Gardner-Webb Undergraduate Researcher Not Hindered by Sunburn or Bee Stings

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Office of University Communications

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Description

Bee stings, beetles, sunburn and rainy weather—Gardner-Webb University senior McKenzi Sexton, of Hickory, N.C., encountered them all in her research of insect pollinators. Her experience, though, was an introduction to her prospective career. A biology major, Sexton wants to work in the field of conservation genetics, where genetic methods are used to prevent extinction of endangered species.

Publication Date

5-6-2019

Publisher

Gardner-Webb University

City

Boiling Springs

Keywords

bees, beetles, biology, butterflies and moths, Coleopteran, conservation genetics, Diptera, Dr. Joseph Oyugi, field ecology, flies, GWU Department of Natural Sciences, GWU Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, Hummingbird Clearwing, Hymenoptera, insect pollinators, Lepidoptera, local insect assemblage, McKenzi Sexton, tumbling flower beetles, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program

Recommended Citation

Office of University Communications, "Gardner-Webb Undergraduate Researcher Not Hindered by Sunburn or Bee Stings" (2019). Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive. 227.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/227