Developmental Cell Biology Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 10:00 -11:20 AM Room: Grand Ballroom D Organizer(s): Julian Smith, Constance Rogers-Lowery Session Author(s) Title 62 HUANG, Ying*; HADFIELD, Michael G Identifying genes from a marine bacterium that are involved in metamorphic induction of the tube worm Hydroides elegans 62 HADFIELD, M. G.*; HUGGETT, M. Larval settlement, primary […]

Developmental Cell Biology Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:00-9:40 AM Room: Grand Ballroom D Organizer(s): Julian Smith, Constance Rogers-Lowery Session Author(s) Title 61 FRAIRE-ZAMORA, JJ*; CARDULLO, RA Molecular differences between male and hermaphrodite sperm in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans 61 MOOI, R.*; DAVID, B. Axes of evol: Anterior-posterior body patterning is congruent with a disordered Hox […]

Muscle Physiology Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:20 AM-Noon Room: Carlton Symposium Chair(s): David Coughlin, Steve Kinsey Symposium Author(s) Title 60 BURPEE, Jessica L*; KINSEY, Stephen T Scaling with body mass of mitochondrial respiration in fish white muscle. 60 ENG, CM*; HIGHAM, TE; BIEWENER, AA Muscle fiber length operating ranges reflect disparate functions between muscles 60 […]

Community Ecology Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: Commonwealth C Organizer(s): Daniel Thornhill, Joshua Idjadi Session Author(s) Title 6 THACKER, R.W.**; GOCHFELD, D.J.; OLSON, J.B. Aplysina Red Band Syndrome: An emerging infectious disease of coral reef sponges 6 THORNHILL, D.J.*; SANTOS, S.R. Population genetic structure of symbiotic dinoflagellates associated with Caribbean reef-building corals, Montastraea […]

Complementary Symposium: PharmEcology: A Pharmacological Approach to Understanding Plant-Herbivore Interactions Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 10:00-11:40 AM Room: Burroughs Organizer(s): Michele Skopic Session Author(s) Title 59 SHIPLEY, Lisa A.*; FORBEY, Jennifer Revisiting the niche: when is a mammalian herbivore a specialist? 59 TORREGROSSA, A-M*; AZZARA, A. V.; DEARING, M.D. Specialist and generalist herbivores regulate food intake […]

Neurobiology: Neurotransmitters & Neuroanatomy Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:00-9:40 AM Room: Burroughs Organizer(s): Robin Cooper Session Author(s) Title 58 HOEKSTRA, L.A.*; MOROZ, L.L.; HEYLAND, A. A new perspective on the echinoderm nervous system: abundant histaminergic and FMRFaminergic-like cells in the sea cucumber Leptosynapta clarki 58 BIERMAN, H.S.*; TOBIN, A-E; REHM, K.J.; MARDER, E. Dye- and […]

Phylogenetics and Systematics Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 10 AM-Noon Room: Commonwealth B Organizer(s): Marguerite Butler, Don Swiderski Session Author(s) Title 57 RIVERA, J.A.*; BUTLER, M. Determining Phylogenetic Relationships of microhylid frogs using Mitochondrial and Nuclear Gene Sequences 57 CLAESON, Kerin M. Synarcual Variation in the Purportedly Invariable Clade, Rajidae 57 OTA, K.G.*; KURATANI, S Phylogeny […]

Phylogenetics and Systematics Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:00-9:40 AM Room: Commonwealth B Organizer(s): Jon Norenburg Session Author(s) Title 56 SCHWARTZ, M.L.*; NORENBURG, J.L. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of pilidiophoran nemerteans: tackling a can of worms. 56 SHIELDS*, C. C.*; MARKO, P. B.; WOODS, H. A.; MORAN, A. L. Nudibranch diversity in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: […]

Population Ecology Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:00 AM-Noon Room: Commonwealth A Organizer(s): Sarah Berke, Lisa Belden Session Author(s) Title 55 KACENAS, S.E.*; PODOLSKY, R.D. Role of Parental Control in the Symbiotic Relationship Between Melanochlamys diomedea Egg Masses and Photosynthetic Algae 55 DESROCHERS, D.W.*; MCWILLIAMS, S.R.; SILBERNAGLE, M.D.; REED, J.M. Do energy and nutritional value of […]

Metabolism, Part I Day: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:00 AM-Noon Room: Grand Ballroom C Organizer(s): L. Langlois, Ione Hunt bon Herbing Session Author(s) Title 54 BAUCHINGER, U.*; MCWILLIAMS, S. R. Carbon turnover in tissues of a passerine bird: allometry, isotopic clocks, and phenotypic flexibility in organ size 54 BEN-EZRA, E.*; HUMPHRIES, M.M Intra-specific variation in the […]