The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana engages with the study of living systems, revealing the fundamental principles that govern the complexity of cells and system ecology. Research and creative scholarship by the faculty of the Department includes studies into conserving rare species; signal transduction; protein trafficking; immunology; cellular lifespan; genetics of behavior; molecular mechanisms of diseases; ecology and evolution; functional morphology; and evolutionary genomics.

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Submissions from 1995

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Characterization of Diverse 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid-Degradative Plasmids Isolated from Soil by Complementation, Eva M. Top, William E. Holben, and Larry J. Forney

Submissions from 1994

Facilitative and Interfering Effects of Arthrocnemum-Subterminale on Winter Annuals, Ragan M. Callaway

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The Composition and Social-Organization of Mixed-Species Flocks in a Tropical Deciduous Forest in Western Mexico, Richard L. Hutto

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Analysis of Competition in Soil among 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid-Degrading Bacteria, J. O. Ka, William E. Holben, and James M. Tiedje

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Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D)-Degrading Bacteria Isolated from 2,4-D-Treated Field Soils, J. O. Ka, William E. Holben, and James M. Tiedje

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Use of Gene Probes to Aid in Recovery and Identification of Functionally Dominant 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid-Degrading Populations in Soil, J. O. Ka, William E. Holben, and James M. Tiedje

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Analysis of the Distribution and Molecular Heterogeneity of the ospD Gene among the Lyme Disease Spirochetes: Evidence for Lateral Gene Exchange, Richard T. Marconi, D. Scott Samuels, Robert K. Landry, and Claude F. Garon

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Identification of Outer-Membrane Proteins of Bartonella-Bacilliformis, Michael F. Minnick

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Microbial evolution in a simple unstructured environment: Genetic differentiation in Escherichia coli, R. F. Rosenzweig, R. R. Sharp, D. S. Treves, and J. Adams

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Genetic Transformation of the Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia Burgdorferi with Coumarin-Resistant gyrB., D. Scott Samuels, Kathleen E. Mach, and Claude F. Garon

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gyrB mutations in Coumermycin A1-Resistant Borrelia Burgdorferi., D. Scott Samuels, Richard T. Marconi, Wai Mun Huang, and Claude F. Garon

Submissions from 1993

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Speciation in Golden-Plovers, Pluvialis dominica and P. fulva: Evidence from the Breeding Grounds, Peter G. Connors, Brian J. McCaffery, and John L. Maron

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Effects of Silvicultural Treatments on Forest Birds in the Rocky Mountains: Implications and Management Recommendations, Richard L. Hutto, Sallie J. Hejl, Charles R. Preston, and Deborah M. Finch

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Breeding Ground Fidelity and Mate Retention in the Pacific Golden-Plover, Oscar W. Johnson, Peter G. Connors, Phillip L. Bruner, and John L. Maron

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Transcriptional Analyses and Mapping of the ospC Gene in Lyme Disease Spirochetes, Richard T. Marconi, D. Scott Samuels, and Claude F. Garon

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Identification of a Protein in Several Borrelia Species which is Related to OspC of the Lyme Disease Spirochetes., Richard T. Marconi, D. Scott Samuels, Tom G. Schwan, and Claude F. Garon

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Nucleotide Sequence of the 5S Ribosomal RNA Gene of Bartonella bacilliformis, Michael F. Minnick

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Nucleotide Sequence and Comparison of the 5S Ribosomal RNA Genes of Rochalimaea henselae, R-quintana and Brucella abortus, Michael F. Minnick and Gary L. Stiegler

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Coumermycin A1 Inhibits Growth and Induces Relaxation of Supercoiled Plasmids in Borrelia Burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, D. Scott Samuels and Claude F. Garon

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Characterization of Bartonella-Bacilliformis Flagella and Effect of antiflagellin antibodies on Invasion of Human Erythrocytes, David C. Scherer, Isaure DeBuron-Connors, and Michael F. Minnick

Submissions from 1992

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Avian Forelimb Muscles and Nonsteady Flight: Can Birds Fly Without Using the Muscles in their Wings?, Kenneth P. Dial

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Intermediates in the Constitutive and Regulated Secretory Pathways Released In Vitro from Semi-intact Cells, Mark L. Grimes and Regis B. Kelly

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Gene Probe Analysis of Soil Microbial Populations Selected by Amendment with 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, William Holben, B. M. Schroeter, V. G.M. Calabrese, R. H. Olsen, J. K. Kukor, V. O. Biederbeck, and James M. Tiedje

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Evaluating Habitat Suitability Using Relative Abundance and Fledging Success of Red-Naped Sapsuckers, Bret W. Tobalske

Submissions from 1991

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Identification of adaptive changes in an evolving population of Escherichia coli: the role of changes with regulatory and highly pleiotropic effects, A. Kurlandzka, Frank Rosenzweig, and J. Adams

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Life-History Correlates of Taxonomic Diversity, John M. Marzluff and Kenneth P. Dial

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A plasmid-encoded surface protein found in chronic-disease isolates of Coxiella burnetti, Michael F. Minnick, Robert A. Heinzin, Dennis K. Reschke, Marvin Eugene Frazier, and Louis P. Mallavia

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Shrimp Stocking, Salmon Collapse, and Eagle Displacement, Craig N. Spencer, B. Riley McClelland, and Jack Arthur Stanford

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Bird Populations in Logged and Unlogged Western Larch/Douglas-fir Forest in Northwestern Montana, Bret W. Tobalske, Richard L. Hutto, and Raymond C. Shearer

Submissions from 1990

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Bird Flight - Insights and Complications, G. E. Goslow Jr., Kenneth P. Dial, and F. A. Jenkins Jr.

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Migration Routes of New World Sanderlings (Calidris alba), J. P. Meyers, M. Sallaberry A., E. Ortiz, G. Castro, L. J. Gordon, John L. Maron, C. T. Schick, E. Tablio, P. Antas, and T. Below

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Characterization and expression of the cbbE' gene of Coxiella burnetii, Michael F. Minnick, Robert A. Heinzin, Marvin Eugene Frazier, and Louis P. Mallavia

Submissions from 1989

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Export and Intercellular Transfer of DNA Via Membrane Blebs of Neisseria-Gonorrhoeae, David W. Dorward, Claude F. Garon, and Ralph C. Judd

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Identification and Characterization of Peptidoglycan-Associated Proteins in Neisseria-Gonorrhoeae, Stuart A. Hill and Ralph C. Judd

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Detection in Soil of a Deletion in an Engineered DNA Sequence by Using DNA Probes, Janet K. Jansson, William E. Holben, and James M. Tiedje

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Protein I: Structure, Function, and Genetics, Ralph C. Judd

Submissions from 1988

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DNA Probe Method for the Detection of Specific Microorganisms in the Soil Bacterial Community, William Holben, Janet K. Jansson, Barry K. Chelm, and James M. Tiedje

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Identification of Defined Sequences in Domain V of E.coli 23S rRNA in the 50S Subunit Accessible for Hybridization with Complementary Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Richard T. Marconi and Walter E. Hill

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Probing the Alpha-Sarcin Region of Escherichia-Coli 23S rRNA with a cDNA Oligomer, Gary A. White, Ted Wood, and Walter E. Hill

Submissions from 1987

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Heterozygosity and Oxygen-Consumption Rate as Predictors of Growth and Developmental Rate in Rainbow-Trout, Roy G. Danzmann, Moira M. Ferguson, and Fred W. Allendorf

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A Description of Mixed-Species Insectivorous Bird Flocks in Western Mexico, Richard L. Hutto

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Nearctic Avian Migrants in the Neotropics by J. H. Rappole; E. S. Morton; T. E. Lovejoy, Jr.; J. L. Ruos, Richard L. Hutto

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Characterization of Protein-I from Serum-Sensitive and Serum-Resistance Transformants of Neisseria-Gonorrhoeae, Ralph C. Judd, Milton Tam, and Keith Joiner

Submissions from 1986

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A Fixed-Radius Point Count Method for Nonbreeding and Breeding-Season Use, Richard L. Hutto, Sandra M. Pletschet, and Paul Hendricks

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Evidence for N-Terminal Exposure of the Protein Ia Subclass of Neisseria-Gonorrhoeae Protein-I, Ralph C. Judd

Submissions from 1985

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Seasonal-Changes in the Habitat Distribution of Transient Insectivorous Birds in Southeastern Arizona: Competition Mediated, Richard L. Hutto

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Structure and Surface Exposure of Protein-Iis of Neisseria-Gonorrhoeae Js3, Ralph C. Judd

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Seasonal Changes in Feeding Success, Activity Patterns, and Weights of Nonbreeding Sanderlings (Calidris alba), John L. Maron and J. P. Myers

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Going to Extremes: Why Do Sanderlings Migrate to the Neotropics?, J. P. Myers, John L. Maron, and Michel Sallaberry A.

Submissions from 1984

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Factors Affecting Nest Site Location in Gila Woodpeckers, Jerome J. Korol and Richard L. Hutto

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Superior Developmental Stability of Heterozygotes at Enzyme Loci in Salmonid Fishes, Robb F. Leary, Fred W. Allendorf, and Kathy L. Knudsen

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The Pan American Shorebird Program: A Progress Report, J. P. Myers, Gonzalo Castro, Brian Harrington, Marshall Howe, John L. Maron, Enrique Ortiz, Michel Sallaberry A., C. T. Schick, and Elier Tablio

Submissions from 1983

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Linkage Disequilibrium Generated by Selection Against Null Alleles at Duplicate Loci, Fred W. Allendorf

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Rationale and Suggestions for a Hemispheric Color-Marking Scheme for Shorebirds: a Way to Avoid Chaos, J. P. Myers, John L. Maron, Enrique Ortiz, Gonzalo Castro, Marshall Howe, R.I.G. Morrison, and Brian A. Harrington

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Amount and Distribution of Isozyme Variation in Ponderosa pine from Eastern Montana, John Herbert Woods, G. M. Blake, and Fred W. Allendorf

Submissions from 1982

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Shell-Dropping Behavior of Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis), John L. Maron

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Electrophoretic Variation in Large Mammals. III. The Ringed Seal, Pusa-Hispida, the Harp Seal, Pagophilus-Groenlandicus, and the Hooded Seal, Cystophora-Cristata, V. Simonsen, Fred W. Allendorf, W. F. Eanes, and F. O. Kapel

Submissions from 1981

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Larval Specialization and Phenotypic Variation in Arctopsyche-Grandis (Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae), F. Richard Hauer and Jack Arthur Stanford

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Seasonal Variation in the Foraging Behavior of Some Migratory Western Wood Warblers, Richard L. Hutto

Submissions from 1977

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Isoenzyme Loci in Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta L.) - Detection and Interpretation from Population Data, Fred W. Allendorf, N. Mitchell, N. Ryman, and G. Stahl

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On the Sedimentation Behavior and Molecular Weight of 16S Ribosomal RNA from Escherichia coli, Walter E. Hill, Kenneth R. Bakke, and Donald P. Blair

Submissions from 1976

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Genetic variation in Scandinavian brown trout (Salmo trutta L.): evidence of distinct sympatric populations, Fred W. Allendorf, Nils Ryman, A. Stennek, and G. Stahl

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Gene duplication in the family Salmonidae 111. Linkage between two duplicated loci coding for aspartate aminotransferase in the cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki), Fred W. Allendorf and Fred M. Utter

Submissions from 1974

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Delayed-Hypersensitivity Reactions Provoked by Ribosomes from Acid-Fast Bacilli - Physical Characteristics and Immunological Aspects of Core Ribosomal-Proteins from Mycobacterium-Smegmatis, R. V. Loge, Walter E. Hill, Robert E. Baker, and C. L. Larson

Submissions from 1973

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Ribosomes of Acid-Fast Bacilli - Immunogenicity, Serology, and In-Vitro Correlates of Delayed-Hypersensitivity, Robert E. Baker, Walter E. Hill, and C. L. Larson

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Resistance of Mice to Infection with Friend Disease Virus After Subcutaneous Injection of Friend Virus and Friend Spleen-Cells, C. L. Larson, R. N. Ushijima, S. K. Kasuga, Robert E. Baker, and M. B. Baker