Meeting Abstract P2-244 Sunday, Jan. 5 Generalized Environmental Stress Response in Acropora corals DIXON, G*; MATZ, MV; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin grovesdixon@gmail.com https://grovesdixon.weebly.com/ Alarming decline of coral reefs has motivated efforts to understand mechanisms of coral resilience to stress. A popular method for addressing such ecological molecular questions is genome-wide gene […]
sessions: Posters Session 2
Food Choices of Rusty Crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) Maintained on Fiber-rich and Protein-rich Diets Relative to Changes in Their Gut Microbiomes
Meeting Abstract P2-101 Sunday, Jan. 5 Food Choices of Rusty Crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) Maintained on Fiber-rich and Protein-rich Diets Relative to Changes in Their Gut Microbiomes OWEN, P*; AGYEI, D; JILANI, C; JOSHI, D; MILLER, A; ODAKA, Y; TRAN, M; WILSON, K; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati; […]
Food Availability and Its Effects on Spatial Habitat Use in Breeding and Nonbreeding Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra)
Meeting Abstract P2-105 Sunday, Jan. 5 Food Availability and Its Effects on Spatial Habitat Use in Breeding and Nonbreeding Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) PENDLETON, LP*; CORNELIUS, JM; CHAPPLE, TC; WIKELSKI, M; HAHN, TP; HUNT, KE; Eastern Michigan University; University of Oregon; University of Oregon; Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany; University of California, Davis; Northern Arizona […]
Fabricating biomechanics activities to increase K-16 students’ interest in STEM
Meeting Abstract P2-234.5 Sunday, Jan. 5 Fabricating biomechanics activities to increase K-16 students’ interest in STEM PETERS, K*; LANGDON, T/R; LENT, D; HANSEN, A/K; California State University Fresno; California State University Fresno; California State University Fresno; California State University Fresno; California State University Fresno kaylin_peters@mail.fresnostate.edu This study aims to combine engineering, and more specifically fabrication, into biology […]
Eye Size Evolution in Mudskippers and Related Gobiid Fishes
Meeting Abstract P2-32 Sunday, Jan. 5 Eye Size Evolution in Mudskippers and Related Gobiid Fishes SCANLAN, LG*; HERNANDEZ, AI; SCHMITZ, L; Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA; Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA; Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges, Claremont, CA lscanlan20@students.claremontmckenna.edu As early tetrapods transitioned from life in water to life on land more than 300 million years […]
Extended training and punishment reduced extraneous errors of the cap pushing response in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Meeting Abstract P2-87 Sunday, Jan. 5 Extended training and punishment reduced extraneous errors of the cap pushing response in honey bees (Apis mellifera) RODRIGUEZ, SD*; DE JESUS-SOTO, MG; FLETCHER, SJ; PRETENDS EAGLE, TJ; PENTANIDOU, T; TSCHEULIN, T; BARTHELL, J; GIRAY, T; ABRAMSON, CI; St. Philip’s College; Univ of Puerto Rico; SE Okla. St Univ ; NDSU; Univ […]
Exploring the lethality of genetic incompatibility in jewel wasp hybrids
Meeting Abstract P2-26 Sunday, Jan. 5 Exploring the lethality of genetic incompatibility in jewel wasp hybrids COBB, BA*; GIBSON, JD; BOTNARU, L; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA bc05764@georgiasouthern.edu The parasitoid wasp genus Nasonia serves as an emerging model for mitochondrial disease due to an incompatibility between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes between sister taxa. Male hybrids of Nasonia […]
Exploring the Efficacy of Opiates on PTSD Through a Fish Model
Meeting Abstract P2-119 Sunday, Jan. 5 Exploring the Efficacy of Opiates on PTSD Through a Fish Model STEWART, H*; HAYES , D; O’BRIEN, S; Radford University hstewart7@radford.edu Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mood disorder that occurs in individuals who have experienced a traumatic event such as an assault, war/combat, natural disaster, or other serious incident. Individuals […]
Evolutionary transformation along orthogonal anatomical axes in blennioid fishes
Meeting Abstract P2-47 Sunday, Jan. 5 Evolutionary transformation along orthogonal anatomical axes in blennioid fishes COLLAR, DC*; DIPAOLO, E; MEHTA, RS; Christopher Newport University; University of Rhode Island; University of California Santa Cruz david.collar@cnu.edu Extreme body elongation has occurred repeatedly in the evolutionary history of ray-finned fishes. Transitions from disc-shaped or fusiform to highly elongated (eel-like) forms […]
Evolutionary Regime Shifts in Crocodylian Neuroanatomy
Meeting Abstract P2-52 Sunday, Jan. 5 Evolutionary Regime Shifts in Crocodylian Neuroanatomy BEYL, AR*; SMAERS, JB; GIGNAC, PM; WATANABE, A; WILBERG, EW; TURNER, AH; Stony Brook University, NY; Stony Brook University, NY; Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa; New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury; Stony Brook University, NY; Stony Brook […]
