Meeting Abstract 68-6  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45  Physiological and transcriptomic responses of coral hosts and algal symbionts of four Caribbean corals under global change BOVE, CB*; DAVIES, SW; RIES, JB; UMBANHOWAR, J; MCCOPPIN, J; FARQUHAR, E; CASTILLO, KD; UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC and Boston University, Boston, MA; Northeastern University, […]

Meeting Abstract 68-5  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30  Hypoxia and coral microbiomes: Linking field and experimental data SHORE, A*; SANDERS, K; CONETTA, D; CORREA, AMS; Rice University; Rice University; Rice University; Rice University ashore@rice.edu Reduction of dissolved oxygen (DO) in ocean surface waters is a consequence of both local (eutrophication) and global (ocean warming) stressors. Recently, […]

Meeting Abstract 68-1  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45  Gene Expression in Response to Experimental Low Dissolved Oxygen Supports the Hypothesis that Hypoxia Contributed to a Natural Coral Mortality Event WRIGHT, RM*; NUTTALL, M; DAVIES, SW; Smith College, Northampton MA; Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston TX; Boston University, Boston MA rwright@smith.edu https://www.smith.edu/academics/faculty/rachel-wright In July 2016, […]

Meeting Abstract 68-2  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00  GTPases of Immunity Associate Proteins (GIMAP) gene expression in response to induction of apoptosis and autophagy in the sea anemone Exaiptasia pallida POOLE, AZ*; BAILEY, GF; Berry College; Berry College apoole@berry.edu Coral reefs, one of the world’s most productive and diverse ecosystems, are currently threatened by a variety […]

Meeting Abstract 67-4  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30  When You Need a Miracle: Amplifying and Sequencing Degraded DNA Through Touchdown and Nested PCR Techniques. JARMAN , MJ *; HILL, EC; BUTLER , MA; University of Hawaii, Honolulu mjarman@hawaii.edu There are many situations where investigators are faced with degraded DNA samples, but still need to obtain sequence […]

Meeting Abstract 67-7  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00  Modularity in Gene Regulation: Evolution of Combinatorial Cis-Regulatory Inputs SCEPANOVIC, J*; KOLCHENKO, S; PLESSIER, F; LOWE, C; SPITZ, F; MARLOW, H; University of Chicago and Pasteur Institute, Paris and École normale supérieure, Paris; University of Chicago and Pasteur Institute, Paris and Sorbonne Université, Paris; University of Chicago and […]

Meeting Abstract 67-3  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15  Innate immunity evolution in underrepresented metazoans and the implications when opting for similarity-metrics vs. hidden Markov models TASSIA, MG*; DAVID, KT; HALANYCH, KM; Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Auburn University, Auburn, AL mgt0007@auburn.edu In this study, we investigate the evolution of innate immunity signaling components […]

Meeting Abstract 67-1  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45  Diverse patterns of human disease gene emergence and loss across the Metazoa CHANG, ES*; GONZALEZ, P; SCHNITZLER, CE; BAXEVANIS, AD; NHGRI/NIH; NHGRI/NIH; U. Florida; NHGRI/NIH sally.chang@nih.gov The increasing ease of generating genome-scale data has led to a huge increase in the number of organisms being developed as models […]

Meeting Abstract 67-2  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00  Characterizing the class II major histocompatibility complex in wild mandrills WEBER, AC*; GUIBINGA MICKALA, A; LIGHTEN, J; VAN OOSTERHOUT, C; ABERNETHY, KA; NTIE, S; MICKALA, P; LEHMANN, D; ANTHONY, NM; University of New Orleans; Université des Science et Techniques de Masuku; University of Exeter; University of East Anglia; […]

Meeting Abstract 67-5  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45  A Transition to XY Sex Chromosomes Associated with Y-linked Duplication of a Male Hormone Gene in a Terrestrial Isopod RUSSELL, A; BORRELLI, S; FONTANA, R; LARICCHIUTA, J; PASCAR, J; BECKING, T; GIRAUD, I; CORDAUX, R; CHANDLER, CH*; SUNY Oswego; SUNY Oswego; SUNY Oswego; SUNY Oswego; SUNY Oswego, Syracuse […]