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Undergraduate Research Articles (Listed in alphabetical order by author) Skip to: Articles from Courses at UM

Effects of Aphthona species and integrated management on leafy spurge and native plant communities of Mount Sentinel  Cynthia Buckalew (Marilyn Marler)

Factors Associated with Habitat Use by Timberline Sparrows (Spizella (Breweri) Taverneri) the Southern End of Their Range?  Suzanne A. Cox

The host associations and developmental plasticity of Nemoria darwiniata  Adam Ehmer (Dr. Erick Greene)

Mutation in parC of Borrelia burgdorferi Confer Resistance to Fluoroquinolones  Kendal M. Galbraith (D. Scott Samuels)

Training dogs to distinguish between black bear (Ursus americanus) and grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) feces  Aimee Hurt (Erick Greene, Barbara Davenport)

Chromium Induced Neoplasia Using p53, Gadd45, NF-kB, and AP-2 Response Elements As Models For Binding Affinity  Julia Michelle Kotler (Dr. Kent Sugden Mentor)

Effects of monovalent and divalent cations on HIV type 2 dimerization  Marcela Majda (Dr. J. Stephen Lodmell)

Cloning of an immunodominant antigen gene of Bartonella bacilliformis  Kyle E. McFarley (Dr. M.F. Minnick)

Do Voles Select Dense Vegetation for Movement Pathways at the Microhabitat Level?  Lucretia Olson (Don Christian)

Does diversity play a role in resistance to invasion by knapweed?  Mo O’Mara (Ragan Callaway)

Cellular Location of Ribosomal Protein L7/L12 in Neissera gonorrhoeae  Jeanne Quick (Dr. Ralph Judd)

Characterizing the binding site of the Hbb protein from Borrelia burgdorferi  Corbin M. Schwanke (D. Scott Samuels)

Starvation-induced Mutations in Escherichia coli  Colby Stoddard (Dr. Barbara Wright Mentor)

Characterization of the immune response in wild cougars infected with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)  Jesse Thompson (Dr. Mary Poss)

Effects of Mutation on the Structure and Function of the HIV-1 Envelope Protein Transmembrane gp41 Subunit  Amanda Wilhelm (Dr. Jack Nunberg)