Meeting Abstract P1-81  Saturday, Jan. 4  Relationships among Parental Care, Heterophil to Lymphocyte Ratio, and Reproductive Success in a Songbird MUSGROVE, CM*; WATSON, LAR; HINDS, AD; CARVALHO, CM; AMBARDAR, M; Fort Hays State University; Fort Hays State University; Fort Hays State University; Fort Hays State University; Fort Hays State University m_ambardar@fhsu.edu Parental care increases fitness, but it […]

Meeting Abstract P1-272  Saturday, Jan. 4  Relationship between sex, life stage, and gut microbial communities in Photuris fireflies HEITZMAN, N/S*; LOWER, S/E; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania ; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania nskh001@bucknell.edu Insect microbial communities have been studied as a contributing factor to aspects of insect life including insect immunity, metabolic, and vectoring efficiency. The relationships between […]

Meeting Abstract P1-229  Saturday, Jan. 4  Relating Occlusal Offset to Diet in Piranhas and Pacus BAKARI, KI*; LOMAX, JJ; FARINA, SC; Howard University; Brown University; University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories imaniiio@yahoo.com Serrasalmid fishes, such as carnivorous piranhas and their herbivorous pacu relatives, possess an extensive range of cranial morphologies that are believed to bear strong correlations […]

Meeting Abstract P1-106  Saturday, Jan. 4  Regulatory logic of the retinal determination gene network in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis MCCULLOCH, KJ*; KOENIG, KM; Harvard University; Harvard University kmcculloch@g.harvard.edu Much of metazoan morphological diversity is due to dynamic expression of transcription factor networks in development. Despite this remarkable diversity, animal development is accomplished by relatively few, […]

Meeting Abstract P1-143  Saturday, Jan. 4  Recruitment and Survival of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica when Challenged by the Brown Tide Aureoumbra lagunensis: Field Results WALTERS, LJ*; PHLIPS, EJ; BADYLAK, S; MCCLENAHAN, G; SACKS, PE; DONNELLY, MJ; University of Central Florida, Orlando; University of Florida, Gainesville; University of Florida, Gainesville; University of Central Florida, Orlando; University of […]

Meeting Abstract P1-193  Saturday, Jan. 4  Quantifying the link between cranial morphology and diet in Soricidae using geometric morphometrics TSE, A*; CALEDE, J; The Ohio State University; The Ohio State University tse.64@osu.edu The family Soricidae is one of the most species-rich mammalian families and is present in all major temperate landmasses except Australasia. Although much attention has […]

Meeting Abstract P1-66  Saturday, Jan. 4  Quantifying Sexually Selected Traits in the Female Gulf Pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli) TOSTO, NM*; ROSE, E; MASONJONES, HD; University of Tampa, FL; University of Tampa, FL; University of Tampa, FL nicole.tosto@spartans.ut.edu Reliably quantifying the strength of visual sexual signals, such as iridescence, has been challenging across the field of evolutionary biology. The […]

Meeting Abstract P1-217  Saturday, Jan. 4  Puncture performance of the barbs from the Atlantic stingray, Hypanus sabinus and the Bluntnose stingray, Hypanus say SHEA-VANTINE, CS*; KAJIURA, SM; PORTER, ME; GALLOWAY, KA; Florida Atlantic University ; Florida Atlantic University ; Florida Atlantic University ; Florida Atlantic University csheavantine2017@fau.edu Many animals have venomous structures for defense against predators, such […]

Meeting Abstract P1-92  Saturday, Jan. 4  Primary Cell Culture of Adult Zebrafish Spinal Neurons for Electrophysiological Studies YEH, S/Y*; MEADE, M/E; ROGINSKY, J/E; SCHULZ, J/R; Occidental College; Occidental College; Occidental College; Occidental College syeh@oxy.edu Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have increasingly become a popular organism in biological research fields, especially in neuroscience, as a paradigmatic vertebrate model. The mature […]

Meeting Abstract P1-187  Saturday, Jan. 4  Prey Capture Strategy is Correlated with Temporalis Muscle Size in Toothed Whales (Odontoceti) XIONG, D*; CHURCHILL, M; University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI; University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI xiongd67@uwosh.edu Temporalis muscle size is influenced by diet and method of food processing in terrestrial mammals. The correlation between the size of this muscle […]