Mosasaurs were giant marine squamates that inhabited all of the world’s oceans approximately 93 to 65 Million Years Ago. The subfamily Mosasaurinae is one of the most diverse groups, including the robust-toothed Globidensini and the ichthyosaur-like members of the Plotosaurini (…
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Knowledge of early cetacean evolution has grown greatly in recent decades due to the discovery of dozens of species of archaeocetes that bridge the gap between aquatic cetaceans and their terrestrial ancestors. However, many of the details of how this transition occurred have ye…
The tropical, flowering shrubs in the genus Erythroxylum (230 species) are commonly known as coca. For 8,000 years, two Erythroxylum species have been exploited for their production of cocaine. Coca plants remain culturally significant and economically important. Yet, their orig…
In most organisms muscles are multi-nucleated cells, that are generated by cell-cell fusion. In this thesis, I will present work utilizing the Drosophila myoblast fusion system as an experimental tool to investigate this remarkable part of myogenesis. Myoblast fusion in Drosophi…
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f) Royle (Hydrocharitaceae; commonly "hydrilla") is a submersed aquatic plant with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is a nonindigenous, highly invasive weed that causes serious ecological and economic harm in the United States, and consequently is of gre…