Meeting Abstract P3-64  Monday, Jan. 6  Female African giant pouched rats scent mark at similar rates despite reproductive differences CHOUDHRY, A*; LO, B; FREEMAN, A; OPHIR, A; Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; Cornell University; Cornell University; Cornell University dogwood25@outlook.com Finding reproductively available mates is an important part of reproductive behavior for animals. For female […]

Meeting Abstract P3-174  Monday, Jan. 6  Feeding Facilitation and its Impacts on Mouthpart Development in the Leaf-Footed Bug, Narnia femorata SIEBER, KR*; ZLOTNIK, S; MILLER, CW; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida krsieber@gmail.com Animals are often less successful in acquiring food resources as juveniles than as adults even though nutrition plays a critical role […]

Meeting Abstract P3-106  Monday, Jan. 6  Exposure to cAMP and cGMP Inhibits Heart Rate in Daphnia Magna MERGES, CR*; CRAIG, K; PIRTLE, T; The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID; The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID; The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID colton.merges@yotes.collegeofidaho.edu The freshwater crustacean, Daphnia Magna, was exposed to 100 μmol concentration of 8-bromo-cAMP or 8-bromo-cGMP […]

Meeting Abstract P3-118  Monday, Jan. 6  Exposing Daphnia magna to Ethanol Results in a Decline in Heart Rate by Increasing Nitric Oxide Production CRAIG, KJ*; MERGES, C; PIRTLE, TJ; The College of Idaho; The College of Idaho; The College of Idaho kathryn.craig@yotes.collegeofidaho.edu Daphnia magna, known as the common water flea, are small planktonic crustaceans that possess myogenic […]

Meeting Abstract P3-78  Monday, Jan. 6  Exploring toads immune response with molecular techniques FERREIRA, LF; GARCIA NETO, PG; TITON, SCM; TITON JR, B; GOMES, FR; ASSIS, VR*; Santo Andre Foundation University Center; University of Sao Paulo; University of Sao Paulo; University of Sao Paulo; University of Sao Paulo; University of Sao Paulo v.regina.a@gmail.com Glucocorticoids and melatonin show […]

Meeting Abstract P3-227  Monday, Jan. 6  Exploring the Tempo of Eye Evolution through a Web Interface Application CHANG, ML*; ABALUSI, D; MCFARLANE, DA; SCHMITZ, L; Scripps College, Claremont, CA; Pitzer College, Claremont, CA; Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges, Claremont, CA; Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges, Claremont, CA mchang5063@scrippscollege.edu The origin of “organs of extreme perfection” […]

Meeting Abstract P3-83  Monday, Jan. 6  Exploring the Role of Ribosomal Biogenesis in the Context of Regeneration BARREIRA, SN*; BAXEVANIS, AD; NIH, Bethesda, MD; NIH, Bethesda, MD sofia.barreira@nih.gov The process of regeneration depends on proper cell growth throughout numerous cycles of cell division that, in turn, depend on the timely and flawless assembly of ribosomes. Hydractinia, a […]

Meeting Abstract P3-211  Monday, Jan. 6  Exploring the Impacts of Royal Jelly, Juvenile Hormone, and Nutritional State on Immune Response of Gromphadorhina portentosa HAWKINS, TM*; SHORT, RA; DAVIS, JE; Radford University ; Radford University ; Radford University thawkins18@radford.edu Hormone modulation of immune response in vertebrates is relatively well understood, however the immune system of invertebrates is complex, […]

Meeting Abstract P3-79  Monday, Jan. 6  Examination of Ecdysteroid Hormone Biosynthetic Enzyme Genes in the Y-Organ Transcriptome and Developing Limb Bud Transcriptome During the Crab Molt Cycle DURICA, DS*; WOLFARD, F; SHYAMAL, S; DAS, S; MYKLES, DL; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Colorado State University […]

Meeting Abstract P3-90  Monday, Jan. 6  Evolutionary history of an ancient innexin gene cluster in ctenophores ORTIZ, J*; DEBIASSE, MB; RYAN, JF; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida and Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida ortiz1@iastate.edu Innexin proteins facilitate cell-cell […]