Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2019 In-silico guided identification of ciliogenesis candidate genes in a non-conventional animal model Natalia I. Acevedo Luna Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Bioinformatics Commons Recommended Citation Acevedo Luna, Natalia I., "In-silico guided identification of ciliogenesis candidate genes in a non- conventional animal model" (2019). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 17382. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/17382 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]. In-silico guided identification of ciliogenesis candidate genes in a non-conventional animal model by Natalia Acevedo Luna A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program of Study Committee: Heike Hofmann, Co-major Professor Geetu Tuteja, Co-major Professor Matthew Hufford Dennis V. Lavrov Mohan Gupta 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 ii DEDICATION This dissertation would never have been possible without the support and love of the wonderful people I have the honor of calling my family, they are my core and my every- thing.