The role of natural genetic variants in nematodes

Overview of MSc Thesis Topics

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  Genetic regulation of the transcriptome

  The model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been a champion of genetics since the 1970s. A vast body of knowledge exists that links genes of this...
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  Adding up or multiplication: the riddle of epistasis

  An ongoing discussion in the field of quantitative genetics is the contribution of genetic interactions to traits. One way to approach this is by...
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  The role of natural variation in plant parasitism

  Plant roots are the location of an ongoing struggle between plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) and their host. PPNs are an important problem in food...