Parasites, ploidy, and sex: implications for gene expression and adaptive molecular evolution in Potamopyrgus antipodarum
The trajectory of evolutionary adaptation can be influenced both by the interactions of organisms with their environments as well as by the biological characteristics of the organisms themselves. My dissertation research uses the New Zealand freshwater snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum to 1) gain impor...
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University of Iowa
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5709 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7187&context=etd |