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Kennesaw State University
Ant cuticle microsculpture: diversity, classification, evolution, and function
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>My thesis covers the intricacies of ant microsculpture diversity, classification, evolution and function. To do this, the thesis is organized into two chapters. The first chapter is a review of ant cuticle and microsculpture diversity as well as including analyses examining the evolution and lability of microsculpture traits. I then review the literature for functional hypotheses related to ant microsculpture. The second chapter explores the relationship of microsculpture and important morphological, physiological, and ecological traits to evaluate support for functional hypotheses.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science in Integrative Biology (MSIB)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Biology
- Year dc:date.available
- 2022
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hellenbrand, John Paul
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Todd Pierson
- Dr. Chih-Chen Hung
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/integrbiol_etd/80
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:integrbiol_etd-1082