Meeting Abstract P2-234.5  Sunday, Jan. 5  Fabricating biomechanics activities to increase K-16 students’ interest in STEM PETERS, K*; LANGDON, T/R; LENT, D; HANSEN, A/K; California State University Fresno; California State University Fresno; California State University Fresno; California State University Fresno; California State University Fresno kaylin_peters@mail.fresnostate.edu This study aims to combine engineering, and more specifically fabrication, into biology […]

Meeting Abstract P2-32  Sunday, Jan. 5  Eye Size Evolution in Mudskippers and Related Gobiid Fishes SCANLAN, LG*; HERNANDEZ, AI; SCHMITZ, L; Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA; Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA; Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges, Claremont, CA lscanlan20@students.claremontmckenna.edu As early tetrapods transitioned from life in water to life on land more than 300 million years […]

Meeting Abstract P2-87  Sunday, Jan. 5  Extended training and punishment reduced extraneous errors of the cap pushing response in honey bees (Apis mellifera) RODRIGUEZ, SD*; DE JESUS-SOTO, MG; FLETCHER, SJ; PRETENDS EAGLE, TJ; PENTANIDOU, T; TSCHEULIN, T; BARTHELL, J; GIRAY, T; ABRAMSON, CI; St. Philip’s College; Univ of Puerto Rico; SE Okla. St Univ ; NDSU; Univ […]

Meeting Abstract P2-26  Sunday, Jan. 5  Exploring the lethality of genetic incompatibility in jewel wasp hybrids COBB, BA*; GIBSON, JD; BOTNARU, L; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA bc05764@georgiasouthern.edu The parasitoid wasp genus Nasonia serves as an emerging model for mitochondrial disease due to an incompatibility between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes between sister taxa. Male hybrids of Nasonia […]

Meeting Abstract P2-119  Sunday, Jan. 5  Exploring the Efficacy of Opiates on PTSD Through a Fish Model STEWART, H*; HAYES , D; O’BRIEN, S; Radford University hstewart7@radford.edu Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mood disorder that occurs in individuals who have experienced a traumatic event such as an assault, war/combat, natural disaster, or other serious incident. Individuals […]

Meeting Abstract P2-47  Sunday, Jan. 5  Evolutionary transformation along orthogonal anatomical axes in blennioid fishes COLLAR, DC*; DIPAOLO, E; MEHTA, RS; Christopher Newport University; University of Rhode Island; University of California Santa Cruz david.collar@cnu.edu Extreme body elongation has occurred repeatedly in the evolutionary history of ray-finned fishes. Transitions from disc-shaped or fusiform to highly elongated (eel-like) forms […]

Meeting Abstract P2-52  Sunday, Jan. 5  Evolutionary Regime Shifts in Crocodylian Neuroanatomy BEYL, AR*; SMAERS, JB; GIGNAC, PM; WATANABE, A; WILBERG, EW; TURNER, AH; Stony Brook University, NY; Stony Brook University, NY; Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa; New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury; Stony Brook University, NY; Stony Brook […]

Meeting Abstract P2-37  Sunday, Jan. 5  Evolutionary Morphometrics of Body Form and Fin Shape in Sharks GARRICK, SR*; WESTNEAT, MW; GEORGE, AB; University of Chicago; University of Chicago; University of Chicago sgarrick@uchicago.edu Morphological variation is substantial across the 8 orders of living sharks (selachimorph elasmobranchs), with body shape and fin shape predicted to be strongly associated with […]

Meeting Abstract P2-28  Sunday, Jan. 5  Evolution of carnivoran body plans LAW, CJ; American Museum of Natural History; UC Santa Cruz; UC Santa Cruz cjlaw9@gmail.com http://chrisjlaw.com Body shape diversity is one of the most prominent features of phenotypic variation in vertebrates and can lead to increased diversification, niche specialization, and innovations within a clade. Biologists, however, still […]

Meeting Abstract P2-15  Sunday, Jan. 5  Evaluation of 3-D Cell Culture Methods for Marine Sponges URBAN-GEDAMKE, E*; CONKLING, M; MUNROE, S; MCCARTHY, PJ; WILLS, PS; POMPONI, SA; Florida Atlantic University; Fort Pierce, FL; Florida Atlantic University; Fort Pierce, FL; Wageningen University, Netherlands; Florida Atlantic University; Fort Pierce, FL; Florida Atlantic University; Fort Pierce, FL; Florida Atlantic University; […]