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 2010

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Small Heat Shock Protein Responses Differ between Chaparral Shrubs from Contrasting Microclimates, Charles A. Knight

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On the Relationship between Pollen Size and Genome Size, Charles A. Knight, Rachel B. Clancy, Lars Götzenberger, Leighton Dann, and Jeremy M. Beaulieu

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Identification of multiple vasotocin receptor cDNAs in teleost fish: Sequences, phylogenetic analysis, sites of expression, and regulation in the hypothalamus and gill in response to hyperosmotic challenge, Sean C. Lema

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Diurnal rhythms of behavior and brain mRNA expression for arginine vasotocin, isotocin, and their receptors in wild Amargosa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae), Sean C. Lema, Lauren J. Wagstaff, and Nina M. Gardner

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The Relationship between Plasma Steroid Hormone Concentrations and the Reproductive Cycle in the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus, Craig M. Lind, Jerry F. Husak, Cas Eikenaar, Ignacio T. Moore, and Emily N. Taylor

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The evolution of seeds, Ada Linkies, Kai Graeber, Charles A. Knight, and Gerhard Leubner-Metzger

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Body Size and Social Dominance Influence Breeding Dispersal in Male Pachydiplax longipennis (Odonata), Shannon McCauley

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Foraging Rates of Larval Dragonfly Colonists Are Positively Related to Habitat Isolation: Results from a Landscape-Level Experiment, Shannon J. McCauley, Tomas Brodin, and John Hammond

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Notonecta Exhibit Threat-Sensitive, Predator-Induced Dispersal, Shannon J. McCauley and Locke Rowe

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FLOWERING LOCUS C Influences the Timing of Shoot Maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Laurie Mentzer, Tarah Yee, Tina Y. Wang, and Edward Himelblau

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Correlated Evolution of Defensive and Nutritional Traits in Native and Non-Native Plants, Nicole Molinari and Charles A. Knight

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Integrated measurements of acoustical and optical thin layers II: Horizontal length scales, Mark A. Moline, Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Ian C. Robbins, Maddie Schroth-Miller, Chad M. Waluk, and Brian Zelenke

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Grand Challenges in Comparative Physiology: Integration Across Disciplines and Across Levels of Biological Organization, Donald L. Mykles, Cameron K. Galambor, Jonathon H. Stillman, and Lars Tomanek

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Effects of Yogurt Starter Cultures on the Survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Elizabeth W. Ng, Marie Yeung, and Phillip S. Tong

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Meeting the Challenges: The Western Section's Role in Developing Tomorrow's Resource Management Professionals, John D. Perrine

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Sierra Nevada Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes necator): A Conservation Assessment, John D. Perrine, Lori A. Campbell, and Gregory A. Green

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Effects of Testosterone and Captivity on Medial and Dorsal Cortex Volumes and Neurogenesis in Adult Male Western Fence Lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis, D. R. Pfau, S. Y. Potter, D. F. Denardo, E. N. Taylor, and C. R. Strand

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Vascular Plants of Adjacent Serpentine and Granite Outcrops on the Deer Isles, Maine, U.S.A, Nathaniel S. Pope, Tanner B. Harris, and Nishanta Rajakaruna

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North American montane red foxes: expansion, fragmentation, and the origin of the Sacramento Valley red fox, Benjamin N. Sacks, Mark J. Statham, John D. Perrine, Samantha M. Wisely, and Keith B. Aubry

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How Do Polar Marine Ecosystems Respond to Rapid Climate Change?, Oscar Schofield, Hugh W. Ducklow, Douglas G. Martinson, Michael P. Meredith, Mark A. Moline, and William R. Fraser

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Bacteria - The Last Stronghold of Lamarckism?, William D. Stansfield

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Layered Organization in the Coastal Ocean: An Introduction to Planktonic Thin Layers and the LOCO Project, James M. Sullivan, D. Van Holliday, Malcolm McFarland, Margaret A. McManus, Olivia M. Cheriton, Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Louis Goodman, Zhankun Wang, John P. Ryan, Mark Stacey, Charles Greenlaw, and Mark A. Moline

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Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Snakes, Emily N. Taylor and Dale F. Denardo

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The Role of Oxidative Stress in Setting Thermal Tolerance Limits in Mytilus, Lars Tomanek

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Variation in the Heat Shock Response and its Implication for Predicting the Effect of Global Climate Change on Species' Biogeographical Distribution Ranges and Metabolic Costs, Lars Tomanek