Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2019 Deciphering the ovarian proteomic impacts of obesity Kendra Leah Clark Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Genetics Commons Recommended Citation Clark, Kendra Leah, "Deciphering the ovarian proteomic impacts of obesity" (2019). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 17659. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/17659 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Deciphering the ovarian proteomic impacts of obesity by Kendra Leah Clark A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Genetics and Genomics Program of Study Committee: Aileen F. Keating, Major Professor Jeffrey J. Essner Donald S. Sakaguchi Jason W. Ross Geetu Tuteja The student author, whose presentation of the scholarship herein was approved by the program of study committee, is solely responsible for the content of this dissertation. The Graduate College will ensure this dissertation is globally accessible and will not permit alterations after a degree is conferred. Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2019 Copyright © Kendra Leah Clark, 2019. All rights reserved. ii DEDICATION I dedicate this thesis to my children; whose presence gave me reason. Additionally, I dedicate this work to all the people out there with questionable pasts that everyone gave up on but who never gave up on themselves.