Meeting Abstract P1-229 Saturday, Jan. 4 Relating Occlusal Offset to Diet in Piranhas and Pacus BAKARI, KI*; LOMAX, JJ; FARINA, SC; Howard University; Brown University; University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories imaniiio@yahoo.com Serrasalmid fishes, such as carnivorous piranhas and their herbivorous pacu relatives, possess an extensive range of cranial morphologies that are believed to bear strong correlations […]
sessions: Posters Session 1
Regulatory logic of the retinal determination gene network in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis
Meeting Abstract P1-106 Saturday, Jan. 4 Regulatory logic of the retinal determination gene network in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis MCCULLOCH, KJ*; KOENIG, KM; Harvard University; Harvard University kmcculloch@g.harvard.edu Much of metazoan morphological diversity is due to dynamic expression of transcription factor networks in development. Despite this remarkable diversity, animal development is accomplished by relatively few, […]
Recruitment and Survival of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica when Challenged by the Brown Tide Aureoumbra lagunensis Field Results
Meeting Abstract P1-143 Saturday, Jan. 4 Recruitment and Survival of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica when Challenged by the Brown Tide Aureoumbra lagunensis: Field Results WALTERS, LJ*; PHLIPS, EJ; BADYLAK, S; MCCLENAHAN, G; SACKS, PE; DONNELLY, MJ; University of Central Florida, Orlando; University of Florida, Gainesville; University of Florida, Gainesville; University of Central Florida, Orlando; University of […]
Quantifying the link between cranial morphology and diet in Soricidae using geometric morphometrics
Meeting Abstract P1-193 Saturday, Jan. 4 Quantifying the link between cranial morphology and diet in Soricidae using geometric morphometrics TSE, A*; CALEDE, J; The Ohio State University; The Ohio State University tse.64@osu.edu The family Soricidae is one of the most species-rich mammalian families and is present in all major temperate landmasses except Australasia. Although much attention has […]
Quantifying Sexually Selected Traits in the Female Gulf Pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli)
Meeting Abstract P1-66 Saturday, Jan. 4 Quantifying Sexually Selected Traits in the Female Gulf Pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli) TOSTO, NM*; ROSE, E; MASONJONES, HD; University of Tampa, FL; University of Tampa, FL; University of Tampa, FL nicole.tosto@spartans.ut.edu Reliably quantifying the strength of visual sexual signals, such as iridescence, has been challenging across the field of evolutionary biology. The […]
Puncture performance of the barbs from the Atlantic stingray, Hypanus sabinus and the Bluntnose stingray, Hypanus say
Meeting Abstract P1-217 Saturday, Jan. 4 Puncture performance of the barbs from the Atlantic stingray, Hypanus sabinus and the Bluntnose stingray, Hypanus say SHEA-VANTINE, CS*; KAJIURA, SM; PORTER, ME; GALLOWAY, KA; Florida Atlantic University ; Florida Atlantic University ; Florida Atlantic University ; Florida Atlantic University csheavantine2017@fau.edu Many animals have venomous structures for defense against predators, such […]
Primary Cell Culture of Adult Zebrafish Spinal Neurons for Electrophysiological Studies
Meeting Abstract P1-92 Saturday, Jan. 4 Primary Cell Culture of Adult Zebrafish Spinal Neurons for Electrophysiological Studies YEH, S/Y*; MEADE, M/E; ROGINSKY, J/E; SCHULZ, J/R; Occidental College; Occidental College; Occidental College; Occidental College syeh@oxy.edu Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have increasingly become a popular organism in biological research fields, especially in neuroscience, as a paradigmatic vertebrate model. The mature […]
Prey Capture Strategy is Correlated with Temporalis Muscle Size in Toothed Whales (Odontoceti)
Meeting Abstract P1-187 Saturday, Jan. 4 Prey Capture Strategy is Correlated with Temporalis Muscle Size in Toothed Whales (Odontoceti) XIONG, D*; CHURCHILL, M; University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI; University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI xiongd67@uwosh.edu Temporalis muscle size is influenced by diet and method of food processing in terrestrial mammals. The correlation between the size of this muscle […]
Predator-mimicking sensory exploitation in the courtship display of Maratus jumping spiders
Meeting Abstract P1-95 Saturday, Jan. 4 Predator-mimicking sensory exploitation in the courtship display of Maratus jumping spiders. HARRIS, OK*; MOREHOUSE, NI; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati harrisok@mail.uc.edu Many organisms benefit from innate anti-predator responses. Innate response behaviors can save precious processing time that may mean the difference between capture and escape. Such behaviors are often under […]
Prairies in Pennsylvania Assessing the conservation status of Baptisia australis var australis through natural history and metapopulation lenses
Meeting Abstract P1-132 Saturday, Jan. 4 Prairies in Pennsylvania?: Assessing the conservation status of Baptisia australis var. australis through natural history and metapopulation lenses. MOORE, CL; MCDONNELL, AJ; SCHUETTE, S; MARTINE, CT*; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; Chicago Botanic Garden ; Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh, PA; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA ctm015@bucknell.edu https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/chris-martine In Pennsylvania B. australis var. australis […]
