Meeting Abstract P1-83 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Making Hay While the Sun Shines: How an Arctic-breeding Songbird Copes With 24 Hours of Daylight RICHTER, MM*; ASHLEY, NT; Western Kentucky University; Western Kentucky University melanie.richter@wku.edu In Barrow, Alaska (71.2906° N, 156.7886° W) the sun rises on May 10 and does not set again until August 2. […]
sessions: Posters Session 1
Low Retinal Convergence in the Nocturnal Leopard Gecko, Eublepharis macularius
Meeting Abstract P1-55 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Low Retinal Convergence in the Nocturnal Leopard Gecko, Eublepharis macularius CHISHOLM, KL*; PAPATHEOFANIS, CF; REZK, CA; WILTSE, MS; WEN, AH; SMODLAKA, H; HIGHAM, TE; SCHMITZ, L; Scripps College; Pitzer College; Scripps College; Pitzer College; Scripps College; WUHS Pomona; UC Riverside; Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges kchishol3188@scrippscollege.edu The […]
Locomotor Performance and Muscle Physiology of Tautog (Tautoga onitis)
Meeting Abstract P1-217 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Locomotor Performance and Muscle Physiology of Tautog (Tautoga onitis) RZUCIDLO, CL*; MORAN, CJ; GERRY, SP; Fairfield University; Fairfield University; Fairfield University caroline.rzucidlo@student.fairfield.edu Residing in the North-West Atlantic, tautog are one of the northern most species in the family Labridae. As water temperatures cool tautog migrate offshore to their […]
Local epithelial fractures and healing dynamics facilitate extreme shape change, morphogenesis and asexual reproduction by fission in Trichoplax adhaerens
Meeting Abstract P1-296 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Local epithelial fractures and healing dynamics facilitate extreme shape change, morphogenesis and asexual reproduction by fission in Trichoplax adhaerens PRAKASH, VN*; BHARGAVA, A; PRAKASH, M; Stanford University; Stanford University; Stanford University vprakash@stanford.edu http://www.stanford.edu/group/prakash-lab/ Animals in their adulthood are often associated with a fixed shape and form, primarily determined […]
Live Yeasts Determine development Time in Drosophila melanogaster
Meeting Abstract P1-228 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Live Yeasts Determine development Time in Drosophila melanogaster JIMENEZ PADILLA, Y*; LACHANCE, M-A; SINCLAIR, BJ; University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; University of Western Ontario, London, Canada yjimenez@uwo.ca The gut of insects is host to bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoans and viruses, and […]
Linking gill raker morphology to diet in suction-feeding sculpins (Cottoidea)
Meeting Abstract P1-32 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Linking gill raker morphology to diet in suction-feeding sculpins (Cottoidea) SCANTLEBURY, S/S; KLOHMANN, C/A; PAKZAD, I/Y; SCOTT-BüCHLER, C; VOMPE, A/D; FIORENZA, E/A*; FARINA, S/C; SCANTLEBURY, Samarr; Cornell University, Ithaca; Cornell University, Ithaca; Cornell University, Ithaca; Cornell University, Ithaca; Cornell University, Ithaca; University of Washington, Seattle; Harvard University, Cambridge […]
Life History Tradeoffs in Starvation-Selected Drosophila
Meeting Abstract P1-105 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Life History Tradeoffs in Starvation-Selected Drosophila AMATO, V*; PATTON, ST; LOPEZ, J; KHALIL, J; BEAGHLY, T; RAFTERY, LA; GIBBS, AG; Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Univ. of Nevada, […]
Left-right asymmetries in tunicate embryonic gene expression
Meeting Abstract P1-108 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Left-right asymmetries in tunicate embryonic gene expression TUMEY, C. R.*; NOEL, E.; WILLEKERS, S.; COTA, C.; BAKKERS, J.; DAVIDSON, B.; Swarthmore College; Hubrecht Institute; Hubrecht Institute; Swarthmore College; Hubrecht Institute; Swarthmore College ctumey1@swarthmore.edu The processes underlying left-right asymmetry are highly conserved across a wide range of species. Nodal […]
Learning to Fly Skeletal Evolution in Gliding Geckos
Meeting Abstract P1-25 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Learning to Fly: Skeletal Evolution in Gliding Geckos KANASIRO, A*; DAZA, JD; BELL, CJ; MAISANO, JA; GAMBLE, T; BAUER, AM; Sam Houston State University; Sam Houston State University; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin; Marquette University; Villanova University kanasiro.andre@gmail.com http://geckolab.weebly.com/ Gliding behavior evolved independently […]
Larval Response to Seasonal Hypoxia in the Caribbean Sea, Bocas del Toro
Meeting Abstract P1-164 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Larval Response to Seasonal Hypoxia in the Caribbean Sea, Bocas del Toro WEINSTOCK, JB*; COLLIN, R; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama jane.b.weinstock@gmail.com Due to the global rise in Earth’s average temperature and increased nutrient input, marine ecosystems in the Bocas del Toro region […]
