DigitalCommons at Cal Poly

Submissions from 2009

Hydrothermal and thermal time models for the invasive grass, Arundo donax, Anthony Graziani and Scott J. Steinmaus

Food availability and parasite infection influence mating tactics in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gita R. Kolluru, Gregory F. Grether, Eric Dunlop, and Sandra H. South

Genome size as a predictor of guard cell length in Arabidopsis thaliana is independent of environmental conditions, Barry H. Lomax, F. Ian Woodward, Ilia J. Leitch, Charles A. Knight, and Janice A. Lake

Mendel's Search for True-Breeding Hybrids, William D. Stansfield

The Most Widely Publicized Gender Problem in Human Genetics, William D. Stansfield and Matthew A. Carlton

Submissions from 2008

Genome size is a strong predictor of cell size and stomatal density in angiosperms, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Ilia J. Leitch, Sunil Patil, Arjun Pendharkar, and Charles A. Knight

Correlated evolution of genome size and cell volume in diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), Jessica A. Connolly, Matthew J. Oliver, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Charles A. Knight, Lars Tomanek, and Mark A. Moline

A Fossil Skull of the Extant Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans Lacapède, 1802) from the Late Miocene of Orange County, California, Harry L. Fierstine

Maternal effects of carotenoid consumption in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gregory F. Grether, Gita R. Kolluru, K. Lin, M. A. Quiroz, G. Robertson, and A. J. Snyder

Genome Size Scaling through Phenotype Space, Charles A. Knight and Jeremy M. Beaulieu

Climate Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora, Scott R. Loarie, Benjamin E. Carter, Katherine Hayhoe, Sean McMahon, Richard Moe, Charles A. Knight, and David D. Ackerly

Creationism, Catastrophism, and Velikovsky, William D. Stansfield

Mulched cover crops as an alternative to conventional weed management systems in vineyards, Scott J. Steinmaus, C. L. Elmore, R. J. Smith, D. Donaldson, E. A. Weber, J. A. Roncoroni, and P. R.M. Miller

Submissions from 2007

Genome Size Evolution in Relation to Leaf Strategy and Metabolic Rates Revisited, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Ilia J. Leitch, and Charles A. Knight

Correlated evolution of genome size and seed mass, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Angela T. Moles, Ilia J. Leitch, Michael D. Bennett, John B. Dickie, and Charles A. Knight

Specimens of the billfish Xiphiorhynchus van Beneden, 1871, from the Yazoo Clay Formation (late Eocene), Louisiana, Harry L. Fierstine and Gary L. Stringer

Environmental and genetic influences on mating strategies along a replicated food availability gradient in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gita R. Kolluru, Gregory F. Grether, and Heidy Contreras

Arbor Day Confusion, William D. Stansfield

Counterproductive Mix of Science and Theology: Review of Astronomy and the Bible - Questions and Answers by Donald B. DeYoung, William D. Stansfield

Fuzzy Data Sets, William D. Stansfield

The PhD Degree and Biblical Fundamentalism, William D. Stansfield

Human Sex Ratios and Sex Distribution in Sibships of Size 2, William D. Stansfield and Matthew A. Carlton

Submissions from 2006

Analysis of Treatment Effects on the Microbial Ecology of the Human Intestine, Anna L. Engelbrektson, Joshua R. Korzenik, Mary Ellen Sanders, Brian G. Clement, Gregory Leyer, Todd R. Klaenhammer, and Christopher L. Kitts

Fossil History of Billfishes (Xiphioidei), Harry L. Fierstine

Expression profiling and local adaptation of Boechera holboellii populations for water use efficiency across a naturally occurring water stress gradient, Charles A. Knight, Heiko Vogel, Juergen Kroymann, Alice Shumate, Hanneke Witsenboer, and Thomas Mitchell-Olds

The effects of carotenoid and food availability on resistance to a naturally occurring parasite (Gyrodactylus turnbulli) in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gita R. Kolluru, Gregory F. Grether, Sandra H. South, Eric Dunlop, Andrea Cardinali, Linda Liu, and Andreah Carapiet

The effects of carotenoid and food intake on caudal fin regeneration in male guppies, Gita R. Kolluru, N. C. Ruiz, N. Del Cid, Eric Dunlop, and Gregory F. Grether

Biodegradation and Toxicity of Hydrocarbons along Vertical Transects in a Groundwater Plume, Yarrow M. Nelson, Andrew Lassen, Christopher L. Kitts, Paul Lundegrad, and Gonzalo Garcia

Improved monitoring of HABs using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), Ian C. Robbins, G. J. Kirkpatrick, Shelley M. Blackwell, J. Hillier, Charles A. Knight, and Mark A. Moline

Book Review: Evolution in Four Dimensions by Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb, William D. Stansfield

Luther Burbank: Honorary Member of the American Breeders' Association, William D. Stansfield

Textbooks: Expectations vs. Reality: The DNA Story, William D. Stansfield

The Ball Lightning Conundrum, William D. Stansfield

The Enigma of Coral Castle, William D. Stansfield

Submissions from 2005

Making Babies by the Flip of a Coin?, Matthew A. Carlton and William D. Stansfield

Weathering Effects on Biodegradation and Toxicity of Hydrocarbons in Groundwater, Marie G. Dreyer, Yarrow M. Nelson, and Christopher L. Kitts

A New Aglyptorhynchus (Perciformes: Scombroidei) From the Lincoln Creek Formation (Late Oligocene, Washington, U.S.A.), Harry L. Fierstine

Xiphiorhynchus cf. X. Eocaenicus (Woodward, 1901), (Scombroidei: Xiphiidae: Xiphiorhynchinae) from the middle Eocene of Mississippi, the first Transatlantic distribution of a species of Xiphiorhynchus, Harry L. Fierstine and James E. Starnes

Carotenoid availability affects the development of a colour-based mate preference and the sensory bias to which it is genetically linked, Gregory F. Grether, Gita R. Kolluru, F. Helen Rodd, Jennifer de la Cerda, and Kaori Shimazaki

The Large Genome Constraint Hypothesis: Evolution, Ecology and Phenotype, Charles A. Knight, Nicole A. Molinari, and Dmitri A. Petrov

The effects of resource availability on alternative mating tactics in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gita R. Kolluru and Gregory F. Grether

Taxonomic Revision and Stratigraphic Provenance of Histiophorus rotundus Woodward 1901 (Teleostei, Perciformes), Kenneth A. Monsch, Harry L. Fierstine, and Robert E. Weems

Microbial Activity of Soil Following Steam Treatment, Barbara Orchard, Yarrow M. Nelson, Lynne Maloney, Christopher L. Kitts, and Paul Lundegard

The Bell Family Legacies, William D. Stansfield

Submissions from 2004

Complete Genomic Sequence of Bacteriophage B3, a Mu-Like Phage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Michael D. Braid, Jennifer L. Silhavy, Christopher L. Kitts, Raul J. Cano, and Martha M. Howe

Sex–specific effects of carotenoid intake on the immunological response to allografts in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gregory F. Grether, Shinji Kasahara, Gita R. Kolluru, and Edwin L. Cooper

Individual colour patches as multicomponent signals, Gregory F. Grether, Gita R. Kolluru, and Karen Nersissian

Bacterial Succession in a Petroleum Land Treatment Unit, Christopher W. Kaplan and Christopher L. Kitts

Sex differences in metabolic rates in field crickets and their dipteran parasitoids, Gita R. Kolluru, Mark A. Chappell, and Marlene Zuk

Characterization of Aerobic and Anaerobic Microbial Activity in Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil, Lynne C. Maloney, Yarrow M. Nelson, and Christopher L. Kitts

Fossil Tuna Vertebrae Punctured by Istiophorid Billfishes, Vincent P. Schneider and Harry L. Fierstine

Hamlet Revisited: How Evolution Really Works, William D. Stansfield

Bayesian Statistics for Biological Data: Pedigree Analysis, William D. Stansfield and Matthew A. Carlton

Application of Genotypic and Phenotypic Analyses to Commercial Probiotic Strain Identity and Relatedness, P. S. M. Yeung, Christopher L. Kitts, P. S. Tong, and M. E. Sanders

Submissions from 2003

Development of Endospore-Specific Primers for the Analysis of Microbial Populations in Milk Powder, M. M. Arendts, Chris Kitts, and Rafael Jiménez-Flores

Removal of PCR Inhibitors From Soil DNA by Chemical Flocculation, Michael D. Braid, Laura M. Daniels, and Christopher L. Kitts

Variation Between Observed and True Terminal Restriction Fragment Length is Dependent on True TRF Length and Purine Content, Christopher W. Kaplan and Christopher L. Kitts

Evolution and plasticity of photosynthetic thermal tolerance, specific leaf area and leaf size: congeneric species from desert and coastal environments, Charles A. Knight and David D. Ackerly

Small heat shock protein responses of a closely related pair of desert and coastal Encelia, Charles A. Knight and David D. Ackerly

Monitoring Spores and Spore-Forming Bacteria Populations in Commercial Skim Milk Powder Production Plants Using Conventional and Molecular Methods, C. Murillo, Chris Kitts, and Rafael Jiménez-Flores

Submissions from 2002

Leaf size, specific leaf area and microhabitat distribution of chaparral woody plants: contrasting patterns in species level and community level analyses, D. D. Ackerly, Charles A. Knight, S. B. Weiss, K. Barton, and K. P. Starmer

An ecological and evolutionary analysis of photosynthetic thermotolerance using the temperature-dependent increase in fluorescence, Charles A. Knight and David D. Ackerly

Variation in nuclear DNA content across environmental gradients: a quantile regression analysis, Charles A. Knight and David D. Ackerly

Reduced reproductive effort in male field crickets infested with parasitoid fly larvae, Gita R. Kolluru, Marlene Zuk, and Mark A. Chappell

Assessment of Fungal Diversity Using Terminal Restriction Fragment (TRF) Pattern Analysis: Comparison of 18S and ITS Ribosomal Regions, N. S. Lord, Christopher W. Kaplan, P. Shank, Christopher L. Kitts, and Susan L. Elrod

Chaperones as Buffering Agents?, Thomas Mitchell-Olds and Charles A. Knight

The Detection of Bacillus Endospores During Low Heat Skim Milk Powder Processing Using Nucleic Acid Technology, Amy J. Rife, Rafael Jiménez-Flores, Chris Kitts, and Mark Kubinski

Occam's Razor & The Nature of Scientific Theories, William D. Stansfield

Predicting Plant Invasion with Modeling, Scott J. Steinmaus

Species-Specific Identification of Commercial Probiotic Strains, Marie Yeung, M. E. Sanders, Christopher L. Kitts, Raul Cano, and Phillip S. Tong

Submissions from 2001

Analysis and New Records of Billfish (Teleostei: Perciformers: Istiophoridae) from the Yorktown Formation, Early Pliocene of Eastern North Carolina at Lee Creek Mine, Harry L. Fierstine

A new Aglyptorhynchus (Perciformes: Scombroidei: Blochiidae) from the late Oligocene of Oregon, Harry L. Fierstine

A Fossil Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans Lacépède) from the Middle Facies of the Trinidad Formation (Upper Miocene to Upper Pliocene), San José del Cabo Basin, Baja California Sur, México, Harry L. Fierstine, Shelton P. Applegate, Gerardo González-Barba, Tobias Schwennicke, and Luis Espinosa-Arrubarrena

16S Ribosomal DNA Terminal Restriction Fragment Pattern Analysis of Bacterial Communities in Feces of Rats Fed Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Christopher W. Kaplan, Johanna C. Astaire, M. E. Sanders, Bandaru S. Reddy, and Christopher L. Kitts

Terminal Restriction Fragment Patterns: A Tool for Comparing Microbial Communities and Assessing Community Dynamics, Christopher L. Kitts

Correlated evolution of chloroplast heat shock protein expression in closely related plant species, Charles A. Knight and David D. Ackerly

Parasitism patterns and the size-fecundity relationship in the acoustically orienting dipteran parasitoid Ormia ochracea, Gita R. Kolluru and Marlene Zuk

Semi-Artificial Monarch Butterfly Larval Diet, Kingston L. H. Leong

Invasive Plant Management Project, Scott J. Steinmaus

Submissions from 2000

Isolating PCR-Quality DNA from Human Feces with a Soil DNA Kit, Brian G. Clement and Christopher L. Kitts

Type I Nitroreductases in Soil Enterobacteria Reduce TNT (2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene) and RDX (Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine), Christopher Kitts, Chad E. Green, Rebecca A. Otley, Marc A. Alvarez, and Pat J. Unkefer

Protozoan Free Colonies of Lepidoptera, Kingston L. H. Leong

Estimation of base temperatures for nine weed species, Scott J. Steinmaus, Timothy S. Prather, and Jodie S. Holt

Submissions from 1999

A New Shortbilled Marlin of the Genus Makaira, from the Yorktown Formation, (Early Pliocene), Eastern North Carolina at Lee Creek Mine, USA, Harry L. Fierstine

Makaira sp., cf. M. nigricans Lacépède, 1802 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae) from the late Miocene, Panama, and its probable use of the Panama Seaway, Harry L. Fierstine

Diversity of Microorganisms Isolated from Amber, C. L. Greenblatt, A. Davis, B. G. Clement, Christopher Kitts, T. Cox, and Raul J. Cano

Variation and Repeatability of Calling Behavior in Crickets Subject to a Phonotactic Parasitoid Fly, Gita R. Kolluru

Submissions from 1998

Terminal Restriction Fragment Patterns (TRFPs), a rapid, PCR-based method for the comparison of complex bacterial communities, Brian G. Clement, Lucia E. Kehl, Kristin L. DeBord, and Christopher L. Kitts

Sex can be dangerous: Acoustically-orienting parasitoids on field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), Gita R. Kolluru

Exploitations of Sexual Signals by Predators and Parasitoids, Marlene Zuk and Gita R. Kolluru

Submissions from 1997

Tree Root Response to Circling Root Barriers, Laurence R. Costello, Clyde L. Elmore, and Scott J. Steinmaus

An Atlantic Blue Marlin, Makaira Nigricans, Impaled by Two Species of Billfishes (Teleostei:Istiophoridae), Harry L. Fierstine

Shortfin Mako, Isurus Oxyrinchus, Impaled by Blue Marlin, Makaira Nigricans (Teleostei: Istiophoridae), Harry L. Fierstine, Gregor M. Cailliet, and Julie A. Neer

Instar Susceptibility of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to the Neogregarine Parasite, Ophryocystis elektroscirrha, Kingston L. H. Leong, Michael A. Yoshimura, H. K. Kaya, and H. Williams

Review of Sexual Selection: Mate Choice and Courtship in Nature by James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould, Marlene Zuk, Gita R. Kolluru, and Kurt A. McKean

Submissions from 1996

Two Erroneous, Commonly Cited Examples of "Swordfish" Piercing Wooden Ships, Harry L. Fierstine and Oliver Crimmen

Use of Rostral Characters for Identifying Adult Billfishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae), Harry L. Fierstine and Nicole L. Voigt

Azorhizobium caulinodans uses both cytochrome bd (quinol) and cytochrome cbb3 (cytochrome c) terminal oxidases for symbiotic N2 fixation, Alexandre Kaminski, Christopher L. Kitts, Zachary Zimmerman, and Robert A. Ludwig

Genetic and social control of male maturation in Phallichthys quadripunctatus (Pisces: Poeciliidae), Gita R. Kolluru and David N. Reznick

Trade-offs in Parasitology, Evolution and Behavior, Marlene Zuk, M. J. Bryant, Gita R. Kolluru, and V. Mirmovitch