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Let the Records Show: Attribution of Scientific Credit in Natural History Collections
Here, we examine how women are represented in the historical record of NHCs and how historical institutional and societal forces disguise their full contribution to the Smithsonian Institution and their scientific impact as members of the Smithsonian community.
Rebecca B. Dikow
,
Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
,
William J. B. Mattingly
,
Michael G. Trizna
,
Elizabeth Harmon
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Torsten Dikow
,
Carlos F. Arias
,
Richard G. J. Hodel
,
Jennifer Spillane
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Mirian T. N. Tsuchiya
,
Luis Villanueva
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Alexander E. White
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Madeline G. Bursell
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Tiana Curry
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Christelle Inema
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Kayla Geronimo-Anctil
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Genotypic confirmation of a biased phenotypic sex ratio in a dryland moss using restriction fragment length polymorphisms
We present a technique to determine genotypic sex in the highly clonal
Syntrichia caninervis
, and the results of a case study examining genotypic and phenotypic sex ratios.
Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
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Simone D. Benjamiin
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Jordan Z. Jomsky
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Matthew A. Bowker
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Lloyd R. Stark
,
D. Nicholas McLetchie
,
Brent D. Mishler
,
Kirsten M. Fisher
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Transcriptomic effects of acute ultraviolet radiation exposure on two 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖 mosses
Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a major environmental stressor for terrestrial plants. Here we investigated genetic responses to acute …
Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
,
Brent D. Mishler
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Natural ultraviolet radiation exposure alters photosynthetic biology and improves recovery from desiccation in a desert moss
Plants in dryland ecosystems experience extreme daily and seasonal fluctuations in light, temperature, and water availability. We used …
Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
,
Theresa A. Clark
,
Oliver Dautermann
,
Alexander Russell
,
Sotodeh Ebrahimi
,
Lloyd R. Stark
,
Krishna K. Niyogi
,
Brent D. Mishler
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To dry perchance to live: insights from the genome of the desiccation-tolerant biocrust moss 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙨
With global climate change, water scarcity threatens whole agro/ecosystems. The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis, an extremophile, …
Anderson T. Silva
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Bei Gao
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Kirsten M. Fisher
,
Brent D. Mishler
,
Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
,
Lloyd R. Stark
,
Xiaoshuang Li
,
Daoyuan Zhang
,
Matthew A. Bowker
,
John C. Brinda
,
Kirsten K. Coe
,
Melvin J. Oliver
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Life under quartz: Hypolithic mosses in the Mojave Desert
Several species of dryland cyanobacteria are known to occur as hypoliths under semi-translucent rocks. In the Mojave Desert, these …
Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
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Kirsten M. Fisher
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Multiple factors influence population sex ratios in the Mojave Desert moss 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙨
PREMISE OF RESEARCH: Natural populations of many mosses appear highly female-biased based on the presence of reproductive structures. …
Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
,
Adam Payton
,
Amber Paasch
,
Kirsten M. Fisher
,
Stuart McDaniel
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Pyk2 and megakaryocytes regulate osteoblast differentiation and migration via distinct and overlapping mechanisms
Osteoblast differentiation and migration are necessary for bone formation during bone remodeling. Mice lacking the proline-rich …
Pierre P. Eleniste
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Vruti Patel
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Sumana Posritong
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Odette Zero
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Heather Largura
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Ying-Hua Cheng
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Evan R. Himes
,
Matthew Hamilton
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Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
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Melissa A. Kacena
,
Angela Bruzzaniti
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C-Mpl is expressed on osteoblasts and osteoclasts and is important in regulating skeletal homeostasis
C‐Mpl is the receptor for thrombopoietin (TPO), the main megakaryocyte (MK) growth factor, and c‐Mpl is believed to be expressed on …
Tomas E. Meijome
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Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
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R. Adam Hooker
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Ying-Hua Cheng
,
Wendy A. Ciovacco
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Sanjeev M. Balamohan
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Trishya L. Srinivasan
,
Brahmananda R. Chitteti
,
Pierre P. Eleniste
,
Mark C. Horowitz
,
Edward F. Srour
,
Angela Bruzzaniti
,
Robyn K. Fuchs
,
Melissa A. Kacena
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