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Robert J Quinlan

Washington State University
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Modeling ciliopathies: Primary cilia in development and disease

RJ Quinlan, JL Tobin, PL Beales - Current topics in developmental biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Primary (nonmotile) cilia are currently enjoying a renaissance in light of novel ascribed
functions ranging from mechanosensory to signal transduction. Their importance for key …

Insights into the oxidative degradation of cellulose by a copper metalloenzyme that exploits biomass components

RJ Quinlan, MD Sweeney… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant plant biomass is one of the key industrial challenges
of the 21st century. Accordingly, there is a continuing drive to discover new routes to …

Human pair‐bonds: Evolutionary functions, ecological variation, and adaptive development

RJ Quinlan - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… on five logistic models in Quinlan and Quinlan.The dash-dot line has multiple controls. …
10 Quinlan RJ, Quinlan MB. 2007. Evolutionary ecology of human pair-bonds: cross-cultural …

Human parental effort and environmental risk

RJ Quinlan - Proceedings of the Royal Society B …, 2007 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Parental investment decisions depend on multiple factors, including the extent that parental
care benefits offspring. Humans should show reduced parental effort in environments where …

Father absence, parental care, and female reproductive development

RJ Quinlan - Evolution and human behavior, 2003 - Elsevier
This study examines female reproductive development from an evolutionary life history
perspective. Retrospective data are for 10,847 US women. Results indicate that timing of parental …

Modernization and medicinal plant knowledge in a Caribbean horticultural village

MB Quinlan, RJ Quinlan - Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Quinlan 2005). We evaluate medicinal plant knowledge in relation to demographic
characteristics: Commercial occupation, consumerism, years of formal education, age, gender, and …

The role of fungus in the diet of the leaf‐cutting ant Atta cephalotes (L.)

RJ Quinlan, JM Cherrett - Ecological Entomology, 1979 - Wiley Online Library
… They did not feed on other fungi (Quinlan & Cherrett, 1978a). A … action of the infrabuccal
pouch (Quinlan & Cherrett, 1978b) and … by the smaller workers (Quinlan & Cherrett, unpublished) …

Ethnophysiology and herbal treatments of intestinal worms in Dominica, West Indies

MB Quinlan, RJ Quinlan, JM Nolan - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2002 - Elsevier
In rural Dominican ethnophysiology worms reside in a human organ called the ‘worm bag’.
Unchecked, worms can cause illness by growing in size and number, spreading out of the …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial use and veterinary care among agro-pastoralists in Northern Tanzania

…, JW Roulette, A Roth, L Matthews, RJ Quinlan - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Frequent and unregulated use of antimicrobials (AM) in livestock requires public health
attention as a likely selection pressure for resistant bacteria. Studies among small-holders, who …

Parental investment and age at weaning in a Caribbean village

RJ Quinlan, MB Quinlan, MV Flinn - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2003 - Elsevier
Predicting the timing of weaning in diverse environments is important because breast-feeding
significantly contributes to child survival and overall health, especially in developing …