Faculty Publications
This is a collection of publications by faculty and staff in the Department of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa. Due to copyright restrictions, not all faculty and staff publications are available through our institutional repository. Only publications for which we have rights to deposit in our institutional repository are included in the collection.
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Submissions from 2021
Leaf form diversification in an ornamental heirloom tomato results from alterations in two different HOMEOBOX genes, Hokuto Nakayama, Steven D. Rowland, Zizhang Cheng, Kristina Zumstein, Julie Kang, Yohei Kondo, and Neelima R. Sinha
Mitochondrial genome of Geomydoecus aurei, a pocket-gopher louse, Theresa A. Spradling, Alexandra C. Place, Ashley L. Campbell, and James W. Demastes
Submissions from 2020
Evaluating vegetation response subsequent to CRP mid-contract management across the western United States: Draft Project Report, Kenneth J. Elgersma
Submissions from 2019
Temporal and spatial dynamics of competitive parapatry in chewing lice, David J. Hafner, Mark S. Hafner, Theresa A. Spradling, Jessica E. Light, and James W. Demastes
Sex-Related Differences in Immune Response and Symptomatic Manifestations to Infection with Leishmania Species, Ryan D. Lockard, Mary E. Wilson, and Nilda E. Rodriguez
Host-parasite associations of the Cratogeomys fumosus species group and their chewing lice, Geomydoecus, Alex Popinga, James W. Demastes, Theresa A. Spradling, David J. Hafner, and Mark S. Hafner
Species composition influences soil nutrient depletion and plantphysiology in prairie agroenergy feedstocks, Mark E. Sherrard, Kenneth Elgersma, Jordan M.A. Koos, Catherine M. Kokemuller, Hannah E. Dietz, Alec J. Glidden, Christina M. Carr, and Cynthia A. Cambardella
Submissions from 2017
Predicting genome terminus sequences of Bacillus cereus-group bacteriophage using next generation sequencing data, Cheng-Han Chung, Michael H. Walter, Luobin Yang, Shu-Chuan (Grace) Chen, Vern Winston, and Michael A. Thomas
Effectiveness of cattail (Typha spp.) management techniques depends on exogenous nitrogen inputs, Kenneth J. Elgersma, Jason P. Martina, Deborah E. Goldberg, and William S. Currie
Phylogenetic patterns and the adaptive evolution of osmoregulation in fiddler crabs (Brachyura, Uca), Samuel Coelho Faria, Diogo Borges Provete, Carl Leo Thurman, and John Campbell McNamara
Plant Size and Competitive Dynamics along Nutrient Gradients, Deborah E. Goldberg, Jason P. Martina, Kenneth J. Elgersma, and William S. Currie
Cost-Effective Native Seed Mix Design and First-Year Management, Justin Meissen, Dave Williams, and Laura Jackson
Is High Folic Acid Intake a Risk Factor for Autism?—A Review, Darrell Wiens and M. Catherine DeSoto
Submissions from 2016
Productivity and resistance to weed invasion in four prairie biomass feedstocks with different diversity, Jessica E. Abernathy, Dustin R. J. Graham, Mark E. Sherrard, and Daryl D. Smith
The fifth leaf and spike organs of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) display different physiological and metabolic responses to drought stress, Jordan A. Hein, Mark E. Sherrard, Kirk P. Manfredi, and Tilahun Abebe
Biochar amendment of grassland soil may promote woody encroachment by Eastern Red Cedar, Ramesh Laungani, Kenneth Elgersma, Maria Juarez, Kristin McElligott, and Tyler Kuhfahl
Nitrogen loading leads to increased carbon accretion in both invaded and uninvaded coastal wetlands, Jason P. Martina, William S. Currie, Deborah E. Goldberg, and Kenneth J. Elgersma
The Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene Occurs on a Minichromosome with Extensive Heteroplasmy in Two Species of Chewing Lice, Geomydoecus aurei and Thomomydoecus minor, Lucas L. Pietan, Theresa A. Spradling, and James W. Demastes
Submissions from 2015
Special Speciation, Lyn L. Countryman and Jill D. Maroo
Self-reported race/ethnicity in the age of genomic research: its potential impact on understanding health disparities, Tesfaye B. Mersha and Tilahun Abebe
Submissions from 2014
The University of Iowa Biomass Energy Sustainability Index: A decision-making tool for the University of Iowa Biomass Partnership Project, Liz Christiansen, Ingrid Gronstal Anderson, Ferman Milster, Sara Maples, Aaron Strong, Adam Ward, Eric Tate, Tyler Priest, Emily A. Heaton, Lisa A. Schulte Moore, Richard B. Hall, John Tyndall, Maeraj Hafiz Sheikh, and Daryl Smith
Intraspecific Variation in Carapace Morphology Among Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca) From the Atlantic Coast of Brazil, Kelsey R. Hampton, Melanie J. Hopkins, John C. McNamara, and Carl L. Thurman
Genetic Dominance & Cellular Processes, Robert D. Seager
Submissions from 2013
Archaeal Assemblages Inhabiting Temperate Mixed Forest Soil Fluctuate in Taxon Composition and Spatial Distribution over Time, Colby A. Swanson and Marek K. Sliwinski
KNOX1 genes regulate lignin deposition and composition in monocots and dicots, Brad T. Townsley, Neelima R. Sinha, and Julie Kang
Transcriptome Sequences Resolve Deep Relationships of the Grape Family, Jun Wen, Zhiqiang Xiong, Ze-Long Nie, Likai Mao, Yabing Zhu, Xian-Zhao Kan, Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond, Jean Gerrath, Elizabeth A. Zimmer, and Xiao-Dong Fang
Submissions from 2012
Expression of Cadherin-11 during Organogenesis in the Chick Embryo, Kacie D. Flaherty, Alicia F. Paulson, Ashley L. Adamson, and Darrell J. Wiens
Recent Developments in the Interactions Between Caveolin and Pathogens, Fabiana S. Machado, Nilda E. Rodriguez, Daniel Adesse, Luciana R. Garzoni, Lisia Esper, Michael P. Lisanti, Robert D. Burk, Chris Albanese, Koenraad Van Doorslaer, Louis M. Weiss, Fnu Nagajyothi, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Mary E. Wilson, and Herbert B. Tanowitz
Gram Stains: A Resource for Retrospective Analysis of Bacterial Pathogens in Clinical Studies, Usha Srinivasan, Sreelatha Ponnalurl, Lisa Villareal, Brenda Gillespie, Ai Wen, Arianna Miles, Brigette Bucholz, Carl F. Marrs, Ram K. Iyer, Dawn Misra, and Betsy Foxman
Submissions from 2011
Comparison of measures of marker informativeness for ancestry and admixture mapping, Lili Ding, Howard Wiener, Tilahun Abebe, Mekbib Altaye, Rodney CP Go, Carolyn Kercsmar, Greg Grabowski, Lisa J. Martin, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Ranajit Chakorborty, and Tesfaye M. Baye
Climate Change Impacts on Iowa, 2010, Iowa Climate Change Impacts Committee, Peter B. Berendzen, Richard M. Cruse, Laura L. Jackson, Robert Mulqueen, Cornelia F. Mutel, David Osterberg, Natalia P. Rogovska, Jerald L. Schnoor, Dave Swenson, Eugene S. Takle, and Peter S. Thorne
Homocysteine and Cardiac Neural Crest Cell Cytoskeletal Proteins in the Chick Embryo, Anthony R. Mwakikunga, Amanda L. Clubine, and Darrell J. Wiens
Native Prairie Roadsides: The Iowa Example, Daryl D. Smith
Submissions from 2010
Xenopus Development from Late Gastrulation to Feeding Tadpole in Simulated Microgravity, Wendy M. Olson, Darrell Wiens, Theresa L. Gaul, Manuela Rodriguez, and Cherie L. Hauptmeier
Submissions from 2009
Enhancing Iowa High School Students' Transition to College, K. E. Lassila, L. C. Rule, C. Lee, R. J. Driggs, G. Fulton, M. Skarda, and J. Torres y Torres
Submissions from 2008
Alignment of Genetic and Physical Maps of Gibberella zeae, Jungkwan Lee, James E. Jurgenson, John F. Leslie, and Robert L. Bowden
Submissions from 2007
HOST AND DISTRIBUTION LISTS OF MITES (ACARI), PARASITIC AND PHORETIC, IN THE HAIR OR ON THE SKIN OF NORTH AMERICAN WILD MAMMALS NORTH OF MEXICO: RECORDS SINCE 1974, John O. Whitaker Jr., Brianne L. Walters, Linda K. Castor, Christopher M. Ritzi, and Nixon Wilson
The effects of seeding rate of prairie grasses and forbs on native plant establishment in a prairie reconstruction. Iowa Department of Transportation final report., Dave W, Williams and Daryl D. Smith
The Effects of Seeding Time on Native Plant Establishment in a Prairie Reconstruction, Dave W. Williams and Daryl D. Smith
Submissions from 2005
The Farm as Natural Habitat, Laura Jackson
Review of Empty Pastures: Confined Animals and the Transformation of the Rural Landscape By Terence J Centner, Laura L. Jackson
Cultivation of Mesophilic Soil Crenarchaeotes in Enrichment Cultures from Plant Roots, Holly M. Simon, Courtney E. Jahn, Luke T. Bergerud, Marek K. Sliwinski, Paul J. Weimer, David K. Willis, and Robert M. Goodman
Submissions from 2004
Spatial Heterogeneity of Crenarchaeal Assemblages Within Mesophilic Soil Ecosystems as Revealed by PCR-Single-Stranded Conformation Polymorphism Profiling, Marek K. Sliwinski
Comparison of Crenarchaeal Consortia Inhabiting the Rhizosphere of Diverse Terrestrial Plants with Those in Bulk Soil in Native Environments, Marek K. Sliwinski and Robert M. Goodman
Growth and Reproduction of Local Ecotype and Cultivated Varieties of Panicum virgatum and Coreopsis palmata Grown in Common Gardens, D. W. Williams, G. A. Houseal, and D. D. Smith
Submissions from 2003
Effects of the Pesticides Atrazine, Metoachlor and Diazinon and Binary Mixtures on Proliferation of Human Fibroblasts, Kavita R. Dhanwada, Yijun Deng, and Maureen E. Clayton
Submissions from 1999
Incorporating native plant communities on farms for forage and wildlife, Laura Jackson
Submissions from 1998
Iowa Prairie: Original Extent and Loss, Preservation and Recovery Attempts, Daryl D. Smith
Submissions from 1997
Nesting Status of the Cooper's Hawk in Iowa: 1988-1996, David. J. Conrads
Book Review - Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies, Tom Vetter
Submissions from 1994
Predicting Evolutionary Consequences of Greater Reproductive Effort in Tripsacum Dactyloides, a Perennial Grass, Laura L. Jackson and Chester L. Dewald
Prediction and field validation of sediment impacts on riffle insect communities, Kurt W. Pontasch
Submissions from 1993
Multispecies toxicity tests using indigenous organisms: predicting pesticide effects in streams, Kurt W. Pontasch
Submissions from 1991
Vascular Flora of Arend's Kettle, Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve, Dickinson County, Iowa, Edwin L. Freese and William J. Platt
An Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plant Flora of Guthrie County, Iowa, Dean M. Roosa, Lawrence J. Eilers, and Scott Zager
Submissions from 1990
Changes in a Prairie Bird Population From 1940 to 1989, Neil P. Bernstein, Kristine K. Baker, and Sherry R. Wilmot
'Eve' in Africa: Human Evolution Meets Molecular Biology, Robert D. Seager
Adaptive Coloration in Texas Fiddler Crabs (Uca), Carl L. Thurman
Submissions from 1989
Ecology of Iowa Drosophila II. Lowland Forest and Sand Prairie, Neil J. Jennings and Robert D. Seager
The Vascular Flora of Pilot Knob State Preserve, William C. Watson
Submissions from 1988
Local Ecology and Multiple Mating in a Natural Population of Drosophila melanogaster, R. W. Marks, Robert D. Seager, and L. G. Barr
Submissions from 1985
Ecology of Iowa Drosophila I. Lowland Forest, Neil J. Jennings, Edward Pilkington, and Robert D. Seager
Catalog of Brown-headed Cowbird Hosts from Iowa, Peter E. Lowther
Submissions from 1984
Status of Four Orchid Species at Silver Lake Fen Complex, Sara Carroll, Robert L. Miller, and Paul D. Whitson
The Vegetation of the Paleozoic Plateau, Northeastern Iowa, David C. Glenn-Lewin, Roger H. Laushman, and Paul D. Whitson
Repeat of a 1916 Bird Census in Northwestern Iowa, Peter E. Lowther
Iowa's Driftless Area: Symposium, Daryl D. Smith
Submissions from 1981
A Checklist of the Vascular Flora of Lee County, Iowa, James H. Peck, Thomas G. Lammers, Burton W. Haglan, Dean M. Roosa, and Lawrence J. Eilers
Iowa Prairie - An Endangered Ecosystem, Daryl D. Smith
Submissions from 1980
The Vascular Flora of Starr's Cave State Preserve, Thomas G. Lammers
A Checklist of the Vascular Flora of Allamakee County, Iowa, James H. Peck, Dean M. Roosa, and Lawrence J. Eilers
The Decapod Crustaceans of Iowa, Gary S. Phillips
Submissions from 1979
A Nesting Anomaly of Vespula maculifrons (Buysson) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Mary Coziahr and A. C. Haman
Biobank, a Computerized Data Storage and Processing System for the Vascular Flora of Iowa, Lawrence J. Eilers
Submissions from 1977
Notes on the Odonata of the Cedar-Iowa River Basin, M. S. Hummel and A. C. Haman
Submissions from 1976
Man and His Technology, Clifford G. McCollum
Submissions from 1975
History of Studies on the Iowa Vascular Flora, Lawrence J. Eilers
Submissions from 1974
The Flora of Brush Creek Canyon State Preserve, Lawrence J. Eilers
Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone on Serum Ionized and Total Calcium in Ovariectomized Rats, Edward L. Hatcher and Robert J. Simpson
Submissions from 1973
Notes on the Pupation of the Sawfly, Trichiosoma triangulum (Hymenoptera), Betty J. Burch
Submissions from 1972
Notes on Snail Feeding Behavior of Anaxjunius (Drury): (Odonata), D. W. Sievers and A. C. Haman
Submissions from 1970
A Study of Abcission Zone Development In Leaves of Ginkgo Biloba L., G. Wayne Mosher and Daryl D. Smith
Submissions from 1969
Chlorophyll Content in Mutants of Glycine Max (L.) Merril During Seedling Development, Susan Coiner and Alan Orr
A Bilateral Color Anomaly in the Crayfish, Orconectes immunis (Hagen), Virgil E. Dowell and Leonard P. Winier
The Flora of Iowa Revived, Lawrence J. Eilers
The University of Northern Iowa Herbarium, Lawrence J. Eilers
Ethanol precipitates of Cephalobus sp. (Nematoda: Cephalobidae) inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus pyogenes var. aureus, Rollin H. Heinzerling and Robert C. Goss
The Clay Prairie in Butler County, Iowa, C. W. Lantz
Partial Production of A Normal Morphological Phenocopy in the Zea Mays L. Mutant, Ramosa-1, Alan R. Orr
Relationship of Pectic Enzymes to Abscission, Daryl D. Smith
Understanding of Science by Elementary Teachers, Daryl D. Smith
Sheath and Cellular Irregularities of Sphaerotilus natans Caused by Ferric Ammonium Citrate and Glucose, David H. Tjaden and Robert C. Goss
Submissions from 1968
Experimental Induction of a Normal Morphological Phenocopy of an Inflorescence in a Zea. Mays L. Mutant, Alan R. Orr
Submissions from 1967
Propylene Oxide Sterilization of Media Containing Bacterial Populations, Micheal J. Naylon and Robert C. Goss
Influence of Gibberellic Acid and Indole-3-Acetic Acid on the Morphology and Population Dynamics of Eudorina elegans, E. Russell TePaske and Dale Robert Frank
Submissions from 1964
Experimentally Induced Mammary Tumors in Swiss Mice with Cephalobus (Nematoda Cephalobidae), Robert C. Goss and Robert Stevens
A Study of the Effects of Hypothermia on the Electrical Activity of the Hypothalamus in Citellus tridecemlineatus, James H. Johnson
A Study of the Small Rodents of Black Hawk County, Iowa (1961-1962), Raymond L. Sloan
Submissions from 1963
Trematodes of Passerine Birds from Chickasaw County, lowa, Charles J. Ellis
Media Sterilization With Propylene Oxide, Robert C. Goss and Jack L. Marr
