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
Small Heat Shock Protein Responses Differ between Chaparral Shrubs from Contrasting Microclimates, Charles A. Knight
On the Relationship between Pollen Size and Genome Size, Charles A. Knight, Rachel B. Clancy, Lars Götzenberger, Leighton Dann, and Jeremy M. Beaulieu
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
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
The evolution of seeds, Ada Linkies, Kai Graeber, Charles A. Knight, and Gerhard Leubner-Metzger
Body Size and Social Dominance Influence Breeding Dispersal in Male Pachydiplax longipennis (Odonata), Shannon McCauley
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
Notonecta Exhibit Threat-Sensitive, Predator-Induced Dispersal, Shannon J. McCauley and Locke Rowe
FLOWERING LOCUS C Influences the Timing of Shoot Maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Laurie Mentzer, Tarah Yee, Tina Y. Wang, and Edward Himelblau
Correlated Evolution of Defensive and Nutritional Traits in Native and Non-Native Plants, Nicole Molinari and Charles A. Knight
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
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
Effects of Yogurt Starter Cultures on the Survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Elizabeth W. Ng, Marie Yeung, and Phillip S. Tong
Meeting the Challenges: The Western Section's Role in Developing Tomorrow's Resource Management Professionals, John D. Perrine
Sierra Nevada Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes necator): A Conservation Assessment, John D. Perrine, Lori A. Campbell, and Gregory A. Green
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
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
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
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
Bacteria - The Last Stronghold of Lamarckism?, William D. Stansfield
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
Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Snakes, Emily N. Taylor and Dale F. Denardo
The Role of Oxidative Stress in Setting Thermal Tolerance Limits in Mytilus, Lars Tomanek