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Joe K. Moody

  Simpson College Science & Math

Undergraduate Research

Symposium

 

 

Spring 2004

 

  

 

April 14, 2004

7:30 p.m.

 

 

 

Carver Science Center Atrium

and

Jordan Lecture Hall

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Oral Presentations

 

            Characterization of the crestfallen Mutation in Zebrafish.

 

Travis Gerhart and Maegan Johnson*

            Sponsors: Jackie Brittingham

                  and Rob Cornell (University of Iowa)

                *Research Support: ßßß Research Scholarship

 

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An Historical Approach to the Origin of Catsteps in the Loess Hills of Iowa.

           

Kimberly Dillon

            Sponsor: Steve Emerman

 

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Solving the 0-1 Knapsack Problem with Genetic Algorithms.

 

Maya Hristakeva and Dipti Shrestha

Sponsor: Lydia Sinapova

 

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Rates of Reactions: Chemical Kinetics Made Easy!

 

Miranda Lund

Sponsor: Murphy Waggoner

 

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Does the Transpiration Rate / Root Dry Weight Ratio Predict the Boron Tolerance of Crops?

           

Kristine Robson

            Sponsor: Steve Emerman

 

  

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Further Studies on the Arsenic Cycle and the Maturation of Ecosystems.

 

Adam Finken and Jewell Moore
Sponsor: Steve Emerman

 

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"Are You My Brother?" Kin Recognition Across Species.

 

Alisha Robb 
Sponsor: Brian Peer

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DNA Fingerprinting of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) from Two Populations in Madison County, Iowa.

 

Angela Ryan 
Sponsor: Pat Singer

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