Biological Sciences strives to provide students with broad training in biology and a solid foundation of core courses in the liberal arts. With a strong emphasis on student research, the department provides students with lab and field opportunities where they may explore at the molecular, cellular, organismal and population levels of biological organization.
Below you will find scholarly and other professional works of faculty in the Biological Sciences.
Submissions from 1999
Conservation implications of genetic variation in three rare species endemic to Florida rosemary scrub, Rebecca W. Dolan, Rebecca Yahr, Eric S. Menges, and Matthew Halfhill
Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Expression in Plants, Katherine M. Schmid
Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake (Seminatrix pygaea). I. Evidence for oviducal sperm storage, David M. Sever and Travis J. Ryan
Submissions from 1998
Demographic viability of populations of Silene regis in midwestern prairies: relationships with fire management, genetic variation, geographic location, population size and isolation, Eric S. Menges and Rebecca W. Dolan
Hypericum cumulicola demography in unoccupied and occupied Florida scrub patches with different time-since-fire, Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, Rebecca W. Dolan, and Eric S. Menges
Eurycea junaluska. Morphology, Travis J. Ryan
Larval life history and abundance of a rare salamander, Eurycea junaluska (Plethodontidae), Travis J. Ryan
Migration, amphibian, Travis J. Ryan and Raymond D. Semlitsch
Intraspecific heterochrony and life history evolution: Decoupling somatic and sexual development in a facultatively paedomorphic salamander, Travis J. Ryan and Raymond D. Semlitsch
Submissions from 1997
Floristic Investigation of Crooked Creek Community of Juan Solomon Park, Indianapolis Indiana, Raelene M. Crandall and Rebecca W. Dolan
The larvae of Eurycea junaluska (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae), with comments on distribution, Travis J. Ryan
Fatty Acid and Lipid Biosynthesis and Degradation, Katherine M. Schmid, J. Andrews, and J. B. Ohlrogge
Submissions from 1995
The rare, serpentine endemic Streptanthus morrisonii (Brassicaceae) species complex, revisited using isozyme analysis, Rebecca W. Dolan
The Royal Catchfly (Silene Regia; Caryophyllaceae) in Indiana, Rebecca W. Dolan
Reproductive energetics of adult male yellow- bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris), Carmen M. Salsbury and K. B. Armitage
Dihydrosterculate in Tobacco Transformed with Bacterial Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase, Katherine M. Schmid
Submissions from 1994
Effects of a Prescribed Burn on Tree- and Herb-layer Vegetation in a Post Oak (Quercus Stellata) Dominated Flatwoods, Rebecca W. Dolan
Patterns of isozyme variation in relation to population size, isolation, and phytogeographic history in royal catchfly, Rebecca W. Dolan
The Clute holotypes and the herbarium of Willard Nelson Clute in the Friesner Herbarium of Butler University, Rebecca W. Dolan
Submissions from 1992
A Complete Index to the Butler University Botanical Studies, a Journal of Original Research Published by Butler University 1929-1964, Rebecca W. Dolan
Plant Fatty Acid Biosynthesis and Its Potential For Manipulation, John Ohlrogge, Dusty Post-Beittenmiller, Alenka Hloušek-Radojčić, Katherine M. Schmid, and Jan Jaworski
Submissions from 1990
Expression of Acyl Carrier Proteins in Spinach, Katherine M. Schmid and J. B. Ohlrogge
A Root Acyl Carrier Protein-II from Spinach is also Expressed in Leaves and Seeds, Katherine M. Schmid and John B. Ohlrogge
The Distribution and Phylogenetic Significance of Desmethylsterols in Chenopodium and Atriplex: Coexistence of Δ7- and Δ5 -sterols, Sihua Xu, Glenn W. Patterson, William R. Lusby, Katherine M. Schmid, and Thomas A. Salt
Submissions from 1989
Genetic Engineering for Plant Oils: Potential and Limitations, James F. Battey, Katherine M. Schmid, and John B. Ohlrogge
Taxonomy of Streptanthus sect. Biennes, the Streptanthus morrisonii complex (Brassicaceae), Rebecca W. Dolan and Lawrence F. LaPre
Vegetation and environment in an adjacent post oak flatwoods and barrens in Indiana, Rebecca W. Dolan and Eric S. Menges
Expression of Holo and Apo Forms of Spinach Acyl Carrier Protein-I in Leaves of Transgenic Tobacco Plants, M. A. Post-Beittenmiller, Katherine M. Schmid, and J. B. Ohlrogge
Perturbation of Fungal Growth and Lipid Composition by Cyclopropenoid Fatty Acids, Katherine M. Schmid and Glenn W. Patterson
Submissions from 1988
Distribution of Cyclopropenoid Fatty Acids in Malvaceous Plant Parts, Katherine M. Schmid and Glenn W. Patterson
Effects of Cyclopropenoid Fatty Acids on Fungal Growth and Lipid Composition, Katherine M. Schmid and Glenn W. Patterson
Submissions from 1986
Sterols of Amaranthaceae, Sihua Xu, Glenn W. Patterson, and Katherine M. Schmid
Submissions from 1984
The effects of seed size and maternal origin on the distribution of individual plant size in Ludwigia leptocarpa (Onagraceae), Rebecca W. Dolan
Population dynamics of Ludwigia leptocarpa (Onagraceae) and some factors affecting size hierarchies in a natural population, Rebecca W. Dolan and Rebecca R. Sharitz