Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology Best Student Presentations Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:30 Room: Salons 3-4 Organizer(s): Julia Bowsher, Yui Suzuki Session Author(s) Title 64 POWERS, AK*; KAPLAN, SA; BOGGS, TE; GROSS, JB Two unusual mechanisms explain cranial bone fragmentation in cavefish 64 ROCK, AQ*; STEPHENSON, TB; DUBUC, TQ; MARTINDALE, MQ The maternally expressed Hox […]

Neuroanatomy Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:45 Room: 13 Organizer(s): Ellen Dow Session Author(s) Title 63 ELLIS, EA*; OAKLEY, TH Unexpected Opsin Diversity in an Eyeless, Vertically Migrating, Halocyprid Ostracod 63 FAULKES, Z*; SEGURA, S; GARCIA, L; TERRY, J; TERRY, M Blind sand crabs have visual opsins 63 GROSS, JB*; BERNING, D; ADAMS, H; GROSS, Joshua […]

Host-Parasite Interactions Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:00 Room: Salons 10-12 Organizer(s): Carol Fassbinder-Orth, Henry John-Alder Session Author(s) Title 62 FASSBINDER-ORTH, C. A.*; KILLPACK, T. L.; GOTO, D. S.; RAINWATER, E. L.; SHEARN-BOCHSLER, V. High costs of infection: Alphavirus infection reduces digestive function and bone and feather growth in nestling house sparrows (Passer domesticus) 62 WILLIAMS, […]

Superfast! Power Amplification! Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:30 Room: Salons 13-15 Organizer(s): Benjamin Perlman, Zeynep Temel Session Author(s) Title 61 SCALES, J.A.*; BLOOM, S.V.; DEBAN, S.M. Correlated morphological evolution of ballistic tongue projection in plethodontid salamanders 61 PERLMAN, BM*; POURESFANDIARI, P; DANKOVICH IV, LJ; AZIZI, E Does an anatomical latch amplify power during a frog […]

Complementary to S1: Integrative Plant Biology Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:30 Room: 1 & 2 Organizer(s): Daniel Stanton Session Author(s) Title 60 STEPHENS, JQ*; HUND, AK; IBRAHIM, AS; WICKER, VM; TSUNEKAGE, T; LEVIN, II Does incubation behavior influence nestling telomere length? An egg cross-foster experiment in barn swallows 60 MAURO, AA*; HAVIRD, JC; GHALAMBOR, CK […]

Feeding: Bites and Strikes Day: Thursday, Jan. 4, 08:00-09:45 Room: Foothill C Organizer(s): Jose Iriarte-Diaz, Andrew Clark Session Author(s) Title 6 IRIARTE-DIAZ, J*; ZENO, H; BUSHNEVA, Y The Effect of Variation of Jaw Muscles and Cranial Morphology on the Evolution of Bite Performance of Primates 6 KLIMOVICH, CM*; WILLIAMS, SH Investigations into the physiological and […]

Chemosensory Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 12 Organizer(s): Gabby Wolff Session Author(s) Title 59 TANNER, R.L.*; SOUSA, W.P.; STILLMAN, J.H. Transgenerational thermal tolerance plasticity may play a role in maintaining seasonal differences between populations of Phyllaplysia taylori with climate change 59 BURGOS, LUIS*; TAYLOR , EMILY Effects of Acclimation and Recent Thermal History on […]

Vision Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 25 Organizer(s): Alexandra Kingston Session Author(s) Title 58 KAWAGUCHI, M*; HARADA, A; YASUMASU, S Formation of seahorse brood pouch 58 KAHRL, AF Understanding the evolution of extreme variation in sperm morphology between snakes and lizards 58 PAVLICEV, M Menstruation and parturition: secondary serial homologa? 58 STEWART, J R […]

Population Genetics Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: Nob Hill C-D Organizer(s): Chris Martin, Elizabeth Henry Session Author(s) Title 57 HENRY, ER*; BUTLER, MB Population Structure of Two Native Hawaiian Damselflies 57 JUDSON, JM*; BRONIKOWSKI, AM; JANZEN, FJ Population Genetic Structure in a Widespread Reptile, the Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) 57 CLARK, MI*; AKOPYAN, M; […]

Host-Pathogen Interactions Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 10:00-12:00 Room: Nob Hill A-B Organizer(s): Jamie Voyles, Daniel Becker Session Author(s) Title 56 SIPLEY, BN*; BULLARD, SA; HALANYCH, KM The evolution of blood parasitism in trematodes: What’s VAP (venom allergen-like protein) got to do with it? 56 VOYLES, J*; PEREZ, RG; ROLLINS-SMITH, L; REINHART, L; WOODHAMS, D; RICHARDS-ZAWACKI, […]