Evolutionary morphology 1 Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 08:00-09:30 Room: 406 Session Chair(s): Marguerite Butler Session Author(s) Title 5 FABRE, A.-C.*; GOSWAMI, A.; PEIGNé, S.; CORNETTE, R. Morphological integration in the forelimb of musteloid carnivorans 5 FEILICH, K.L. Body and fin shape evolution in cichlid fishes 5 CLAESON, KM*; ASCHLIMAN, NC; UNDERWOOD, CJ The Role of […]

Complementary Symposium to Shaking, dripping and drinking Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 10:15-11:00 Room: 417 Session Chair(s): Manu Prakash Session Author(s) Title 49 YANOVIAK, S P*; FREDERICK, D N Surface swimming in tropical canopy ants 49 CASAS, J*; VOISE, J ECHOLOCATION IN WHIRLIGIG BETTLES USING SURFACE WAVES: AN UNSUBSTANTIATED CONJECTURE 49 YANG, P.J.*; PHONEKEO, S.; XU, […]

Neurobiology: Sensory Systems II Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 10:00-12:00 Room: 416 Session Chair(s): Duane McPherson Session Author(s) Title 48 SPEISER, D.I.*; DEMARTINI, D.G.; OAKLEY, T.H. The origin of screening pigments in the evolution of the ‘shell’ eyes of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) 48 RAMIREZ, D*; OAKLEY, TH The response of octopus chromatophores to light is independent […]

Complementary session: The cell’s view of animal body plan evolution Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 10:00-12:00 Room: 412 Session Chair(s): Deirdre Lyons, Mansi Srivastava Session Author(s) Title 47 MARTIN-DURAN, J.M.*; PASSAMANECK, Y.J.; MARTINDALE, M.Q.; HEJNOL, A. Evolution of protostomy in the Brachiopoda 47 LYONS, D/C*; PERRY, K; HENRY, J/Q Gastrulation and the fate of the blastopore […]

Scaling Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 408 Session Chair(s): Monica Daley Session Author(s) Title 45 REYES, ML*; BAKER, J; FOSTER, S Compensatory growth and lipid generation in “Threespine Stickleback” (Gasterosteus aculeatus) 45 KURTH, J. A. *; KIER, W. M. Bigger is not Better: The Effects of Body Size on 3D Burrowing Kinematics in the […]

Parental care Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 10:30-11:45 Room: 406 Session Chair(s): Kristen Navara Session Author(s) Title 44 NAVARA, KJ Gestational weight gain influences sex ratios at birth in humans 44 FOWLER, MA*; WILLIAMS, TD Individual variation in provisioning effort does not result in larger offspring at fledging 44 MANESS, TJ*; ANDERSON, DJ Nestling growth rate […]

Cranial morphology Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 404 Session Chair(s): Jason Ramsay Session Author(s) Title 43 O’KEEFE, F. R. Ecological Determinants of Clinal Morphological Variation in the Cranium of the North American Gray Wolf 43 NOWINOWSKI, I*; BALABAN, J; WILGA, C Shape Changes in Hyoid Arch Elements in Four Shark Species 43 MENEGAZ, RA*; […]

DPCB Best student paper compentition 2 Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 10:00-11:00 Room: 400 Session Chair(s): Michael Alfaro, Kerin Cleason Session Author(s) Title 42 BURROUGHS, R. W. Evaluating the impact of anatomical partitions on morphology-based phylogenetic reconstructions 42 BOUZID, N/M*; ROVITO, S/M; VáSQUEZ ALMAZáN, C/R; WAKE, D/B Molecules, mountaintops, and webbed feet: systematics of the bolitoglossine […]

Novel swimming mechanisms Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: Salon E Session Chair(s): Frank Fish Session Author(s) Title 41 QIAN, F*; ZHANG, T; GOLDMAN, DI Towards a terradynamics of heterogeneous granular media 41 FISH, F.E.*; DINENNO, N.K. The ‘dog paddle’: Stereotypic swimming gait pattern in different dog breeds 41 WILCOX, S.C.*; LAPPIN, A.K. The role […]

Sexual selection and mate choice Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-09:30 Room: 415 Session Chair(s): Kevin Padian, Jared Goos Session Author(s) Title 40 PADIAN, K. When is sexual selection not sexual selection? Surprisingly often … 40 SQUIRE, M S*; ROSENTHAL, G G Mate Choice in a Hybrid Zone: Chemical and Visual Preferences of Male Swordtails, 40 […]