Meeting Abstract P1-23 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Slice Slice Baby: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Shark Pectoral Fin Radials LOPEZ, WA*; HOFFMANN, SL; PORTER, ME; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University shoffmann2014@fau.edu Classic studies on shark swimming generalize pectoral fins as rigid hydrofoils that generate lift. However, morphology varies greatly among sharks and […]
sessions: Posters Session 1
Sex-specific plasticity and the nutritional geometry of insulin-signaling gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster
Meeting Abstract P1-235 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Sex-specific plasticity and the nutritional geometry of insulin-signaling gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster NABILI, P*; THORSEN, LS; MCDONALD, JM; SHINGLETON, AW; Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL nabilip@mx.lakeforest.edu Sexual-size dimorphism (SSD) is replete among animals, but while the selective pressures that drive the evolution of SSD have been […]
Sex Specific Responses to Interactions Between Pre- and Postnatal Stress and Their Impact on Performance in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha )
Meeting Abstract P1-154 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Sex Specific Responses to Interactions Between Pre- and Postnatal Stress and Their Impact on Performance in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) CURRIER, SL*; CAPELLE, PM; SEMENIUK, CAD; HEATH, DD; VINCELLI, FA; LOVE, OP; University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario; University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario; Great Lakes Institute for Environmental […]
Sequencing and Assembly of Field Collected Sponge Genomes
Meeting Abstract P1-40 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Sequencing and Assembly of Field Collected Sponge Genomes SPILLANE, JL*; MACMANES, MD; PLACHETZKI, DC; PANKEY, MS; University of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire jlh1023@wildcats.unh.edu Whole genome sequences provide a window into the organismal biology, ecological significance, and evolutionary history […]
Sequence, Diversity, and Expression of Visual Opsins in the Stomatopod Squilla empusa
Meeting Abstract P1-48 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Sequence, Diversity, and Expression of Visual Opsins in the Stomatopod Squilla empusa VALDEZ, J; PORTER, ML; BOK, MJ; WOLF, JB; CRONIN, TW*; UMBC; University of Hawaii; Bristol University, UK; UMBC; UMBC cronin@umbc.edu http://biology.umbc.edu/directory/faculty/person/YU00925/ MSP analysis of isolated photoreceptors from the Atlantic stomatopod species Squilla empusa reveals that all […]
Seasonal changes in endocannabinoid ligand concentrations between active and hibernating marmot (Marmota faviventris)
Meeting Abstract P1-88 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Seasonal changes in endocannabinoid ligand concentrations between active and hibernating marmot (Marmota faviventris) MULAWA, EA*; KIRKWOOD, JS; WOLFE, LM; WOJDA, SJ; PRENNI, JE; FLORANT, GL; DONAHUE, SW; Colorado State University emulawa@colostate.edu Hibernation is an ideal animal model to study diseases such as obesity and osteoporosis. Hibernators, marmots among […]
Role of Geometric Constraints on Reachable Workspace of Insect Limbs
Meeting Abstract P1-260 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Role of Geometric Constraints on Reachable Workspace of Insect Limbs PLECNIK, MM*; NAIK, S; VAN DOMELEN, R; RUOPP, R; FULL, RJ; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley mplecnik@berkeley.edu Multiple, long limbs of arthropods can […]
Reusing is Recycling Ureolytic Microbes and Urea Nitrogen Salvage in Mammalian Hibernation
Meeting Abstract P1-232 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Reusing is Recycling: Ureolytic Microbes and Urea Nitrogen Salvage in Mammalian Hibernation DUDDLESTON, KD*; CARLSON, KM; GERING, SM; BUCK, CL; Univ. Alaska Anchorage; Univ. Alaska Anchorage; Univ. Alaska Anchorage; Northern Arizona Univ. knduddleston@alaska.edu Arctic ground squirrels (AGS) are hibernation extremophiles, spending up to 9 months annually in torpor, […]
Resting Metabolic Rate and Evaporative Water Loss in Neotropical Pitvipers Are There a Relationship with Microhabitat Use
Meeting Abstract P1-193 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Resting Metabolic Rate and Evaporative Water Loss in Neotropical Pitvipers. Are There a Relationship with Microhabitat Use? GAVIRA, RSB; ANDRADE, DV*; Depto de Zoologia, IB, UNESP. Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Depto de Zoologia, IB, UNESP. Rio Claro, SP, Brazil denis@rc.unesp.br Ectothermic animals rely primarily on external heat sources […]
Remodeling and Patterning during Metamorphosis and Regeneration in the Hemichordate Worm Schizocardium californicum
Meeting Abstract P1-125 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Remodeling and Patterning during Metamorphosis and Regeneration in the Hemichordate Worm Schizocardium californicum BUMP, P*; LOWE, CJ; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University. Pacific Grove, CA. paulbump@stanford.edu http://paulbump.info Tissue turnover and remodeling has been an important focus of model system cell and developmental biology. Comparative approaches, mining the […]
