Student Honors Papers
The Student Honors Papers collection represents exemplary work in biology at Illinois Wesleyan University. The Ames Library is proud to archive these and other honors projects in Digital Commons @ IWU, the University's online archive of student, faculty and staff scholarship and creative activity.
Submissions from 2008
Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination and its Potential Effects on Eggshell Characteristics of Dickcissels (Spiza americana), Bridget Wall '08
Submissions from 2006
The Development and Structure of Feeding Arms in Antarctic Species of Pterobranchs (Pterobranchia, Hemichordata), Catherine Krahe '06
Submissions from 2005
The Effects of β-Mercaptoethanol on the Specific Activity of Porphobilinogen Synthase Mutants of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides Protein, Trefan Archibald '05
A Taxonomic Study of the Lichen Genera Canomaculina, Canoparmelia and Rimelia in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Erin Boente '05
Are Nutrients assimilated by juveniles of the brittle star Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)?, Elizabeth A.G. Whitehill '05
Submissions from 2004
Protection from the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation by the Encapsulating Structures of Embryos of Physa, a Freshwater Pulmonate Snail, Stacy Nielsen '04
Submissions from 2001
Systematic Relationships of Natalid and Furipterid Bats, Based on Hyoid Morphology (Chiroptera: Natalidae and Furipteridae), Kosha N. Baxi '01
Neotropical Nectar-feeding Bats (Family Phyllostomidae) Revisited: Lingual Data Support a Recently-Proposed Molecular Phylogeny, Shawn De La Mar '01
Lipid Biochemistry of House Wren Egg Yolk and Possible Effects on Incubation Period, Brian J. Payne '01
Submissions from 2000
Mutagenesis and Cloning of Photosynesis Genes of the Filamentous Bacterium, Chloroflexus aurantiacus, Kristi L. Berger '00
Brown-headed Cowbird Brood Parasitism in Bison-grazed and Ungrazed Tallgrass Prairie, Alexandra C. Latham '00
An Assay for the Estimation of Organic Content in Unknown Biological Samples, William J. Schneider '00
A Survey of Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in Costa Rican Wildlife, Mark Wieland '00
Submissions from 1999
Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in Neotropical Avifauna from Northwest Costa Rica, Virginia L. Flanagin '99
Submissions from 1998
The Role of the Comstock-Kellogg Glands in Egg Tanning in Romalea guttata, Elizabeth A. Elasser '98
The Characterization of the TY5 Strain of Chamydomonas reinhardtii, a Chlorophyll Biosynthetic Mutant, Robert Graham '98
Organic Compounds in Cyanea capillata and Chrysaora quinquecirrha, Kris Mitchell '98
Submissions from 1997
The Effect of Temperature on Reproductive Characteristics of an Asexually Reproducing Rotifer (Class Bdelloidea), Kurt E. Galbreath '97
Heterologous Expression of BchP, a Rhodobacter capsulatus Polypeptide Necessary for the Reductive Maturation of Bacteriochlorophyll agg to Bacteriochlorophyll ap, Thaddeus R. Hoening '97
Phylogenetic Systematics of the Primate Genus Aotus Based on Hyoid Morphology, Melissa S. Immel '97
Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in New World Passerines, Tyler A. Sager '97
Regulation of Methyl Farnesoate Production by the Lobster Mandibular Organ in vitro, Amy Shaub '97
Submissions from 1996
Radioimmunoassay Analysis of Testosterone Levels in Clutches of House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) Egg Yolks, Kimberly A. Fryzel '96
Immunolesions Using Site Specific Injections of 192-lgG Saporin into the Basal Forebrain Fail to Affect Radial Arm Maze Performance in the Male Rat, Lesley J. Hickman '96
Habitat Edge and Nest Predation in House Wrens, Daniel Moore '96
Estrogen Levels in House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Egg Yolks, V. Brook Waggoner '96
Submissions from 1995
Comparison of the Effects of Saporin-IgG Injections into the Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis and Medial Septal Area of Male Rat as Assessed by the Morris Water Maze Task, Alexander R. V. McCampbell '95
Defining the Recognition of K^(bm3) and L^d by the Alloreactive 2C T Cell, Kevin Ratliff '95
Submissions from 1994
Using Random Sequence Primers in the Polymerase Chain Reaction to identify Gender-Specific Genetic Markers in House Wrens, Jeremy J. Kirchman '94
Submissions from 1993
The Systematic Relationship of Hipposideros Commersoni Matungensis to Other Species of Rhinolophidae (Chiroptera), Maureen E. Koneval '93
Factors Influencing Variation in Susceptibility of Prairie Plants to an Early Summer Frost in East-Central Minnesota, Bette L. Purnell '93
The Effect of Temperature on the Growth of the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena Polymorpha (Pallas), Tamara K. Ross '93
Submissions from 1991
Intracerebral Injections of Substance P Fragments (5-11) and (1-7) into the Dorsal Midbrain Central Gray Have No Effects on Lordosis Behavior in the Female Rat, Jodi K. Block '91
Cystic Fibrosis: Cluster Analysis of Microbiology and Pulmonary Function, Lori Lee M. Larson '91
The Effects of Bilateral Injections of Neuropeptide K into the Medial Preoptic Area on Male Rat Copulatory Behavior, Peter Malen '91
A Morphological and Chemical Study of the Lichen Genus Hypogymnia in North America North of Mexico, Melinda McFarlin '91
The Anatomy of the Hyoid Region of Molossus Molossus and its Implication in Systematics, Natawadee Prasertphon '91
An Analysis of the Anatomical Projection from the mZI to the dMCG Using HRP Histochemistry: Comparison between Male and Female Rats, Scott E. Preusen '91
Submissions from 1990
The Effects of Intracerebral Injections of Substance P, and a Substance P Fragment (5-11) into the Medial Preoptic Nucleus on Lordosis Behavior in the Female Rat, Kellie S. Jones '90
Larval Settlement of Ilyanassa obsoleta (Gastropoda) and Capitella sp. I (Polychaeta): Responses to Sediment Cues and Effects of No. 6 Fuel Oil, Dianne Rudy '90
Effect of Copulation and Copulation Time on Female Reproductive Development in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), David Sherwood '90
Systematic Relationships of Rhinolophid Bats: Based on Hyoid Morphology, Andrea L. Smith '90