DCB Best Student Paper Competition Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:15 Room: 1F Organizer(s): Jake Socha Session Author(s) Title 21 PERLMAN, B.M.*; ASHLEY-ROSS, M.A. An odd little fish that spends time…on land! 21 AMADOR, GJ*; MAO, W; DEMERCURIO, P; MONTERO, C; CLEWIS, J; ALEXEEV, A; HU, DL Eyelashes divert airflow to protect the eye 21 CHENEY, […]

Evolutionary Ecology Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 10:15-11:45 Room: 2F Organizer(s): Tim Mitchell Session Author(s) Title 20 LAW, CL*; MEHTA, RS Divergence times and diversification rates of Musteloidea (Carnivora: Mammalia) 20 KUO, C-Y*; IRSCHICK, DJ Combining modeling and empirical approaches to study the variation in a costly antipredator trait: tail autotomy in lizards 20 MITCHELL, TS*; […]

Paleobiology I Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 08:00-09:45 Room: 1D Organizer(s): Jillian Davis, Sarah Werning Session Author(s) Title 2 CROFTS, S.B.*; NEENAN, J.N.; SCHEYER, T.M. Changes in placodont tooth morphology and replacement 2 PARDO, JD*; SZOSTAKIWSKYJ, M; ANDERSON, JS Stereotypical adaptation for headfirst burrowing in early reptiles 2 SMITH, AJ*; IMBURGIA, M; DUMONT, ER Tooth Function […]

DAB Best Student Presentation Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 10:15-12:00 Room: 2E Organizer(s): Melissa Bowlin Session Author(s) Title 19 GREEN, P.A.*; PATEK, S.N. Ultrafast weapons in mantis shrimp: winners of fights strike more frequently, not with greater force 19 DELANEY, D.M.*; WARNER, D.A. Does Inter-age Class Competition Influence Habitat Use in a Territorial Lizard? 19 STOFFER, […]

Comparative Endocrinology Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 10:15-11:45 Room: 2D Organizer(s): Noah Ashley, Ned Place Session Author(s) Title 18 ASHLEY, NT*; HASSELQUIST, D; WINGFIELD, JC Testosterone and Immunosuppression in an Arctic-Breeding Songbird 18 LATTIN, CR*; DURANT, SE; ROMERO, LM Wounding alters blood chemistry parameters and skin corticosteroid receptors in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) 18 PLACE, NJ*; […]

Metabolism Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 10:15-12:00 Room: 2C Organizer(s): John Lighton, Ann Tarrant Session Author(s) Title 17 LIGHTON, JRB*; TREAT, MB; SCHOLER-MCFADDEN, L; RICHARDSON, J; VAN BREUKELEN, F Torpor in Tenrecs: Insect-like gas exchange and zombie-esque behavior in a basal protoendothermic mammal 17 WEAVER, R.J.*; COBINE, P.A.; HILL, G.E. Plasticity in carotenoid metabolic pathways in […]

Evolutionary Morphology Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 10:15-11:45 Room: 2B Organizer(s): Jeffrey Scales, Carol Ward Session Author(s) Title 16 SCALES, JA*; BUTLER, MA Targets of selection and potential constraints shape the evolution of the locomotor system in lizards. 16 COOPER, W J*; SMITH, A; PARSONS, K; ALBERTSON, RC; WESTNEAT, MW Evolution of Trophic Morphology in Perciform […]

Neurogenesis Throughout the Metazoa Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 10:15-12:00 Room: 1L Organizer(s): Christine Byrum Session Author(s) Title 15 ROBERTSON, J.C. Development and growth of the rostrum lateral line system in paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) 15 BYRUM, CA*; SMITH, J; EASTERLING, MR; BRIDGES, MC Does Nuclear Transport Influence Neurogenesis in Sea Urchin Embryos? 15 KLANN, M*; STOLLEWERK, […]

Shape Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 10:15-12:00 Room: 1J-K Organizer(s): Dominique Adriaens, Christopher Noto Session Author(s) Title 14 WAINWRIGHT, DK*; LAUDER, GV The three-dimensional structure of fish scales 14 NEUTENS, C; DE DOBBELAER, B; CLAES, P; ADRIAENS, D* 3D surface-based morphometrics used to determine the intraspecific differences within the tail of syngnathid fishes 14 SHINE, CL*; […]

Maneuverability and Swimming Day: Sunday, Jan. 4, 10:15-11:45 Room: 1G-I Organizer(s): Erik Anderson Session Author(s) Title 13 DIAMOND, K. M.*; SCHOENFUSS, H. L.; BLOB, R. B. Fast-start escape behavior in juvenile Hawaiian gobies, Sicyopterus stimpsoni: testing effects of flow speed and stimulus direction 13 NAIR, A.M.*; CHANGSING, K.H.; STEWART, W.J.; MCHENRY, M.J. Larval zebrafish use […]