Biological Sciences Department faculty research and scholarly activities reflect the social and cultural relevance of their work. Faculty are continuously engaged in projects funded by private, state and federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research and the National Institutes of Health. Robust faculty research programs provide opportunities for co-authorship with colleagues, domestically and internationally, and with Cal Poly graduate and undergraduate students.
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Submissions from 1989
Annual Variation of Estuarine and Oceanic Oyster Crassostrea Virginica Gmelin Hemocyte Capacity, William S. Fisher, Marnita M. Chintala, and Mark A. Moline
Porophyllum pygmaeum (Asteraceae), a Distinctive New Species from Southern Nevada, David J. Keil and James D. Morefield
Identification of Cyclic Intermediates in Azorhizobium caulinodans Nicotinate Catabolism, Christopher Kitts, Lisa E. Schaechter, Ross S. Rabin, and Robert A. Ludwig
Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: Amplification and sequencing with conserved primers, T. D. Kocher, W. K. Thomas, A. Meyer, S. V. Edwards, S. Pääbo, F. X. Villablanca, and A. C. Wilson
Submissions from 1988
A Late Miocene Marlin, Makaira sp. (Perciformes, Osteichthyes) from San Diego County, California, U.S.A., Harry L. Fierstine and Bruce J. Welton
Chromosome Studies in Asteraceae from the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and South America, David J. Keil, Melissa A. Luckow, and Donald J. Pinkava
Submissions from 1984
New Species of Pectis (Asteraceae) from the West Indies, Mexico, and South America, David J. Keil
Submissions from 1983
A Black Marlin, Makaira Indica, from the Early Pleistocene of the Philippines and the Zoogeography of Istiophorid Billfishes, Harry L. Fierstine and Bruce J. Welton
Submissions from 1981
Systematics of Isocarpha (Compositae: Eupatorieae), David J. Keil and Tod F. Stuessy
The Hairless-Obese Mouse, William D. Stansfield
Submissions from 1978
A New Marlin, Makaira panamensis, from the Late Miocene of Panama, Harry L. Fierstine
A Revision of Pectis Section Pectothrix (Compositae: Tageteae), David J. Keil
Submissions from 1977
Chromosome Counts of Compositae from Mexico and the United States, David J. Keil
Chromosome Studies in North and Central American Species of Pectis L. (Compositae: Tagetaea), David J. Keil
Clematis coahuilensis (Ranunculaceae), a New Species from North-Central Mexico, David J. Keil
Revision of Pectis Section Pectidium (Compositae: Tageteae), David J. Keil
Chromosome Counts of Compositae from the United States and Mexico, Donald J. Pinkava and David J. Keil
Submissions from 1975
Pectis Humifusa New to the Flora of the United States, David J. Keil
Chromosome Counts of Compositae From the United States, Mexico, and Guatemala, David J. Keil and Tod F. Stuessy
Submissions from 1974
Anatomical Specimens from Preserved Animal Discards, Harry L. Fierstine, Myron A. Amerine, and Kathleen L. Bek
Xiphiorhynchus Kimblalocki, a New Billfish from the Eocene of Mississippi with Remarks on the Systematics of Xiphioid Fishes, Harry L. Fierstine and Shelton P. Applegate