Evolution – Population Genetics Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 14:40 Room: Royal Palm 5 Organizer(s): J. D. Zardus Session Author(s) Title 65 ZARDUS, J.D.*; HADFIELD, M.G. Genetic comparisons between native Atlantic and invasive Pacific populations of the barnacle Chthamalus proteus. 65 HARPER, G. R. Does gene flow maintain a maladaptive phenotype in a Batesian […]

Evolution – Comparative Evolutionary Morphology Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 14:40 Room: Sunset Organizer(s): J. Sedlmayr Session Author(s) Title 64 SEDLMAYR, J; LEGENZOFF, E; REHOREK, S Anatomy of the Circadian Clock in Archosaurs 64 STAYTON, C. Tristan On the road to herbivory: patterns of morphological and functional evolution in herbivorous lizard lineages 64 PRICE, […]

Immunology Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 13:20 – 15:00 Room: Royal Palm 3 Organizer(s): C. Bayne, A. Stoehr Session Author(s) Title 63 STOEHR, Andrew M. Melanin in immune defense and wing coloration in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae 63 BAYNE, CJ; BENDER, RC; BRODERICK, EJ; GOODALL, CP A genetic basis for resistance to Schistosoma mansoni […]

Serpentine Locomotion Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Royal Palm 2 Organizer(s): A. Deufel Session Author(s) Title 62 GERALD, G. W.*; CLAUSSEN, D. L. Thermal influences on the velocity of neonate brown snakes (Storeria dekayi) during three different modes of locomotion 62 GARTNER, G.E.A.*; O’REILLY, J.C. Are caeciliid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) superior burrowers? […]

Feeding: Muscle and Control Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Royal Palm 1 Organizer(s): L. Carter Session Author(s) Title 61 BICKLEY, Thomas M.*; ANDERSON, Curt Sensory and motor innervation of the tongue in hylid tree frogs 61 ROSS, C.F.; BADEN, A.L.; GEORGI, J.; SIPLA, J.; WOLFF, M. Jaw kinematics in two species of […]

Regulatory Biology – Adaptation; Regulation of Growth/Behavior Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Pacific 6/7 Organizer(s): H. John-Alder Session Author(s) Title 60 LOVE, OP*; WYNNE-EDWARDS , KE; WILLIAMS, TD Maternal condition, yolk corticosterone and sex-specific modulation of offspring phenotype: experimental studies in a wild bird 60 NAVARA, KJ; HILL, GE; MENDON�A, MT Females […]

Regulatory Biology – Immunology Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 10:00 – 12:00 Room: Pacific 6/7 Organizer(s): N. Owen-Ashley, S. Schoech Session Author(s) Title 6 LUTTON, B.L.*; CALLARD, I.P. Endocrine-Immune Interactions In The Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea 6 CHAKRABORTY, Mukta *; HEWS, Diana K. Endocrine-immune interactions in male Sceloporus lizards: testing assumptions of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis […]

Evolution – Molecular Control of Development Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Pacific 4/5 Organizer(s): K. A. Ober Session Author(s) Title 59 OBER, KA; JOCKUSCH, EL* Conserved appendage morphology results from divergence in appendage developmental networks in insects 59 OSTMAN, Bjorn*; OAKLEY, Todd H. Evolutionary rates of loss and gain of gene expression […]

Conservation Biology Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Pacific 3 Organizer(s): D. B. Miles Session Author(s) Title 58 WOODHAMS, Douglas/C; ALFORD, Ross/A; BRIGGS, Cheryl/J; ROLLINS-SMITH, Louise/A Disease-Associated Amphibian Population Declines Fit Model of Pathogen Growth and Host Innate Immunity 58 BEECHER, N.A.*; DEMAS, G.E. Frog declines: exploring connections between climate change, immunity and […]

Evolution: Cladistics/Phylogenetic Analysis 2 Day: Friday, Jan. 7, 10:00 – 12:00 Room: Royal Palm 5 Organizer(s): J. Garb, J. L. Conrad Session Author(s) Title 57 CONRAD, J L Evolution of ‘necrosaurids’ (Reptilia, Squamata) and their utility for reconstructing ancestral character states 57 BERGMANN, P.J.*; RUSSELL, A.P. Patterns of variation in relation to tail morphology, vertebral […]