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Sean O'Donnell

Professor of Biodiversity Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Verified email at drexel.edu
Cited by 6895

[HTML][HTML] Spontaneous neural activity is required for the establishment and maintenance of the olfactory sensory map

CR Yu, J Power, G Barnea, S O'Donnell, HEV Brown… - Neuron, 2004 - cell.com
We have developed a genetic approach to examine the role of spontaneous activity and
synaptic release in the establishment and maintenance of an olfactory sensory map. …

Energy, density, and constraints to species richness: ant assemblages along a productivity gradient

M Kaspari, S O'Donnell… - The American …, 2000 - journals.uchicago.edu
Species richness describes the number of species of a given taxon in a given time and
space. The energy limitation hypothesis links the species richness of consumer taxa to net …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporary management of wartime vascular trauma

CJ Fox, DL Gillespie, SD O'Donnell… - Journal of Vascular …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The treatment of wartime injuries has led to advances in the diagnosis and
treatment of vascular trauma. Recent experience has stimulated a reappraisal of the …

[HTML][HTML] Presentation and management of venous aneurysms

…, A Chang, JK Hamelink, LA Fiala, SD O'Donnell… - Journal of Vascular …, 1997 - Elsevier
Purpose: Venous aneurysms have been reported to occur in most major veins. These aneurysms
may be misdiagnosed as soft tissue masses or as inguinal or femoral hernias. Venous …

[HTML][HTML] Gene switching and the stability of odorant receptor gene choice

BM Shykind, SC Rohani, S O'Donnell, A Nemes… - Cell, 2004 - cell.com
Individual olfactory sensory neurons express only a single odorant receptor from a large family
of genes, and this singularity is an essential feature in models of olfactory perception. We …

Reproductive caste determination in eusocial wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

S O'Donnell - Annual review of entomology, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Wasps (Vespidae) exhibit a range of social complexity, from solitary living to eusocial
colonies, and thus are exemplary for studies of the evolutionary origin and maintenance …

Microhabitat and body size effects on heat tolerance: implications for responses to climate change (army ants: Formicidae, Ecitoninae)

…, AE Mudd, SC Erickson, S O'Donnell - Journal of Animal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Models that predict organismal and population responses to climate change may be
improved by considering ecological factors that affect species thermal tolerance. Species …

MIDP: Liquefaction mitigation via microbial denitrification as a two-stage process. I: Desaturation

ST O'Donnell, BE Rittmann… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
This paper focuses on desaturation due to the microbially mediated dissimilatory reduction
of nitrogen, or denitrification, for mitigating the potential for earthquake-induced soil …

Isolation and molecular characterization of a novel type 3 reovirus from a child with meningitis

…, JA Campbell, SM O'Donnell… - The Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Mammalian reoviruses are nonenveloped viruses that contain a segmented, double-stranded
RNA genome. Reoviruses infect most mammalian species, although infection with these …

MIDP: Liquefaction mitigation via microbial denitrification as a two-stage process. II: MICP

ST O'Donnell, E Kavazanjian Jr… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
This paper focuses on the potential for microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) via
dissimilatory reduction of nitrogen, or denitrification, to mitigate the potential for earthquake…