The eukaryotic bZIP transcription factors are critical players in organismal response to environmental challenges. In fungi, the production of secondary metabolites (SMs) is hypothesized as one of the responses to environmental...
Cayo Cochino Pequeño (CCP) is a western Caribbean island with a surface area of only 0.64 km2 in the Cayos Cochinos Archipelago, Department of Islas de la Bahía, Honduras. It is relatively ecologically complex, with high...
Inquiry-based undergraduate laboratories provide the opportunity to engage students in a research experience that improves scientific thinking, but such activities can be difficult to develop and implement due to limited time...
For more information on the published version, visit Oxford's Website., Wohlbach, Dana J., Betania F. Quirino, and Michael R. Sussman. "Analysis of the Arabidopsis Histidine Kinase ATHK1 Reveals a Connection between Vegetative...
Constricting snakes must balance the energetic cost of constriction with the potential danger in releasing their prey too early. Therefore, it would be advantageous for these snakes to possess a mechanism to determine the...
Foraging behavior can have population-level effects that are of interest for wildlife management. For invasive species, foraging behavior has been tied to establishment ability and rate of spread and is generally of import in...
Boback, Scott M., and D. Mark Carpenter. "Body Size and Head Shape of Island Boa constrictor in Belize: Environmental Versus Genetic Contributions." In Biology of the Boas and Pythons, edited by Robert W. Henderson and Robert...
Boback, Scott M. "Body Size Evolution in Snakes: Evidence from Island Populations." Copeia 2003, no.1 (2003): 81-94., The current literature reports divergent conclusions on the patterns of body size change in island snakes. I...