Meeting Abstract P1.115  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  Intramandibular joint (IMJ) bending in Poeciliid fishes: what are the biomechanical properties of the IMJ? JONES, A*; GIBB, A; NAU; NAU aj324@nau.edu The intramandibular joint (IMJ) is found in the lower jaw of several divergent teleost groups. The IMJ joint serves to increase gape angle and allows the fish to […]

Meeting Abstract P1.109  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  Interspecific variation in muscle fiber type composition and histological architecture characterizes cypriniform palatal organ HERNANDEZ, LP*; CHEN, AH; RADE, CM; COSTANTINI, K; OBERG, F; STAAB, KL; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; MCDANIEL COLLEGE phernand@gwu.edu Cypriniform fishes are characterized by a […]

Meeting Abstract P1.47  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  Insights into the significance of epidermal club cell variation using a self-fertilizing hermaphroditic fish MARSON, KM*; EARLEY, RL; Univ. of Alabama; Univ. of Alabama krismars02@yahoo.com Many fish species possess epidermal club cells (ECCs), which appear to serve the animal through supporting its immune system, enhancing resistance to parasitic infection and […]

Meeting Abstract P1.103  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  Interspecific and intermuscular differences in myosin heavy chain isoform expression: a case study using teleost jaw adductors STAAB, KL*; REISER, PJ; HERNANDEZ, LP; McDaniel College; Ohio State; George Washington kstaab@mcdaniel.edu When asking questions about physiological properties of muscles, functional morphologists typically use electromyography or measurements of muscle mass or cross […]

Meeting Abstract P1.99  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  Inducible gene expression in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis IKMI, A.*; HACKER, J.; GIBSON, M.C.; Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City; Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City aik@stowers.org The cnidarian Nemtostella vectensis is an emerging model organism critical for comparative and evolutionary developmental biology. Within the last few […]

Meeting Abstract P1.129  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  In ovo movement and metabolism of corticosterone throughout avian development VASSALLO, BG*; FASANELLO, VJ; PAITZ, RT; HAUSSMANN, MF; Bucknell Univ, Lewisburg; Bucknell Univ, Lewisburg; Univ Illinois, Urbana; Bucknell Univ, Lewisburg mfh008@bucknell.edu Maternal effects are a parental method of prenatally fine-tuning offspring for current, local environmental conditions, alternative to genetic inheritance. […]

Meeting Abstract P1.135  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  Identification and developmental expression of amine biosynthetic enzymes in the copepod crustacean Calanus finmarchicus FONTANILLA, T.F.*; RONCALLI, V.; CIESLAK, M.C.; LENZ, P.H.; CHRISTIE, A.E.; Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 tianamf@hawaii.edu Chemical signaling is a key component of physiological/behavioral control […]

Meeting Abstract P1.75  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  How skinning affects passive tension in muscle JENSEN, D*; MONROY, JA; FUQUA, R; NISHIKAWA, K; Northern Arizona Univ. Kiisa.Nishikawa@nau.edu Skinning is an important method used in muscle physiology and research. Titin (connectin) is a large spring-like protein present in muscles that is responsible for passive force when a muscle is […]

Meeting Abstract P1.195  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  How to use multiple stepped authentic research projects to build critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills in biology courses MULLER, UK; California State University Fresno umuller@csufresno.edu Modern STEM education has as a goal to increase science and information literacy. Yet many non-majors science courses are still taught as watered-down majors […]

Meeting Abstract P1.168  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  High relatedness and chaotic genetic patchiness of a polychaete in a heterogeneous estuarine landscape KNOTT, KE*; KESANIEMI, J; BANTA, GT; HANSEN, BW; University of Jyvaskyla, Finland; University of Jyvaskyla, Finland; Roskilde University, Denmark; Roskilde University, Denmark emily.knott@jyu.fi Population genetic structure in marine organisms frequently defies clear explanation and is described […]