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Genomic imprinting, the parent-of-origin specific silencing of alleles, plays an important role in phenotypic plasticity and consequently evolution. The leading explanation for genomic imprinting is Haig's conflict theory, which suggests that alleles from each parent have evolve…

This dissertation addresses the following questions: (1) how do peace agreements manifest conflict in value frame choices? (2) What difference does conflict in value-constructs make in the positions agents/signatories take over time? (3) And, when is convergence or divergence be…

Elements from Weber’s Conflict theory are combined with a focus on legitimacy in order to predict the effects that major social and political events have on political violence in the Diyala province of Iraq. Using 39 months of time-series data from Diyala in an ARIMA analysis, t…