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Establishing and Characterizing Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Cell Lines
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Commercial cancer cell lines have long been extensively used as an important platform to study cancer. They have contributed to a plethora of discoveries in the field of cancer research. However, there are limitations with ...
Energetics of Interrupted Development in Megachile rotundata
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Insects in temperate regions may experience temperature fluctuations during springtime development which can lead to low temperature stress. Previous research has shown that short artificial fluctuations in temperature ...
The Effects of Variation in Temperature and Parental Behavior on Offspring Body Mass, Telomeres and Survival Are Context-Dependent in Free Living House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Although developing birds are vulnerable to extreme and erratic temperature conditions associated with climate change, parents have some ability to buffer these effects via incubation and postnatal behavior. However, parents ...
Long-Term Monitoring of Bat Populations in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Throughout the past few decades, North American bat species have experienced population declines due to White-Nose Syndrome, wind energy, climate change, and other factors. In North Dakota, the presence of wind energy, and ...
Short- and Long-Term Effects of Environmental Variability on the Ecophysiology of a Solitary Bee
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Environments can vary across seasons. One characteristic of spring in temperate regions is fluctuations in temperature. Sudden bouts of low temperature can have lasting effects on ectotherms that rely on ambient temperature. ...