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DOCTORAL GRADUATIONS Mapping Genes Underlying Ethnic Differences in Tuberculosis Risk by Linkage Disequilibrium in the South M.E.S E.R. CHIMUSA (MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY) DOCTORAL GRADUATIONS Mapping genes underlying ethnic differences in tuberculosis risk by linkage disequilibrium in the South M.E.S. ABDELWAHAB (MATHEMATICS AND APPLIED African coloured population of the Western Cape MATHEMATICS) Supervised by Associate Professor N. Mulder Topics in modified gravity Supervised by Professor P. Dunsby H.S. CLAYTON (CHEMISTRY) Synthesis, structural studies, anticancer activity and A.H.A. ALFEDEEL (MATHEMATICS AND APPLIED computational studies of osmium arene complexes MATHEMATICS) Supervised by Associate Professor A. Hutton and Dr The impact of inhomogeneity on the analysis of G.S. Smith cosmological data Supervised by Professor C. Hellaby C. COLLINS (OCEANOGRAPHY) The dynamics and physical processes of the Comoros M.A.A. 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