Vol. 25 No. 1-4 December (2019)

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Published: 2019-12-31

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FULL ISSUE Vol 25, No 1-4 (2019)

Biological Sciences - Terrestrial Ecosystems [Articles]

Age-Mass Relationships for Beavers in Montana

Torrey D. Ritter, Lance B. McNew

1-10
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Diets of Desert Cottontail on Prairie Dog Colonies in Western South Dakota

Daniel W. Uresk, Marguerite E. Voorhees

11-15
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Environmental Sciences and Engineering [Articles]

The Relationship Between Deuterium Excess and Uranium Groundwater Concentrations in Whitehall, Montana

Daniel P. Wight, Eric G. Dyreson

16-28
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Molecular Cellular Biology And Neurosciences [Articles]

Evaluating the Accuracy of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Using Hemodynamic Factors

Paul M. Yount

29-43
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Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society [Abstracts]

Building a Conservation Ethic in the New Outdoor Economy 2019 Annual Meeting

Liz Bradley

44-87
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Montana Academy of Sciences [Abstracts]

2019 Annual Meeting

Chrissie Carpenter, James G. Berardinelli

88-111
- FULL PDF -- Meeting Abstracts 2019

Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society [Individual Abstracts]

A Winter Energetics Model for Bobcats in Deep Snow Environment

Roberta Newbury, Karen Hodges
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An Improved Understanding of Population Dynamics Using Count Data - Insights from Elk in Western Montana

Terrill Paterson, Kelly Proffitt, Robert Garrott, Jay Rotella
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Application of a Novel Nest Density Estimator: An Example Using Sagebrush-Steppe Songbirds

Kaitlyn Reintsma, Lorelle Berkeley, Victoria Dreitz
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Assessing Habitat Quality for Four Grassland Songbird Species of Concern in Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie

John Pulliam, Lance McNew
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Assessing Occupancy for Montana Species of Greates Inventory Need

Hannah Specht, Josh Millspaugh, Allison Begley, Clarie Gower, Lauri Hanauska-Brown, Chris Hammond, Heather Harris, Mean O'Reilly, Torrey Ritter, Brandi Skone, Kristina Smucker
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Beyond Words: Thought - A Visual Attempt to Inspire Thoughts on the Climate Crisis (Poster)

Mike Thompson
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Complimenting Visual Surveys with Wildlife Cameras for Long-Term Wetland Monitoring

Mary Levandowski, Andrea Litt, Kristin Legg
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Decoding Avian Migration: Cold Fronts and Their Influence on Nocturnal Flight Calls (Poster)

Carrie Voss, Debbie Leick, Kate Stone
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Demographic Fragmentation of a Protected Wolverine Population Bisected by a Major Transportation Corridor

Michael A. Sawaya, Anthony P. Clevenger, Michael K. Schwartz
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Effects of Contamination from Oil Extraction on Amphibian Abundance, Survival, and Size

Brian Tornabene, Creagh Breuner
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Effects of Flushing on Sharp-Tailed Grouse Nest Survival (Poster)

Megan Milligan, Lorelle Berkeley, Lance McNew
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Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle on Bat Activity in Western Montana (Poster)

Monique Metza, Shannon Hilty, Andrea Litt
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Effects of Rangeland Management on the Ecology of Sharp-Tailed Grouse in Mixed-Grass Prairies

Megan Milligan, Lorelle Berkeley, Lance McNew
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Elephant Friendly Tea - An Example of Wildlife Science-Based Commercialization to Save an Endangered Species

L. Scott Mills, Lisa Mills
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Estimating Carnivore Density Using Spatial Capture-Recapture Models: Sampling Designs and Potential Pitfalls

Terrill Paterson, Kelly Proffitt, Benjamin Jimenez, Jay Rotella, Robert Garrott
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Estimating Forage Quality and Abundance to Better Understand Mule Deer Resource Selection

Collin Peterson, Teagan Hayes, Chad Bishop, Nick DeCesare
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Free Lunch, May Contain Lead: Scavenging Shot Small Mammals

Michael McTee, Brian Hiller, MN Philip Ramsey
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Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Bentonite Mining

Aaron Pratt, Jeffrey Beck
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Habitat and Land-Use Effects on Scavenging Rates and Potential Brucellosis Transmission in Southwest Montana (Poster)

Kimberly Szcodronski, Paul Cross
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How Far Have They Slithered? Genetic Variation Among Garter Snakes in Western Montana

Matthew Schertz, Stephen Spears
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Identification of Alternate Bat Hibernacula Outside of Caves and Mines in Eastern Montana

Brandi Skone, Heather Harris, Lauri Hanauska-Brown, Dan Bachen
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Improving Estimates of Wolf Abundance in Montana

Sarah N. Sells, Michael S. Mitchell, Kevin M. Podruzny, Robert M. Inman, Justin A. Gude
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Influence of Pre-Breeding Body Condition on Reproductive Metrics of Greater Sage-Grouse

James A. Waxe, Andrea R. Litt, Kyle A. Cutting, Bok Sowell
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Integrated Carnivore-Ungulate Management - A Case Study in West-Central Montana

Kelly M. Proffitt, J. Terrill Paterson, Robert Garrott, Jay Rotella, Benjamin Jimenez, Mark Hebblewhite, Justin Gude, Mike Thompson, Rebecca Mowry, Craig Jourdonnais
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Invasive and Pest Species Information at the Montana Natural Heritage Program (Poster)

Bryce Maxell, Dave Ratz, Andrea Pipp, Dan Bachen
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Is Habitat Constraining Bighorn Sheep Distributions and Restoration: A Case Study in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Ethan Lula, Kelly Proffitt, Andrea Litt, Julie Cunningham, Blake Lowrey, Carson Butler, Robert Garrott
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Keeping the Crown of the Continent Connected - A Report on Highway 2 Near Glacier National Park (Poster)

John Waller, Tabitha Graves
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Limited Permit Mule Deer Buck Hunting Restrictions in Eastern MT- Historical Information, Analysis and Public Expectation of Hunting District 652

Drew Henry, Ryan Williamson
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Love Triangles Caught on Camera - Exposing the Intimate Relationships Between Hunters, Gut Piles, and Scavengers

Kate Stone, Mike Mctee
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Methods to Estimate Recruitment for Social Species with Limited Data

Allison C Keever, Michael S. Mitchell, Kevin M. Podruzny
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Montana's Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Strategy All Hands Balancing Conservation and Development Across All Lands

Carolyn Sime, Therese Hartman, Graham Neale, Jamie E. McFadden
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Nest Success, Behavior, and Disturbance of Two Nightjar Species in Western Montana (Poster)

Mary Scofield, Kate Stone
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New Methods for Monitoring Mountain Goat Populations (Poster)

Molly McDevitt, Paul Lukacs, Frances Cassirer, Shane Roberts
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Optimal Use of Wildlife Monitoring Resources

Charles R. Henderson Jr., Paul M. Lukacs, Mark A. Hurley
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Population Demographics, Breeding Ecology and Responses to Grazing of Montana Sagebrush Steppe Songbirds

Kayla Ruth, Lorelle Berkeley, Victoria Dreitz
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Precipitation and Reproductive Effort Alter Survival of Turkey Hens in the Northern Black Hills, SD

Michael J. Yarnall, Andrea R. Litt, Chad P. Lehman
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Predicting Habitat Suitability for Dusky Grouse in Montana (Poster)

Elizabeth A. Leipold, Claire Gower, Lance McNew
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Project WAFLs: Predicting Responses of Short-Eared Owl Population Size, Distribution, and Habitat Use in a Changing Climate

Matt D. Larson, Robert A. Miller, Colleen E. Moulton
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Recent Trends in Ungulate Forage Inferred From Remote Sensing Datasets

Nate Mikle, Tabitha A. Graves
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Recruitment of Gray Wolves in Montana

Allison C. Keever, Michael S. Mitchell, Kevin M. Podruzny
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Regional Differences in Winter Diets of Bobcats in Their Northern Range

Roberta Newbury, Karen Hodges
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Short-Term Response of Snowshoe Hares to Western Larch Restoration and Seasonal Needle Drop

Alexander V. Kumar, James R. Sparks, L. Scott Mills
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Proposal to Delist the Canada Lynx

Jim Zelenak
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Time-To-Event Density Estimation of Low Density Species with Remote Cameras

Kenneth Loonam, David Ausband, Paul Lukacs, Michael Mitchell, Hugh Robinson
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Using Ecological Site Condition to Evaluate Habitat Selection by Sharp- Tailed Grouse Broods (Poster)

Lara Macon, Megan Milligan, Lance B. McNew, Jeff Mosley
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Young and Restless - A Guide to Getting Your Own Colony as a Juvenile Beaver

Torrey Ritter, Lance McNew
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Montana Academy of Sciences [Individual Abstracts]

A Logistic Regression Implementation of the “Abcd” Method for Identifying Malignant Melanoma

Havilah Neujahr, Stephen Muir
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A Review on Prophylaxis Treatments for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Infections

Diana Gonzalez Vazquez
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A Small Rna that Regulates Pyrimidine and Methionine Metabolism is Necessary for Establishing Coxiella Burnetii's Intracellular Niche During Early Stages of Infection

Shaun Wachter, Matteo Bonazzi, Kyle Shifflett, Abraham S. Moses, Rahul Raghavan, Michael F. Minnick
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The Relationship Between Deuterium Excess and Uranium Groundwater Concentrations in Whitehall, Montana

Daniel, Eric M. Dyreson
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Assessing the Effects of Competition and Seasonality on Stress, Immunity, and Number of Scars in Deer Mice

Andreas Eleftheriou, Amy Kuenzi, Angela Luis
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Xfeb, a Direct Target of Zic1, is Involved in Neural Crest Development

Lillian Ball, Haley Cox, Jennifer Forecki, Christa Merzdorf
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Bartonella Bacilliformis Hfq Regulates Small Rnas

Kyle Shifflett, Linda D. Hicks, Shaun Wachter, Michael F. Minnick
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Bioinformatic Analysis of the Flathead Lake Monster Bacteriophage

Jake Plagenz, Dr. Dan Gretch
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Zic Transcription Factors that Influence Convergent Extension

Jocelyn Waggoner
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Legacy Effects of Abandoned Insect Ecosystem Engineering Structures on Montana Stream Hydraulics

Benjamin Tumolo, Lindsey Albertson
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Ligand K-Edge Study of M(Pdtc)L Complexes

Alexander Fryett, Kyle Pickens, Siana Wiles, Dr. Matt Queen
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Ligand-Controlled Chemodivergent Suzuki Cross Coupling using Palladium-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts

Emily Reeves, Sharon Neufeldt
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Metagenomic Vs 16s Dna Sequencing for Identifying Bacterial Populations

Luke Stout, Marisa Pedulla
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Natural Infection in Honey Bee Hemocytes

Verena Lawrence, Alexander McMenamin
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Science Education Exploration

Terachelle Gregory, Arlene Alvarado, Abby Peltomaa
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Sin Nombre Virus Prevalence in Peromyscus Maniculatus Captured in Ranch Buildings in Southeastern Montana

Kelsey Schmidt
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Student Engagement While Establishing Classroom Mathematical Practices

Emmanuel Barton Odro, Derek Andrew Williams
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Study of an Atomic Compressive Material Behavior at High Strain Rate Compression in a Simple Aluminum System

Md Salah Uddin, Brahmananda Pramanik
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Studying Codon Bias and Kidney Dysfunction in a Mouse Model for Familial Dysautonomia

Sarah Gallup, Aurora Krebs, Lynn George
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“That’s Not Coming Off of There”; An Exploration of Ligand Lability in Carbon Tetrachloride Dechlorination Technologies

James Unzaga, Devin Williams, Kyle Pickens, Alex Fryett, Matt Queen
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The Effects of Surfactants in Glyphosate-Based Herbicides on The Spotted Salamander

Grace Ibsen, Chrissie Carpenter, Jessica Martin, Roberta Newbury
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Chicken Tail Vertebral Fusion Sheds Light on a Human Backbone Disease

Kevin Surya, Dana J. Rashid, Susan C. Chapman
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Comparing the Habitat Connectivity of American Marten and Fisher in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

Rex Koenig
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Comparison of Words and Phrases Used for Categories in Risk Assessment Matrices

Haley Hansen
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Coordinated Regulation of Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation by Rna-Binding Proteins Cooperating with Ccr4-Not Deadenylase Complex in C. Elegans

Xiaobo Wang, Mary Ellenbecker, Ben Hickey, Nicholas Day, Ella Baumgarten, Ekaterina Voronina
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Creating a Reciprocationg Air Compressor using a Single Degree of Freedom Spring Mass Damper Resonant System

Emily Maynard
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Design, Build, and Testing of Resonant Air Compressor

Grace Ostermiller, Emily Maynard, Dr. Peter Lucon
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Detection of Tetracapsuloides Bryosalmonae in the Beaverhead River using Environmental Dna Analysis

Colter A. Feuerstein, Michael A. Gilbert
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Development of a Uas-Based Electromagnetic Induction Sensor for Subsurface Conductivity Mapping

Andrew Wilson, Xiaobing Zhou
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Does Aquaporin 3b Affect The Number and Characteristics of Calcium Waves in The Neural Plate of Xenopus Laevis Embryos?

Dean Ricker, Christa Merzdorf, Jen Forecki
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Ecosystem Engineering by Net-Spinning Caddisflies (Hydropsychidae) In Rocky Mountain Streams

Benjamin B. Tumolo, Lindsey K. Albertson, Molly McLaughlin, Zachary Maguire, Wyatt F. Cross, Melinda D. Daniels, Leonard S. Sklar
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Effectiveness of Teeth Cleaning Treats on Dogs Oral Hygiene

Katherine Chandler
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Effects of Familiarity on Mate Selection in Poecilia reticulata

Sarah Gallup, Lea Henderson, Carl Castles
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Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanofluids

Isaac Gilfeather
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Enhanced Reductive Defluorination of 6:2 Fluorotelomer Alcohol Using Bio-Electrochemical Systems

Ashton Cummings, Raul Tenorio, Daqian Jiang
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Evaluating the Accuracy of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Using Hemodynamic Properties

Paul Yount, Chrissie Carpenter, Mykal Gernaat, John Baluyut, Jessica Martin, Meredith Hecker
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Examining the Relationship Between Injury and Dominance in The Alpha Female Wolves of Yellowstone National Park

Claire E.B. Lacey, Doug W. Smith, Rick McIntyre
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Failure to Detect Anti-Viral Activity by Prokaryotic Argonaute Proteins

Paul B.G. van Erp, Tanner Wiegand, Royce A. Wilkinson, Dominick Faith, Blake Wiedenheft
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Generation of a High Throughput Screening System for Small Molecules that can Rescue Axonopathy

Cody Walters, David McGee, Lynn George, David Butler
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Inhibition by a Potential Antimicrobial Small Molecule

Aaron Sharp, Kurt Toenjes
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Identification of Cellulolytic Hot Spring Organisms Through Bioorthogonal Labeling

Nicholas J. Reichart, Zackary Jay, Viola Krukenberg, Rachel Spietz, Roland Hatzenpichler
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Investigating the Binding of Bh3i-1 Derivatives to Anti-Apoptotic Bcl-2 Proteins

Kyler Pawlowski, Joy Goffena, Dr. Kurt Toenjes
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Is Time Resolved Infrared Radiometry an Alternative of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy for Defect Detection in Metals: An Experimental Approach and a Model Development

Md Salah Uddin, Brahmananda Pramanik
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Knockout of Elp3 Gene in Candida Albicans

David McGee, Cody Walters, Joy Goffena, Lynn George, David Butler
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The Influence of Antimicrobial Peptides, Cutaneous Microbial Communities and Water Quality on The Susceptibility of Columbia Spotted Frogs (Lithobates Luteiventris) To Chytridiomycosis

Delaney Burrows, Brandon Sheafor, Emma Esposito, Bob Pearhill, Kyle Strode, Eric Sullivan, Andy Loudon, Kevin Minbiole
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