Arias Martorell, Júlia (Date of defense: 2014-12-05)
The Doctoral Thesis entitled "the glenohumeral joint of hominoid primates: locomotor Correlates, anatomical variation and evolution" is about the anatomical adaptations in the shoulder joint (glenohumeral ...
Mitjans Niubó, Marina (Date of defense: 2014-12-17)
Severe mental disorders, such as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Schizophrenia (SCZ), represent a huge burden to society, reflecting the limited efficacy of current drug ...
Martínez Abadías, Nieves (Date of defense: 2007-12-19)
This thesis is the final outcome of the project "Quantitative genetics of craniofacial traits: a functional approach to heritability", which received support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for ...
Sacristán Soriano, Oriol (Date of defense: 2013-10-04)
Phylum Porifera (Grant, 1836) are sessile metazoans with a differentiated inhalant and exhalant aquiferous system with external pores. Lacking a tissue grade of construction, sponges can reach two ...
Gordo Villoslada, Óscar (Date of defense: 2006-12-01)
The spatial and temporal variability of migratory phenology of <i>Ciconia ciconia, Cuculus canorus, Apus apus, Hirundo rustica</i> and <i>Luscinia megarhynchos</i> were studied by means of 44000 records ...
Gálvez López, Eloy (Date of defense: 2014-10-22)
The effect of function, phylogeny, and size, on the morphology of the limb bones in Carnivora was studied. First, the locomotor strategy of non-arboreal mammals on narrow supports was determined, and ...
Martínez Abraín, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2003-03-28)
This thesis includes several research works on population dynamics and conservation of seabirds in two small islands of the western Mediterranean: the Columbretes Islands (Castellón) and the island of ...
Córdova Palomera, Aldo (Date of defense: 2015-09-21)
In the behavioral sciences, the concept of phenotypic plasticity can be roughly categorized into two classes: developmental and activational plasticity. Developmental plasticity denotes the capacity of ...
Goldberg, Ximena (Date of defense: 2012-06-18)
The general construct of human cognition implies a series of mental processes by means of which human interpret and consequently act on the world that surrounds them (Sternberg y Mio, 2009). During the ...
Duran i Alarcon, Sandra (Date of defense: 2003-11-21)
The main goal of this thesis has been to study the population structure of a marine sponge species (<i>Crambe crambe</i>) at different geographic levels using different molecular markers.<br/><br/>In ...