Phylogeography Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 8:20 am-Noon Room: 106B Session Chair(s): Peter Marko (8-9:40 am), Bob Thacker (10-noon) Session Author(s) Title 28 HUNTER, Rebecca L.*; HALANYCH, Kenneth M. Phylogeography of Astrotoma agassizii from South American and Antarctic waters using mtDNA 28 COX, L.N.*; MOOI, R. An atypical type taxon: Phylogenetics and biology of the echinid […]

Evolutionary Morphology II Jaws and Genitalia Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 10:00-11:40 am Room: 106A Session Chair(s): Tobin Hieronymus Session Author(s) Title 27 BRANDT, Y*; ANDRADE, MCB Do Tetragnatha spider jaws scale like genitalia or like armaments? 27 HOCH, JM Development and functional variation of barnacle penis morphology 27 HIERONYMUS, TL*; WITMER, LM How Dinosaurs Build […]

Evolutionary Morphology I Functional Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 8:00-9:40 am Room: 106A Session Chair(s): Shawn Vincent Session Author(s) Title 26 GARTNER, G.E.A.*; HICKS, J.W.; MANZANI, P.R.; ANDRADE, D.; GARLAND, T. Predictors of heart position in snakes 26 GIFFORD, M.E.*; MAHLER, D.L.; HERREL, A. Repeated evolution of morphology, performance, and behavior in Hispaniolan lizards: a population-level […]

Biomechanics: Materials and Structures Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 8:00 am-Noon Room: 105C Session Chair(s): Kevin Middleton, Andrew Smith Session Author(s) Title 25 SIMKINS, D.C.*; WHITENACK, L.B.; MOTTA, P.J. A New Engineering Tool for �What-If� Finite Element Analysis In Biology 25 FARKE, A.A. Finite element modeling of head butting in the goat (Capra hircus) 25 WHITENACK, […]

Neurobiology Sensory Biology II Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 10:00 am-Noon Room: 103B Session Chair(s): Duane McPherson, Richard Satterlie Session Author(s) Title 24 REISENMAN, CE*; RIFFELL, JA; HILDEBRAND, JG Importance of odorant chirality in an insect-plant interaction 24 RIFFELL, J.A.*; CHRISTENSEN, T.A.; HILDEBRAND, J.G. Encoding navigational flight behavior to odors in the antennal lobe of Manduca […]

Neurobiology Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 8:00-9:40 am Room: 103B Session Chair(s): Duane McPherson, Richard Satterlie Session Author(s) Title 23 TYTELL, E.D.*; COHEN, A.H. Variation in entrainment of fictive swimming in lampreys due to bending stimuli at successive longitudinal positions 23 YAKOVENKO, Sergiy*; PROCHAZKA, Arthur Integration of the pattern generation and multiple feedback pathways for the […]

Evolutionary Physiology I Metabolism Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 10:20 am-Noon Room: 102C Session Chair(s): Tom Kunz Session Author(s) Title 22 RICHARDSON, C.S.*; WIDMAIER, E.P.; MARSH, R.L.; KUNZ, T.H. Macro vs. Micro-Geographic Variation in Metabolism and Hormone Correlates in the Big Brown Bat ( Eptesicus fucus ) 22 MCCOY, M. W.*; GILLOOLY, J. F.; ALLEN, A. […]

Evolutionary Physiology I Hot and Heavy Breathing Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 8:00-9:40 am Room: 102C Session Chair(s): C. Jaco Klok Session Author(s) Title 21 DILLON, M. E.*; CONG, G.; DUDLEY, R. Bumblebee flight kinematics under natural and experimental variations in air pressure 21 VANDEN BROOKS, J. M. New Insights into Phanerozoic Oxygen Levels and their […]

Hormones, Brain, and Behavior Day: Friday, Jan. 5, 8:00-11:40 am Room: 102B Session Chair(s): Rosemary Knapp Session Author(s) Title 20 KNAPP, R.*; NEFF, B.D.; LEARY, C.J. Patterns of spermatogenesis and steroid hormone levels differ among reproductive phenotypes in bluegill sunfish 20 HAU, M*; BEEBE, K; CANOINE, V; SCHLINGER, BA Seasonal variation in the endocrine regulation […]

Hormones, Growth, and Sexual Differentiation Day: Thursday, Jan. 4, 8:00 am-Noon Room: 102A Session Chair(s): Eduardo Rosa-Molinar Session Author(s) Title 2 BECKMAN, B.R.*; SHIMIZU, M. Post-prandial response of insulin, IGF-I, and IGFBPs in fasted coho salmon. 2 BAUER, B.C.**; WOMASTEK, I.; DITTAMI, J.; HUBER, S. Early photoperiod and temperature affect growth and sexual maturation in […]