A5022668208- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Educational Leadership and Innovation
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
Auburn University
2020-2023
Utah Tech University
2023
American Museum of Natural History
2022
Brigham Young University
2016-2020
Traditional biology curricula depict science as an objective field, overlooking the important influence that human values and biases have on what is studied who can be a scientist. We work to address this shortcoming by incorporating ideological awareness into curriculum, which understanding of biases, stereotypes, assumptions shape contemporary historical science. surveyed national sample lower-level instructors determine 1) why it for students learn science, 2) perceived educational value...
A new species of limestone cave-adapted gecko the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex, C. hidupselamanya sp. nov., is described from an isolated karst formation at Felda Chiku 7, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia. This scheduled to be completely quarried for its mineral content. From what we know about life history this will result in extinction. forest-adapted species, lenggongensis Lenggong Valley, Perak was previously considered conspecific with bintangrendah but a re-evaluation morphological,...
Abstract Background High-quality genomic resources facilitate investigations into behavioral ecology, morphological and physiological adaptations, the evolution of architecture. Lizards in genus Sceloporus have a long history as important ecological, evolutionary, models, making them valuable target for development resources. Findings We present high-quality chromosome-level reference genome assembly, SceUnd1.0 (using 10X Genomics Chromium, HiC, Pacific Biosciences data),...
Students' perceptions of challenges in biology influence performance outcomes, experiences, and persistence science. Identifying sources student struggle can assist efforts to support students as they overcome their undergraduate educations. In this study, we characterized experiences by 1) quantifying which external factors relate encountering overcoming introductory 2) identifying attribute biology. We found a significant effect Course, Instructor, Incoming Preparation on struggle, with...
Twelve species of Ansonia occur on the Thai-Malay peninsula, which, five from Peninsular Malaysia, form a monophyletic group. One these, A. jeetsukumarani, is endemic to Titiwangsa Mountain Range, in we discovered new population that not jeetsukumarani or even its closest relative. Based morphology, color pattern, and molecular phylogenetic analyses using mitochondrial genes 12s 16s rRNA, have determined this species, smeagol sp. nov., forms sister lineage an upland, group composed lumut,...
Abstract High-quality genomic resources facilitate population-level and species-level comparisons to answer questions about behavioral ecology, morphological physiological adaptations, as well the evolution of architecture. Squamate reptiles (lizards snakes) are particularly diverse in characteristics that have intrigued evolutionary biologists, but high-quality for squamates relatively sparse. Lizards genus Sceloporus a long history important ecological, evolutionary, models, making them...
AbstractThe scarcity of asexual reproduction in vertebrates alludes to an inherent cost. Several groups exhibit lower endurance capacity (a trait predominantly sourced by mitochondrial respiration) compared with congeneric sexual species. Here we measure five species Aspidoscelis lizards and examine respiration between using respirometry. Our results show reduced capacity, respiration, phenotypic variability parental species, along a positive relationship respiration. Results are consistent...
Iron (Fe) dysregulation has been identified as a contributor to insulin resistance (IR). Fe chelators and phlebotomy have shown improve sensitivity. Due the central role of liver in regulation, objective our study was examine hepatic total critical regulatory proteins both high‐fat (HF) fed model IR well deficiency (FeDEF). METHODS Rats HF group were diet with 50% calories from fat (lard corn oil) or standard chow for four‐week period. For FeDEF model, rats either an (2–6 mg/kg Fe) control...
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