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Digging Deeper, Branching Out
For the past two semesters, I have had the most amazing experience being involved in Biology Research. I had been interested in research in the past, but had never gained the courage to ask how to be a part of … Continue reading
Posted in Brokaw Lab, Huddleston Lab, Lee Lab
Tagged Conference, Mammalogy, PCR, Phylogeny, Plant Biology, Research, Systematics
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Cytochrome b Sequencing of Thomasomys
I did not join in research at ACU until my senior year. Although I do wish I had gotten involved sooner, I am glad to have gained what experience I did and know that I will carry what I have … Continue reading
ACU Wildlife Society Spotlight
This January The Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society featured the ACU Wildlife Society and our research projects in its monthly newsletter!
Posted in Brokaw Lab, Lee Lab
Tagged Ecology, Environmental Science, Mammalogy, Research, Rolling Plains, Wildlife
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Recombination Activating Gene 1 Team
Editor’s Note: This blog was composed through a research collaboration by Marissa Horne and Cameron Ludwig. Marissa Horne: The Abilene Christian University Biology Department caters to a host of professions. We, the students learning from these amazing professors, have been given the incredible … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Evolution, PCR, Phylogeny, Research, Systematics
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Phylogenetic Analyses with New Nuclear Markers for Thomasomys
As my first research project as a student at Abilene Christian University, I was a member of the AP5 research team. The goal of our research was to confirm and further develop a newly constructed phylogeny of rodents in the … Continue reading
Phylogenetic Analyses of Species in Thomasomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
My research experience with the biology department has certainly been a memorable part of my time here at ACU. Starting in January, I jumped in on a project of Dr. Lee’s, a portion of which he delegated to Dr. Brokaw … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Ecology, Evolution, Molecular Biology, PCR, Phylogeny, Systematics
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Bat Research Class
I began research with Dr. Brokaw and Dr. Lee at the beginning of Fall 2013. They wanted to start an entirely new project with me, so a lot of the beginning stages were simply figuring out what to research. Our … Continue reading
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Tagged Biogeography, DNA, Ecology, Mammalogy, PCR, Phylogeography
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Biology prof discovers new animal species
As originally posted in “ACU News” on October 08, 2013: While leading a student expedition in Ecuador’s Sangay National Park in 2010 Dr. Tom Lee, professor of biology, discovered a new species of opossum. Lee, along with one ACU student and one … Continue reading
Thomasomys Phylogeny Continued
In early October we received our sequence data back from the Yale DNA Analysis Facility. The sequence data gave us both the forward and reverse strands that we copied using PCR for each of our rodent species. We had two … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Evolution, Mammalogy, Phylogeny, Systematics
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Rodent Phylogeny Progress
This month we made a huge step toward our short term goal of sending off the Thomasomys DNA samples for sequencing. Dr. Brokaw and I found a set of primers that could amplify an approximately 1200 base pair region of … Continue reading