Meeting Abstract P3.19 Saturday, Jan. 5 Hox1 expression in normal and regenerating Ptychodera flava hemichordates RYCHEL, Amanda L.*; SWALLA, Billie J.; University of Washington; University of Washington arychel@u.washington.edu Deuterostomes include the phyla Echinodermata, Hemichordata, Xenoturbellida, and subphyla Tunicata, Cephalochordata, and Vertebrata. Regeneration research in vertebrates has been classically studied in urodele amphibian tails and limbs. Invertebrate deuterostomes […]
sessions: Posters Session 3
How does knowledge of intraspecific variation improve our ability to predict geographic distributions A case study of the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus
Meeting Abstract P3.124 Saturday, Jan. 5 How does knowledge of intraspecific variation improve our ability to predict geographic distributions? A case study of the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus EHRENBERGER, J. C,*; BUCKLEY, L. B.; ANGILLETTA, M. J.; Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute; Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe; Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute jehrenberge@indstate.edu Biologists have long […]
Homeobox gene expression during zooid development in colonies of the marine bryozoan Membranipora membranacea
Meeting Abstract P3.25 Saturday, Jan. 5 Homeobox gene expression during zooid development in colonies of the marine bryozoan Membranipora membranacea TEMKIN, M H*; MISERCOLA, B A; St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY; St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY mtemkin@stlawu.edu During animal development, regions of the body along the anteroposterior axis are specified through the biochemical milieu established by transcription […]
Histological assessment of cellular immune response to the phytohemagglutinin (PHA) skin test in Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Meeting Abstract P3.32 Saturday, Jan. 5 Histological assessment of cellular immune response to the phytohemagglutinin (PHA) skin test in Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) TURMELLE, Amy/S.*; MENDONCA, Mary/T.; MCCRACKEN, Gary/F.; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Auburn University, Auburn, AL; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN turmelle@utk.edu Bats are known to be reservoirs to several emerging diseases, and occur […]
Hind foot reversal in arboreal squirrels
Meeting Abstract P3.59 Saturday, Jan. 5 Hind foot reversal in arboreal squirrels QUILTER, L.A.S.; LYONS, R.; ETNIER, S.A.*; Indiana University School of Medicine; Butler University; Butler University setnier@butler.edu Hind foot reversal has been associated with arboreality in a broad range of organisms. Reversal is due to supination of the extended hind limb so the sole of the […]
Growth Rate Determinations for Lepas anatifera (CirripediaLepadidae) in the Tropical Pacific Using Shell Growth Patterns and In-situ Temperature Records
Meeting Abstract P3.62 Saturday, Jan. 5 Growth Rate Determinations for Lepas anatifera (Cirripedia:Lepadidae) in the Tropical Pacific Using Shell Growth Patterns and In-situ Temperature Records STEMPKO, T*; VENN, C; Bloomsburg University of PA; Bloomsburg University of PA cvenn@bloomu.edu Many pedunculate barnacles of the species Lepas anatifera, including both subspecies L. anatifera anatifera and L. anatifera striata, collected […]
Gene expression and ornamental plumage color in the house finch
Meeting Abstract P3.14 Saturday, Jan. 5 Gene expression and ornamental plumage color in the house finch BALENGER, S. L.**; BONNEAUD, C.; EDWARDS, S. V.; HILL, G. E.; Auburn University, AL; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Auburn University, AL balensl@auburn.edu The good genes hypothesis proposes that well-ornamented males possess better than average genes that are […]
Forms of sexual abnormalities in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator
Meeting Abstract P3.45 Saturday, Jan. 5 Forms of sexual abnormalities in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator ZOU, E.; Nicholls State University em.zou@nicholls.edu Fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator, exhibit striking sexual dimorphism with males characterized by a pair of extremely asymmetrical chelipeds and a narrow abdomen and females having two small, symmetrical claws and a wide abdomen that covers […]
External anatomy and neuromuscular organization of the freshwater colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis
Meeting Abstract P3.95 Saturday, Jan. 5 External anatomy and neuromuscular organization of the freshwater colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis LILLEY, G*; HOCHBERG, R; Univ. Massachusetts Lowell; Univ. Massachusetts Lowell rick_hochberg@uml.edu Most of the approximately 2000 species of rotifers are free living; however, several freshwater species in the order Flosculariaceae can form colonies. One particularly well-known species is Sinantherina […]
Evidence for a Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone (GnIH) system within vertebrate gonads
Meeting Abstract P3.105 Saturday, Jan. 5 Evidence for a Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone (GnIH) system within vertebrate gonads MCGUIRE, Nicolette L.*; UBUKA, Takayoshi; TSUTSUI, Kazuyoshi; BENTLEY, George E.; Univ of California, Berkeley; Univ of California, Berkeley; Waseda University; Univ of California, Berkeley nicolette@berkeley.edu Many hormones that are classified as neuropeptides are synthesized in vertebrate gonads in addition to the […]
