Browsing BIO Theses by Author "Beck, James B."
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Does asexuality confer a short term advantage? A case study in the fern myriopteris gracilis (pteridaceae)
Wickell, David (Wichita State University, 2015-07)Asexual taxa are generally seen as evolutionary dead ends, relegated to the tips of phylogenies due to elevated extinction rates. Despite this macroevolutionary disadvantage, there is evidence in some cases that asexual ... -
Evaluating range genetics in black cherry (Prunus serotina) and the genetic status of an enigmatic relative, Alabama cherry (Prunus alabamensis)
Konrade, Lauren A. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)Premise of the study: Isolation by distance (IBD) is a genetic pattern in which populations geographically closer to one another are more genetically similar to each other than populations which are further apart. Black ... -
Insights into the introduction and distribution of invasive Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum) through whole chloroplast sequencing
Cox, Morgan L. (Wichita State University, 2022-05)Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum) is a vine native to the open forests of eastern Asia that has become an invasive species in the United States. Herbarium records suggest Florida or North Carolina are the initial ... -
Vascular flora of the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
Hawkinson, Barnabas P. (Wichita State University, 2022-12)The Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie Preserve (FHTPP) comprises 3 parcels of land owned and protected by The Nature Conservancy of Kansas. It sits approximately 8 km (5 miles) east of Cassoday, Kansas in Butler and Greenwood ... -
What is Salvinia molesta? Determining the genetic composition and number of origins of the invasive giant Salvinia
Holt, Stacy D. (Wichita State University, 2022-05)The occurrence of polyploidy, having multiple complete genomes, is now recognized as a major influence on the evolution, genetic composition, and diversification of many plant lineages. Polyploidy is widely viewed as ... -
Where the buffalograss roam: Geographic and ecological differentiation of Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm. Cytotypes
Hadle, Jacob (Wichita State University, 2016-05)Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm. (buffalograss) is a major component of mixed- and shortgrass prairies of the Great Plains, and is of economic importance both as a forage grass and as a native turfgrass alternative for ...