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Dissertations from 2007

The roles of VP2, VP3 and VP4 in the SV40 viral life cycle, Robert D Daniels

Molecular and genetic characterization of the Drosophila morgue gene, Barbara A Schreader

Dissertations from 2006

Functional analysis of Hic-5/ARA55 isoforms in C2C12 myogenesis, Zhengliang Gao

The building of a centromeric nucleosome: Biochemical analysis and comparison of Cse4p, histone H3 and Cse4-286p to define the unique assembly pathway of a Cse4p nucleosome, Kelcy J Newell

The stability of T7 RNA polymerase elongation complexes and promoter function analysis by in vitro selection, Yi Zhou

Dissertations from 2005

Patterns of geographic variation in the songs of a neotropical lowland bird, Curtis A Marantz

Dissertations from 2003

Vegetation patterns and species diversity in floodplain ponds of the Nashua River, north central Massachusetts, Matthew Green Hickler

Comparative hindlimb anatomy and fossoriality of three armadillos: Dasypus novemcinctus, Tolypeutes matacus, and Chaetophractus vellerosus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata, Dasypodidae), Timothy Owen Koneval

Dissertations from 2002

Advances in the reconstruction of extant ungulate ecomorphology with applications to fossil ungulates, Gina Marie Semprebon

Dissertations from 2001

Development, variation, and use of songs by chipping sparrows, Wan-Chun Liu

Dissertations from 2000

A behavioral ecology of the Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon), Daniel Joseph Albano

The singing behavior of prairie warblers (Dendroica discolor), Peter William Houlihan

Dissertations from 1999

Use of ion-selective microelectrodes to determine the contribution of H(+), K(+), and HCO(-) towards the asymmetric current in Xenopus laevis oocytes, Ellen Evelyn Faszewski

Comparative osteology, myology, and locomotor specializations of the fore and hind limbs of the North American foxes Vulpes vulpes and Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Susan Feeney

Contributions to the herpetology of New England, Alan M Richmond

Dissertations from 1998

A study of retinal antioxidants in a model membrane system, Susan A Keys

Quantifying the avian pelvis: Statistical correlations of lifestyle to pelvic structure among non-passeriform birds, Rebecca George Mattison

Osmoregulation in American shad, Alosa sapidissima, and the role of teleost chloride cells in ion movement, Joseph Zydlewski

Dissertations from 1997

Comparative osteology of tapiromorph perissodactyls and its phylogenetic implications, Luke Thomas Holbrook

The energetics of swimming and upstream migration in adult American shad (Alosa sapidissima) in the Connecticut River, Jill Beth Kippax Leonard

The misplace mapping system in rhesus monkeys, Donna Marie Platt

Dissertations from 1993

Skeletal anatomy of the North American shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque 1820) with comparisons to other Acipenseriformes, Eric Kramer Findeis

Dissertations from 1991

The systematics and phylogeny of North American Eocene brontotheres (Mammalia:Perissodactyla), Bryn John Mader

Cranial morphology, systematics, and evolution of neogene Tayassuidae (Mammalia), David Brian Wright

Dissertations from 1989

Octopamine in the prosomal central nervous system of Limulus polyphemus: Its modulatory role in feeding behavior and immunocytochemical localization at the light and electron microscopic levels, Helen M Lee

Dissertations from 1980

COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF SELECTED GENERA OF NON-GLIDING AND GLIDING MAMMALS (PHALANGERIDAE, SCIURIDAE, ANOMALURIDAE, AND CYNOCEPHALIDAE), JANE LOUISE JOHNSON-MURRAY

Dissertations from 1978

THE GRAY SQUIRREL (SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS)--ABUNDANCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND UTILIZATION OF AN URBAN HABITAT (SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS), ROBERT DOUGLAS WILLIAMSON

EFFECTS OF PREDATION BY POLINICES DUPLICATUS ON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, WENDY I WILTSE

Dissertations from 1972

PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY AND BIOENERGETICS OF POLINICES DUPLICATUS (MOLLUSCA: PROSOBRANCHIA), JUDITH DEE HUEBNER

Dissertations from 1967

THE BIOLOGY AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE PORCUPINE (ERETHIZON DORSATUM) IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, WENDELL EVERETT DODGE