Browsing Theses by Subject "biology"
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Micromeda: a genome property prediction pipeline and web visualization tool
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-07)Understanding the distribution of biochemical pathways across microorganisms is critical to understanding these organism's evolution, ecology, and industrial applicability. Advances in genome sequencing and pathway databases ... -
A Multidimensional Model of Biological Sex
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-10)This dissertation is about biological sex and how we ought to make sense of it. By biological sex I mean those elements of an individual’s body that are involved in reproduction of the individual’s species; by make sense ... -
Stress-induced accumulation of heme oxygenase-1 in Xenopus laevis A6 kidney epithelial cells
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-01)Abstract Previous studies have examined stress-induced heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression primarily in mammalian systems. The present study examines, for the first time in amphibians, the effect of heat shock, sodium ...