Meeting Abstract P1.95  Sunday, Jan. 4  Sudden shadow triggers a short-latency behavioral response in flying praying mantises GASSER, B.A.; PANESSITI, M.*; YAGER, D.D.; Univ. of Maryland, College Park ddyager@umd.edu An abrupt decrease in light intensity from a small overhead source elicits a complex behavior in flying praying mantises both in tethered flight and in free-flight. In Pseudocreobotra […]

Meeting Abstract P1.53  Sunday, Jan. 4  Suction and ram feeding kinematics in two divergent odontocetes KANE, E. A.*; MARSHALL, C. D.; Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A and M University; Department of Marine Biology, Texas A and M University at Galveston ekane@tamu.edu The feeding behavior and morphology of some species of odontocetes are convergent with […]

Meeting Abstract P1.59  Sunday, Jan. 4  Stress distribution and morphological specializations in the feeding apparatus of a seahorse (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus reidi) LEYSEN, H.*; DUMONT, E.R.; ADRIAENS, D.; Ghent University, Belgium; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ghent University, Belgium heleen.leysen@ugent.be The family Syngnathidae (Gasterosteiformes) encompasses the pipefishes and seahorses. Syngnathid fishes are characterized by an elongated snout with small […]

Meeting Abstract P1.94  Sunday, Jan. 4  Stimulating antennal muscles leads to path changes in a moths flight trajectory TSE, J.C.*; JONG, P.; HINTERWIRTH, A.J.; DANIEL, T.L.; University of Washington; University of Washington; University of Washington; University of Washington jtse106@u.washington.edu Previous work has shown that mechanoreceptors at the base of the antennae in the crepuscular hawkmoth Manduca sexta […]

Meeting Abstract P1.83  Sunday, Jan. 4  Stable Isotope Analysis of Pinniped fossils from the San Diego Formation (Late Pliocene, California) CHURCHILL, Morgan M.*; CLEMENTZ, Mark; University of Wyoming; University of Wyoming mchurch3@uwyo.edu Pinnipeds (seals and allies) represent an intermediate morphological and ecological condition between fully aquatic marine and terrestrial mammals and as such are an ideal group […]

Meeting Abstract P1.65  Sunday, Jan. 4  Size and distribution of muscle fiber types within chondrichthyan muscles HERNANDEZ, L. P.*; MORGAN, R. J.; George Washington Universty, Washington, DC phernand@gwu.edu Vertebrate morphologists have long appreciated the importance of muscle fiber type composition. Although they vary widely in their size and distribution, different isoforms of slow and fast myosins comprise […]

Meeting Abstract P1.104  Sunday, Jan. 4  Short-term Environmental Experience Alters the Visual Acuity of Adult Zebrafish. WEEDMAN, J.M.*; NAVA, S.S.; MARTINS, E.P.; Indiana University and the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior; Indiana University and the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior; Indiana University and the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal […]

Meeting Abstract P1.15  Sunday, Jan. 4  Sexually dimorphic immune response in the harem polygynous Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens KELLY, CD*; JENNIONS, MD; Iowa State University; Australian National University cdkelly@iastate.edu Adult males are often less immunocompetent than females. One explanation for this is that intense sexual selection causes males to trade-off investment in immunity with traits that […]

Meeting Abstract P1.64  Sunday, Jan. 4  Sexual Dimorphism of Syringeal Muscles in Songbirds UCHIDA, A.M.*; GREEN, J.; AHMAD, S.; GOLLER, F.; MEYERS, R.A.; Weber State University, Ogden, UT; Weber State University, Ogden, UT; Weber State University, Ogden, UT; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Weber State University, Ogden, UT rmeyers@weber.edu Male songbirds typically sing more frequently […]

Meeting Abstract P1.126  Sunday, Jan. 4  Sequence Comparison of the Calcium-Binding Protein Calsequestrin from Poikilothermic Killifish Species GROVE, T.J.*; SMITH, S.B.; FORT, T.J.; Valdosta State University; Valdosta State University; Valdosta State University tjgrove@valdosta.edu Isoforms of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium-binding protein calsequestrin (CSQ) are differentially expressed in fast twitch skeletal muscle (CSQ1) and slow twitch skeletal and […]