Meeting Abstract P1.25  Monday, Jan. 4  Bringing Lophotrochozoa into Studies of Comparative Eye Development and Eye Evolution WEVER, JM*; HENRY, JJ; NEWMARK, PA; U Illinois – Urbana; U Illinois – Urbana; U Illinois – Urbana jwever2@illinois.edu Metazoan eyes have marveled both developmental and evolutionary biologists since Darwin wrote in Origin of Species, “to suppose that the eye […]

Meeting Abstract P1.66  Monday, Jan. 4  Boundary Integration Generates Brain Diversity SYLVESTER, JB*; RICH, CA; STREELMAN, JT; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology gth644s@mail.gatech.edu The brain is the best-studied vertebrate organ and it has played an important role in the evolution of our own species. The rapid expansion of the cerebral […]

Meeting Abstract P1.147  Monday, Jan. 4  Body Plan Evolution in Birds: Postcranial Skeletal Pneumaticity and its Role in Relaxing Constraints on Body Size and Locomotor Potential OCONNOR, Patrick*; GUTZWILLER, Sarah; Ohio University; Ohio University oconnorp@ohiou.edu Extant birds represent the only living sauropsid group in which pulmonary air sacs aerate the postcranial skeleton. The degree of variability in […]

Meeting Abstract P1.111  Monday, Jan. 4  Blood biochemistry of sea turtles incidentally entangled in fishing gear SOUTHWOOD, Amanda*; SNODDY, Jessica; PARGA, MariLuz; SWIMMER, Yonat; University of North Carolina Wilmington; University of North Carolina Wilmington; SUBMON Conservacion Estudio; NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center southwooda@uncw.edu Mortality due to incidental entanglement in fishing gear has been implicated as a […]

Meeting Abstract P1.146  Monday, Jan. 4  Bite Force and In Vivo Stimulation of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Adductor Mandibulae Complex MARSHALL, CD*; HIGGINS, BM; FLANAGAN, JP; KANE , EA; NEUENHOFF, RD; Texas A and M University; NOAA Galveston ; The Houston Zoo; Clemson University; Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission marshalc@tamug.edu Voluntary bite force measurements can […]

Meeting Abstract P1.151  Monday, Jan. 4  Bending Strain at Intervertebral Joints and Centra in the Cartilaginous Vertebral Columns of Squalus acanthias STURM, J.J.*; LONG, J.H.; PORTER, M.E.; Vassar College; Vassar College; Vassar College josturm@vassar.edu Vertebral columns are usually modeled with infinitely rigid skeletal elements and flexible, spring-like joints. By treating the vertebrae as elements with infinite stiffness, […]

Meeting Abstract P1.15  Monday, Jan. 4  BMP and Delta/Notch signaling control the development of amphioxus epidermal sensory neurons LU, T.M.; BRONNER-FRASER, M.; YU, J.K.S.*; Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan ; Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA ; Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan jkyu@gate.sinica.edu.tw […]

Meeting Abstract P1.121  Monday, Jan. 4  Are estrogenic effects of bisphenol A due to inhibition of estrogen metabolism? CLAIRARDIN, SG*; PAITZ, RT; BOWDEN, RM; Illinois St. Univ.; Illinois St. Univ.; Illinois St. Univ. sgclair@ilstu.edu Bisphenol A (BPA) is a man made chemical that can disrupt endocrine signaling and is of particular public concern due to its wide […]

Meeting Abstract P1.3  Monday, Jan. 4  Anolis carolinensis male‐male agonistic encounters: a three year study of the best predictors for determining dominant/subordinate status BLACK, M.P.; EZEOKE, C.B.**; SALEM, S.J.; SABULA, M.J.; WILCZYNSKI, W.; Georgia State University, Atlanta; Georgia State University, Atlanta; Georgia State University, Atlanta; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro; Georgia State University, Atlanta seawater@gsu.edu Agonistic encounters can […]

Meeting Abstract P1.108  Monday, Jan. 4  An Ethanol-Induced Hormetic Stress Response in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Brain Tissue HRANITZ, J.M.*; ABRAMSON, C.I.; CARTER IV, R.P.; Bloomsburg Univ. PA; Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater; Bloomsburg Univ. PA jhranitz@bloomu.edu Previous research on the honey bee ethanol model established how acute ethanol exposure altered function at different levels of organization. Our […]