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 Characterization of the oral secretion from Nicrophorus marginatus, N. carolinus, and N. tomentosis. 

Effects of temperature on the production of antimicrobial compounds in Nicrophorus marginatus and N. carolinus 

Influence of gender contractility force of aortic smooth muscle in older normatensive adult rat subjects and potential effect of diabetes

Effects of hydrogen peroxide on switchgrass germination

Effects of the antioxidant properties of blueberries on mortality rates and Indy gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster (Oral presentation of this project was voted "Best Research Presentation Runner Up" in Spring 2007 by the Biology Department faculty)

Characterization of putative defense gene expression levels in chinch bug (Blissus occiduus) infested buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides) varieties

Prevalence of sarcoptic mange in coyote (Canis latrans) populations of central Nebraska  

Finding a true alkaliphile in a hypersaline-alkalaphilic lake (Oral presentation of this project was voted "Best Research Presentation" in Spring 2007 by the Biology Department faculty)

Coyote population index in rangeland versus cropland regions

Natural history of the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) at a summer roost in southwestern Nebraska

Genomic cloning and phylogenetic analysis of leghemoglobin in partridge peas

Presence of the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle in alkaliphiles

Are they biting?  Fishing tiger beetle larvae allows conservation of rare species and their habitat

 Influence of type-1 diabetes on viability of offspring in Long-Evans rats (Oral presentation of this project was voted "Best Research Presentation" in Winter 2007 by the Biology Department faculty)

Estimate of environmental parasitic contamination by Toxocara spp. and the risk to children in Kearney, Nebraska

Distribution and habitat associations of the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana campestris) in southwestern Nebraska

A botanical survey of Juhl Prairie, Buffalo County, Nebraska

Plant diversity of the Pleasanton Meadow

Friend or foe:  the recognition of conspecifics by two families of lizards

Calcium availability from over-the-counter supplements

Is there gene flow between populations of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) across Interstate 80 in central Nebraska?

Comparison of anti-sera produced against Gene 10 protein, whole virus, and denatured whole virus of Phage T-7

Growth characteristics and water use of Phragmites australis 

Analysis of nitrogen levels in nodulated and non-nodulated partridge pea plants

Influence of the R2 plasmid in DNA repair in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 

Distribution and abundance of bats along the Republican River and its tributaries in southwest Nebraska

An attempt at a classroom model of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)

Avian mortality from powerline collisions at Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary, south central Nebraska

Fisheries benefits from a lake rehabilitation project at Cottonmill Lake (Oral presentation of this project was voted "Best Research Presentation Runner Up" in Winter 2007 by the Biology Department faculty)

Analysis of lignin biosynthesis gene expression in swithgrass using RT-PCR

Gender differences in the excretion of calcium in Long-Evans rats

Effects of two commercially prepared feeds on growth performance of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus 

The effects of Ginkgo biloba on short-term memory

Comparison of invertebrate populations in alkaline and non-alkaline lakes in Nebraska

Recurrence of the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) at historical sites in Nebraska, with comments on current distribution and reproduction

The effectiveness of niacin on lowering cholesterol