University of Kentucky UKnowledge University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2009 TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING THYROXINE-INDUCED METAMORPHOSIS OF THE MEXICAN AXOLOTL AND AXOLOTL-TIGER SALAMANDER HYBRIDS Robert Bryce Page University of Kentucky,
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[email protected]. ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION Robert Bryce Page The Graduate School University of Kentucky 2009 TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING THYROXINE-INDUCED METAMORPHOSIS OF THE MEXICAN AXOLOTL AND AXOLOTL-TIGER SALAMANDER HYBRIDS ________________________________ ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION _________________________________ A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky By Robert Bryce Page Lexington, Kentucky Director: Dr. S. Randal Voss, Associate Professor of Biology Lexington, Kentucky 2009 Copyright © Robert Bryce Page 2009 ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING THYROXINE-INDUCED METAMORPHOSIS OF THE MEXICAN AXOLOTL AND AXOLOTL-TIGER SALAMANDER HYBRIDS For nearly a century, amphibian metamorphosis has served as an important model of how thyroid hormones regulate vertebrate development.