subject area of Behavior, Selection, and the Genetics of Adaptation During the Early Stages of Ecological Divergence Thesis CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT STRAINS OF POTATO VIRUS Y ASSOCIATED WITH TUBER NECROSIS CIRCULATING IN NORTH AMERICAN POTATOES Thesis Disentangling drivers of floristic diversity in island systems using phylogenetic approaches Thesis Diversity and dynamics of the vaginal microbiome: exploring the boundaries between health and disease Thesis Endocrine Intersections of Growth and Reproduction in Oncorhynchus Mykiss Thesis Exploring the Extinction of Retrotransposons in Mammalian Genomes Thesis Genetic Networks, Adaptation, and the Evolution of Genomic Islands of Divergence Thesis Genetic and community structure of native bees of the Palouse Prairie Thesis Genomic and Phylogenetic Consequences of Divergence with Gene Flow in Chipmunks (sciuridae: Tamias) Thesis Investigating the Use of Classification Models to Study Microbial Community Associations with Bacterial Vaginosis Thesis Partial Migration in Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Identifying factors that influence migratory behavior and population connectivity across a watershed Thesis Phylogenomic Insights Into the Radiation of an Andean Group of Plants Thesis Preprocessing Algorithms and Software for Genomic Studies with High-Throughput Sequencing Data Thesis Retina Architecture: A Story of Networking Success and Failure Thesis Seasonal Variation in Empirical and Modeled Periphyton at the Watershed Scale Thesis THE ABSENCE OF THE CELLULAR PROTEIN P53 INHIBITED EFFICIENT TRAFFICKING OF HCMV VIRAL CAPSIDS FROM THE NUCLEUS Thesis URSIDAE LOCOMOTION: RIGHT DOWN TO THE “BEAR BONES” Thesis