Meeting Abstract P1-141  Saturday, Jan. 4  Locomotion on a Leaf: Measuring the Microtopography of a Leaf Surface HERNANDEZ, AM*; WAINWRIGHT, DK; FARRELL, BD; Harvard University; Yale University; Harvard University ahernandez@g.harvard.edu For phytophagous insects, life on plants poses three fundamental challenges: nutrition, exposure, and attachment. Of these three challenges, the adaptations required for attachment and locomotion on plants […]

Meeting Abstract P1-265  Saturday, Jan. 4  Lipid Metabolites as Energy Stores in Batoids MONIZ, L/E*; LYONS, K; HOOPES, L; LEWIS, J/M; BEDORE, C/N; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro; Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta; Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro lm19828@georgiasouthern.edu Batoids (rays and skates) fulfill an important ecological niche as mesopredators in marine ecosystems, transferring […]

Meeting Abstract P1-181  Saturday, Jan. 4  Lionfish puncture performance is impacted by the target tissue type GALLOWAY, K/A*; PORTER, M/E; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University kgalloway2016@fau.edu Lionfish have a passive puncture defense system in which venomous spines are embedded into a predators skin during an attack. We have previously determined that the anal and pelvic spines […]

Meeting Abstract P1-91  Saturday, Jan. 4  Life without a lateral line: A new genetic model to study lateral line-mediated behaviors in zebrafish. VENUTO, A*; CROWE, S; NICOLSON, T; ERICKSON, T; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC venutoa18@students.ecu.edu The lateral line (LL) is […]

Meeting Abstract P1-41  Saturday, Jan. 4  Learning Evolution from Crustacean Physiology: a Phylogenetic Perspective on Habitat Diversification FARIA, S; University of São Paulo, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and University of California, Riverside scoelhofaria@gmail.com The current physiological diversity reflects a temporal moment of the entirety of life history, and “species” that are recognized as discrete units actually […]

Meeting Abstract P1-49  Saturday, Jan. 4  Land Use Conversion Affects Stress Physiology and Life-History of Western Mosquitofish GUZMAN, A*; KOLONIN, A; ASPBURY, A; GABOR, C; Texas State University, San Marcos, TX avg32@txstate.edu Land use conversion can lead to decreased biodiversity and organismal health in freshwater habitats. Run-off from urbanized environments introduces pollutants and alters water temperature, chemistry, […]

Meeting Abstract P1-5  Saturday, Jan. 4  Labial A and Post-1 Hox Gene Expression in Lumbriculus variegatus LAROCCA-STRAVALLE, Z; KAUFFMAN, J; GILLEN, K*; Kenyon College; Kenyon College; Kenyon College gillenk@kenyon.edu Hox genes encode transcription factors that help specify anterior-posterior positional information during animal development. They are also expressed in adult and regenerating tissues (Barucca et al., 2016). Among […]

Meeting Abstract P1-25  Saturday, Jan. 4  LTR retrotransposons in the non-model marine invertebrate Lamellibrachia luymesi (Annelida) OYEKWE, O.L*; WAITS, D.S; HALANYCH, K.M; Auburn University olo0002@auburn.edu In vertebrates and plants, transposon-derived content can exceed half of the whole genome. Comparatively, data on transposons is mostly limited to model organisms, and thus Lophotrochozoa, the major bilaterian clade with the […]

Meeting Abstract P1-59  Saturday, Jan. 4  LD networks, a new approach to detect sites under polygenic selection, applied to characterize patterns of introgression among coral ecomorphs. MATZ, MV; University of Texas at Austin matz@utexas.edu http://matzlab.weebly.com/ Polygenic selection (selection on multiple loci contributing to the same phenotype) is expected to result in covariance of allelic states among phenotype-associated […]

Meeting Abstract P1-185  Saturday, Jan. 4  Kinematic control of the yaw optomotor response in Drosophila flight SALEM, W*; XU, S; MONGEAU, J-M; The Pennsylvania State University; The Pennsylvania State University; The Pennsylvania State University was29@psu.edu Flying insects modulate wing kinematics to perform rapid aerial maneuvers. Subtle changes in timing and amplitude of wing motion enable rapid and […]