Mark C Belk, Professor of Biology How well were academic objectives of the proposal met? The proposal was to compare life history characteristics and the cost of reproduction tradeoff among populations of a burying beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis). We conducted two major experiments with the MEG funding directed toward this goal. Both experiments required that we […]
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Reducing the Prison Population Final Report of Mentoring Grant
Stephen J. Bahr, Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, 06/17/2014 1. Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The purpose of this research was to evaluate a pre-trial services program designed to help first-time offenders adjust and reduce the risk of their re-arrest. The overall goal was to assess whether […]
The Intersection of Child Abuse and Parenting Self-efficacy in a Teen Population: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Madeline Goodfellow and Dr. Janelle Macintosh, College of Nursing Introduction: Over three quarters (79.6%) of rape victims are assaulted before the age of 25 years (Black et al., 2011). In a nationwide survey, 11.8 percent of female high school students report being abused (hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose) by their significant other in […]
Population-based Analysis of CETP Identifies Association between I405V and Cognitive Decline: The Cache County Study
Caitlin Munger and Dr. John Kauwe, Biology Introduction Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease and is the sixth leading cause of death in the US. There are currently no successful therapies to prevent or treat LOAD, and predicting disease status remains a challenge1. Apolipoprotein E (APOE)—a gene involved in cholesterol regulation—is the […]
Assessment of TREM2 rs75932628 Association with Alzheimer’s Disease in a Population-based Sample: The Cache County Study
Josue D. Gonzalez Murcia a,1, Cameron Schmutz a,1, Caitlin Munger a, Ammon Perkes a, Aaron Gustin a, Michael Peterson a, Mark T.W. Ebbert a,b, Maria C. Norton c,d, JoAnn T. Tschanz d, Ronald G. Munger e, Christopher D. Corcoran f, John S.K. Kauwe a Abstract Recent studies have identified the rs75932628 (R47H) variant in TREM2 […]
Molecular Evolution among Populations of the Silky Pocket Mouse (Parognathus flavus)
Taylor Maxwell and Dr. Duke Rogers, Zoology Mexico is classified as a “megadiversity” country, which means that it has more species of plants and animals than the vast majority of other countries in the world. For example, there are ca. 4,750 species of mammals known to science, and more than one of every seven can […]
Investigation of The Mitochondrial B Haplotype Preponderance in The Lake Titicaca Basin Populations of Peru
Michael Malan and Dr. Scott R. Woodward, Molecular Biology Advances in recombinant DNA technology have greatly assisted the study of human population history by helping to shed light on human origins and relationships. Study of the extra nuclear mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) has been a most significant tool used in these investigations. Numerous studies designed with […]
A Molecular Approach to Answering an Anthropological Question Concerning Burial Customs in an Ancient Egypt Population
Jamey Tolman and Dr. Scott Woodward, Microbiology Recent advances in DNA sequencing technology have allowed us to gain knowledge about the ancient populations of the world. A team of BYU students and faculty has excavated a group of bodies, dating from 200 B.C. to 400 A.D., found in the Fag El Gamous cemetery in Egypt. […]
Metabolic Response to Temperature for Six Populations of Winterfat (Eurotia lanata)
Tonya Thygerson and Dr. Bruce N. Smith, Botany and Range Science Populations within a species (accessions) are adapted to the particular microclimate of their origin and may, or may not, grow as well when moved to different location. The purpose of this work is to examine how plants adapt their respiratory metabolism to match the […]
Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Analysis of Head Smut Population Diversity
Jennifer Waters and Dr. Mikel R Stevens, Plant and Animal Science Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass), an invasive winter annual weed, displaces native vegetation, invades crops, and fuels rangeland fires across approximately 40 million hectares of the Intermountain West. Most attempts to control the weed have been unsuccessful, leading to a search for a biological control agent. […]
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