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MS Defense of Sedona Ryan

Venable G311 121 South Road, Chapel Hill, United States

Stepping stones into the desert: an experimental test of hybridization-facilitated range expansion in spadefoot toads.  Hybridization between species often results in low-fitness offspring with reduced growth, survival, or fecundity. Such low fitness in hybrids is generally thought to derive from … Read more

MS Proposal Defense Seminar of Emily Speciale

Murray 3204 Murray Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Investigating the gene expression of mixotrophic phytoplankton under iron-limited upwelling conditions   Mixotrophic phytoplankton may have significant impacts on ocean food web dynamics, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem stability. As global warming is expected to decrease iron bioavailability to phytoplankton, mixotrophs may … Read more