Search for dissertations about: "fighting ability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words fighting ability.

2. 1. Sexual selection in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) : A life-history perspective

   Author : Anna Qvarnström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecology; Sexual selection; life-history; honest signalling; fighting ability; genotype-environment interaction; direct benefits; indirect benefits; Ekologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Animal Ecology; zooekologi;

   Abstract : This thesis integrates sexual selection theory with life history theory to elucidate the causes and consequences of variation in a male secondary sexual trait. The model organism, the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), was studied on Gotland, Sweden. READ MORE

4. 2. Fighting microbial infections with force fields: Evaluating conformational ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins

   Author : Stephanie Jephthah; Beräkningskemi; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; molecular dynamics; force field; Monte Carlo; coarse-grained modeling; simulation; intrinsically disordered protein; histatin 5; small-angle x-ray scattering; circular dichroism; atomistic MD simulations; all-atom protein models;

   Abstract : The main goal of this compilation thesis has been to investigate the conformational ensemble of the intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) histatin 5 by using a mixture of experimental and computational techniques including, but not limited to, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and coarse-grained Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Histatin 5 is a peptide of particular interest for two reasons. READ MORE

5. 3. Risk assessment and contest behaviour in the Cichlid fish Nannacara anomala

   Author : Olle Brick; Felicity A. Huntingford; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; zoologi; Zoology;

   Abstract : The risk of predation is an important factor for our understanding of animal behaviour in general. This thesis investigates the influence of predation risk on fighting behaviour in the cichlid fish Nannacara anomala. READ MORE

6. 4. Identification and Characterization of Biomarkers in Bacterial Infections

   Author : Martin Storm; Lars Engstrand; Ann-Christine Syvänen; Hans-Jurg Monstein; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Microbiology; Microbiology; Bacteriology; Chlamydia trachomatis; Bordetella perussis; Helicobacter pylori; Real-Time PCR; Microarray; Antigenome; Vaccine; Biomarker; Mikrobiologi; Microbiology; immunology; infectious diseases; Mikrobiologi; immunologi; infektionssjukdomar;

   Abstract : In recent years molecular biology has become an integral part of the clinical laboratory. With an ever increasing number of methodologies and applications being presented each year it has increased our knowledge of how bacteria cause disease as well as our ability to predict disease outcome. READ MORE

7. 5. Single cell studies of natural killer cell immune surveillance

   Author : Elin Forslund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Our immune system protects us from microbes such as viruses, bacteria and parasitic worms. The immune system also plays a key role in fighting cancer and in carrying out a function termed ‘immune surveillance’, natural killer (NK) cells patrol tissues and participate in the elimination of transformed cells and established tumors. READ MORE