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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"related Individuals"”.
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Novel Statistical Methods for Multiple-variant Genetic Association Studies with Related Individuals
Genetic association studies usually include related individuals. Meanwhile, high-throughput sequencing technologies produce data of multiple genetic variants. Due to linkage disequilibrium (LD) and familial relatedness, the genotype data from such studies often carries complex correlations. …
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Movement Ecology and Conservation of the Migratory Bats Lasiurus cinereus and Lasionycteris noctivagans
… analyses, I studied patterns of movement and relatedness of two species of migratory tree-roosting bats frequently killed by wind turbines: hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) and silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans). Using stable isotopes of nitrogen (δ15N), carbon (δ13C), and hydrogen …
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Agency and community evaluations of WHWF's 2019 "Changing our forecast" report on the status of women and children in Spokane County
… Forecast.” Feedback from relevant agencies and related individuals was solicited through a series of progressively more digital and distant qualitative methods, including face-to-face interviews, phone interviews, emailed inquiries, and online surveys; the original method of gathering data via …
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Efficient haplotyping for families
… likelihood haplotypes, and because it applies to related individuals, the haplotypes it infers are highly accurate over large genomic distances.
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Statistical methods to infer biological interactions
… First, we characterize the effects of related individuals on standard association statistics for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and introduce a new statistic that corrects for relatedness. Then, we introduce a statistically powerful association testing framework that corrects …
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A 3D Geometric Morphometric Investigation of Relatedness in the Modern Human, Chimpanzee, and Homo naledi Postcranial Skeleton
… variation can provide insights into relatedness at smaller scales, which can shed light on important microevolutionary processes and be used to identify closely related individuals in the absence of DNA. This dissertation assesses the relationship between genetic and skeletal …
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The effects of noise exposure and genetic background on auditory-evoked behaviors in larval zebrafish
… do these factors interact and influence auditory-related behaviors? I addressed this question in the larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish have been a powerful genetic model species used in the study of development of auditory structures and exhibit a well-studied and robust escape response …
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Donations and sales of conservation easements on forestland in the Northern Forest of New York State
… in sales. Most forestland easement donors were individuals or related individuals. Forestland easement sellers are split between industrial owners and individuals. Eight forestland easement grantees in the Northern Forest Region were identified. This group of grantees includes one public agency …
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Predictors of Hallux Valgus: a study of heritability
… very useful; enabling the clinician to idcntify individuals at risk of developing the disorder and to predict prognosis. The aim of this study is to develop such a model. The literature relating to hallux valgus identifies eight potential aetiological factors of hallux valgus. The scientific …
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Signal processing and decision making in single cells
… we find that correlations in switching times of related individuals can be explained in terms of correlations in levels of key regulatory proteins. Many single celled organisms, such as the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, can sense and respond to concentration gradients of extracellular …
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Genome-Scale Genetics: Lessons from Founder Populations
… contain large amounts of direct and cryptic relatedness that confound baseline assumptions of independence among genotypes and phenotypes and require specialized approaches to account for this sample structure. We examined three such approaches for association testing: (i) scoring allele …
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Mister Parid's Neighborhood: Dispersal Behavior and Flocking Dynamics of the Social Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
… and (3) examine the social dynamics of familial related BCTI individuals. Between 2013-2015, 263 individual BCTI were captured and color-banded at the Freeman Center in San Marcos, Texas across a study area comprising approximately 1,400 ha where family flocks were resighted and monitored. Over …
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Inbreeding Depression and Competition in the square-stemmed monkey-flower (Mimulus ringens)
Matings between biologically related individuals often produce offspring with reduced fitness, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. The magnitude of inbreeding depression can play an important role in determining the overall fitness, and persistence, of populations, and is often considered …
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RNA and DNA Sequence Analysis of the Human Transcriptome
… the DNA sequence to RNA sequence of the same individuals, we found all 12 types of RNA-DNA sequence differences (RDDs), the majority of which cannot be explained by known mechanisms such as RNA editing or transcriptional infidelity. We developed computational methods to robustly identify RDDs …
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Evaluating relationships between organisational core competencies and individuals' competencies.
… underlying components of core competence such as individuals' competencies have implications and need to be investigated. The contribution made by individuals' competencies in the content and form of organisational core competences is critical. In response, this research aims to examine the …
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So happy together? : Pollination and reproductive strategy of two sympatric species of Acanthus L. in Kenya
… of floral rewards is greater in the larger individuals and populations of A. polystachyus. Both species likely represent important resources for pollinators in their respective habitats. Differences in pollinator abundance between populations are likely caused by habitat preferences of the …
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Differentiation in reproductive potential and chemical communication of reproductive status in workers and queens of the ant Myrmecia gulosa
… direct reproduction by rearing sufficiently related individuals. However, in the Hymenoptera, little is known on the proximate mechanisms that regulate the division of labour in colonies. Our knowledge is based on several "primitive" ants from the subfamily Ponerinae and two highly eusocial …
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Communication in the hymenoptera : chemistry, ecology and evolution
… Due to the conflict of interests between individuals, different selective pressures might act on sender and receiver. In this thesis I investigate different types of communication where either the sender, the receiver or both parties yield benefits. These studies were conducted with one …
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Breeding and dispersal implications for the conservation of the Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
… If females do not disperse beyond the range of related males, how do related individuals avoid pairing, and what forms of individual recognition exist?
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Social behavior and kinship in the four-toed salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum
… scale, focusing on the interaction between relatedness and dispersal (kin discrimination) and the potential for phenotypic traits to be used as a mechanism for kin recognition. I combined empirical observations with lab experiments to (1) examine population structure in H. scutatum (Chapter …