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De novo transcriptome assembly of the green alga Ankistrodesmus falcatus by Schomaker, Rachel A, Dudycha, Jeffry L

“…Ankistrodesmus falcatus is a globally distributed freshwater chlorophyte that is a candidate for biofuel production, is used to study the effects of toxins on…”
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Relationship between oxidative stress and lifespan in Daphnia pulex by Ukhueduan, Benedicth, Schumpert, Charles, Kim, Eunsuk, Dudycha, Jeffry L., Patel, Rekha C.

“…Macromolecular damage leading to cell, tissue and ultimately organ dysfunction is a major contributor to aging. Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS)…”
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High mutational rates of large-scale duplication and deletion in Daphnia pulex by Keith, Nathan, Tucker, Abraham E, Jackson, Craig E, Sung, Way, Lucas Lledó, José Ignacio, Schrider, Daniel R, Schaack, Sarah, Dudycha, Jeffry L, Ackerman, Matthew, Younge, Andrew J, Shaw, Joseph R, Lynch, Michael

“…Knowledge of the genome-wide rate and spectrum of mutations is necessary to understand the origin of disease and the genetic variation driving all evolutionary…”
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A test of the gleaner–opportunist trade‐off among photosynthetic traits in cryptophyte algae by Swanson, Jake A., Greenwold, Matthew J., Richardson, Tammi L., Dudycha, Jeffry L.

“…As photosynthetic producers, phytoplankton form the foundation of aquatic food webs. Understanding the relationships among photosynthetic traits in…”
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Ancient and Recent Duplications Support Functional Diversity of Daphnia Opsins by Brandon, Christopher S., Greenwold, Matthew J., Dudycha, Jeffry L.

“…Daphnia pulex has the largest known family of opsins, genes critical for photoreception and vision in animals. This diversity may be functionally redundant,…”
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Telomerase activity and telomere length in Daphnia by Schumpert, Charles, Nelson, Jacob, Kim, Eunsuk, Dudycha, Jeffry L, Patel, Rekha C

“…Telomeres, comprised of short repetitive sequences, are essential for genome stability and have been studied in relation to cellular senescence and aging…”
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Global DNA cytosine methylation variation in Spartina alterniflora at North Inlet, SC by Agrelius, Trenton, Dudycha, Jeffry L, Morris, James T

“…Spartina alterniflora, marsh grass, is a vegetative apomicticly-reproducing halophyte native to marshes along the east coast of the United States and invasive…”
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Development of an efficient RNA interference method by feeding for the microcrustacean Daphnia by Schumpert, Charles A, Dudycha, Jeffry L, Patel, Rekha C

“…RNA interference (RNAi) is an important molecular tool for analysis of gene function in vivo. Daphnia, a freshwater microcrustacean, is an emerging model…”
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Longitudinal analysis of Plantago: Age-by-environment interactions reveal aging by Roach, Deborah A, Ridley, Caroline, Dudycha, Jeffry L

“…We know very little about aging (senescence) in natural populations, and even less about plant aging. Demographic aging is identified by an increasing rate of…”
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Ameiotic Recombination in Asexual Lineages of Daphnia by Omilian, Angela R., Cristescu, Melania E. A., Dudycha, Jeffry L., Lynch, Michael

“…Despite the enormous theoretical attention given to the evolutionary consequences of sexual reproduction, the validity of the key assumptions on which the…”
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Consequences of light spectra for pigment composition and gene expression in the cryptophyte Rhodomonas salina by Schomaker, Rachel A., Richardson, Tammi L., Dudycha, Jeffry L.

“…Algae with a more diverse suite of pigments can, in principle, exploit a broader swath of the light spectrum through chromatic acclimation, the ability to…”
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The maternal effects of dietary restriction on Dnmt expression and reproduction in two clones of Daphnia pulex by Agrelius, Trenton C, Altman, Julia, Dudycha, Jeffry L

“…The inheritance of epigenetic marks induced by environmental variation in a previous generation is broadly accepted as a mediator of phenotypic plasticity…”
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Rates of recombination in the ribosomal DNA of apomictically propagated Daphnia obtusa lines by McTaggart, Seanna J, Dudycha, Jeffry L, Omilian, Angela, Crease, Teresa J

“…Ribosomal (r)DNA undergoes concerted evolution, the mechanisms of which are unequal crossing over and gene conversion. Despite the fundamental importance of…”
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Fitness effects of spontaneous mutations in a warming world by Davenport, Elizabeth S., Agrelius, Trenton C., Harmon, Krista B., Dudycha, Jeffry L.

“…Spontaneous mutations fuel evolutionary processes and differ in consequence, but the consequences depend on the environment. Biophysical considerations of…”
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Diversification of light capture ability was accompanied by the evolution of phycobiliproteins in cryptophyte algae by Greenwold, Matthew J, Cunningham, Brady R, Lachenmyer, Eric M, Pullman, John Michael, Richardson, Tammi L, Dudycha, Jeffry L

“…Evolutionary biologists have long sought to identify phenotypic traits whose evolution enhances an organism's performance in its environment. Diversification…”
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The evolution of eye size in response to increased fish predation in Daphnia by Beston, Shannon M., Dudycha, Jeffry L., Post, David M., Walsh, Matthew R.

“…Variation in eye size is ubiquitous across taxa. Increased eye size is correlated with improved vision and increased fitness via shifts in behavior. Tests of…”
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Population genomics of resource exploitation: insights from gene expression profiles of two Daphnia ecotypes fed alternate resources by Dudycha, Jeffry L., Brandon, Christopher S., Deitz, Kevin C.

“…Consumer–resource interactions are a central issue in evolutionary and community ecology because they play important roles in selection and population…”
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A three-genome ultraconserved element phylogeny of cryptophytes by Greenwold, Matthew J, Merritt, Kristiaän, Richardson, Tammi L, Dudycha, Jeffry L

“…Cryptophytes are single celled protists found in all aquatic environments. They are composed of a heterotrophic genus, Goniomonas, and a largely autotrophic…”
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Quantitative measurement of the optomotor response in free-swimming Daphnia by Hathaway, Campbell R, Dudycha, Jeffry L

“…Abstract Daphnia are trophically important, common zooplankton in lakes and ponds worldwide, and hence have become a significant model system in ecology and…”
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Light capture and pigment diversity in marine and freshwater cryptophytes by Cunningham, Brady R., Greenwold, Matthew J., Lachenmyer, Eric M., Heidenreich, Kristin M., Davis, Abigail C., Dudycha, Jeffry L., Richardson, Tammi L., Collier, J.

“…Phenotypic traits associated with light capture and phylogenetic relationships were characterized in 34 strains of diversely pigmented marine and freshwater…”
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