Biology Theses: Recent submissions
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Importance of epistatic genetic variance in developmental quantitative genetics
(2020-07-29) - ThesisAdditive genetic variance, or variance arising from the average effects of alleles, is a key parameter for models predicting evolutionary change such as the Breeders equation. Theoretical models diverge on predictions of ... -
Investigating the role of harmful environmental organisms in multifactorial gill pathology in salmonids
(2020-07-29) - ThesisIn this thesis, histopathology and molecular research tools were utilised to investigate gill health in salmonids. Of interest were the roles of the harmful environmental organism’s cnidarian jellyfish and toxic phytoplankton ... -
On the migration and dispersal of the Cyprus wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
(2022-06-15) - ThesisThe juvenile stage is likely to play a central role in the population dynamics of migratory animals, the evolution of migration, and a species’ capacity to adapt to change. But relatively little is known about the ontogeny ... -
Structural and functional characterisation of plant cell wall degrading enzymes
(2020-12-01) - ThesisAbstract redacted -
Identifying changes in stress regulation and organisation within the messenger RNA metabolism in myotonic dystrophy type 1 disease models
(2021-06-30) - ThesisMyotonic dystrophy is an RNA-mediated multi-systemic disease, and the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults. This project focussed on type 1 (DM1), characterised by a CTG trinucleotide repeat expansion on the ...