Meeting Abstract P1-30  Saturday, Jan. 4  Male body size evolves more rapidly than female body size GHIONE, C*; LOUGH-STEVENS, M; DEAN, M; University of Southern California; University of Southern California; University of Southern Caliornia; University of Southern California; University of Southern California; University of Southern California; University of Southern California ghione@usc.edu In mammals, males are often bigger […]

Meeting Abstract P1-110  Saturday, Jan. 4  Magnetic Map Sense of Gulf Flounder (Paralichthys albigutta) TSAI, E*; NAISBETT-JONES, L; LOHMANN, C; LOHMANN, K; Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Department of […]

Meeting Abstract P1-141  Saturday, Jan. 4  Locomotion on a Leaf: Measuring the Microtopography of a Leaf Surface HERNANDEZ, AM*; WAINWRIGHT, DK; FARRELL, BD; Harvard University; Yale University; Harvard University ahernandez@g.harvard.edu For phytophagous insects, life on plants poses three fundamental challenges: nutrition, exposure, and attachment. Of these three challenges, the adaptations required for attachment and locomotion on plants […]

Meeting Abstract P1-265  Saturday, Jan. 4  Lipid Metabolites as Energy Stores in Batoids MONIZ, L/E*; LYONS, K; HOOPES, L; LEWIS, J/M; BEDORE, C/N; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro; Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta; Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro lm19828@georgiasouthern.edu Batoids (rays and skates) fulfill an important ecological niche as mesopredators in marine ecosystems, transferring […]

Meeting Abstract P1-181  Saturday, Jan. 4  Lionfish puncture performance is impacted by the target tissue type GALLOWAY, K/A*; PORTER, M/E; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University kgalloway2016@fau.edu Lionfish have a passive puncture defense system in which venomous spines are embedded into a predators skin during an attack. We have previously determined that the anal and pelvic spines […]

Meeting Abstract P1-91  Saturday, Jan. 4  Life without a lateral line: A new genetic model to study lateral line-mediated behaviors in zebrafish. VENUTO, A*; CROWE, S; NICOLSON, T; ERICKSON, T; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC venutoa18@students.ecu.edu The lateral line (LL) is […]

Meeting Abstract P1-41  Saturday, Jan. 4  Learning Evolution from Crustacean Physiology: a Phylogenetic Perspective on Habitat Diversification FARIA, S; University of São Paulo, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and University of California, Riverside scoelhofaria@gmail.com The current physiological diversity reflects a temporal moment of the entirety of life history, and “species” that are recognized as discrete units actually […]

Meeting Abstract P1-49  Saturday, Jan. 4  Land Use Conversion Affects Stress Physiology and Life-History of Western Mosquitofish GUZMAN, A*; KOLONIN, A; ASPBURY, A; GABOR, C; Texas State University, San Marcos, TX avg32@txstate.edu Land use conversion can lead to decreased biodiversity and organismal health in freshwater habitats. Run-off from urbanized environments introduces pollutants and alters water temperature, chemistry, […]

Meeting Abstract P1-5  Saturday, Jan. 4  Labial A and Post-1 Hox Gene Expression in Lumbriculus variegatus LAROCCA-STRAVALLE, Z; KAUFFMAN, J; GILLEN, K*; Kenyon College; Kenyon College; Kenyon College gillenk@kenyon.edu Hox genes encode transcription factors that help specify anterior-posterior positional information during animal development. They are also expressed in adult and regenerating tissues (Barucca et al., 2016). Among […]

Meeting Abstract P1-25  Saturday, Jan. 4  LTR retrotransposons in the non-model marine invertebrate Lamellibrachia luymesi (Annelida) OYEKWE, O.L*; WAITS, D.S; HALANYCH, K.M; Auburn University olo0002@auburn.edu In vertebrates and plants, transposon-derived content can exceed half of the whole genome. Comparatively, data on transposons is mostly limited to model organisms, and thus Lophotrochozoa, the major bilaterian clade with the […]