28) - ThesisEcological systems are exposed to a range of drivers, often referred to as stressors if detrimental or resulting from anthropogenic activities, which affect their functioning. To understand how these systems respond to ... -
Sounds beneath the surface : a multiple-approach study of bottlenose dolphin acoustic communication
(2023-11-28) - ThesisBottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) live in complex individualized societies that combine stable social units with fluid groups, and they largely rely on sound to interact with one another. This thesis applies a suite ... -
A half century of change in global marine fish biodiversity
(2022-06-15) - ThesisThe aim of this PhD thesis is to understand how marine fish biodiversity is changing in space and time, and how, over the last half century, global fisheries are exploiting species that play diverse roles in ecosystem ...