Meeting Abstract P3.56  Saturday, Jan. 5  Age-specific patterns of morphological integration in Verreaux’s sifaka LAWLER, R.R.*; WUNDERLICH, R.E.; Boston University; James Madison University rlawler@bu.edu Morphological traits that serve a common function or are specified by a common developmental pathway are expected to evolve tight patterns of integration via genetic and phenotypic covariances. The theory of morphological integration […]

Meeting Abstract P3.52  Saturday, Jan. 5  Advantages of limb use underwater in the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum CREER, R.M.*; ASHLEY-ROSS, M.A.; Wake Forest University rossma@wfu.edu The evolution of the tetrapod limb is commonly considered to have occurred for the purpose of terrestrial locomotion. However, fossil evidence indicates that the evolution of limbs occurred well before invasion of the […]

Meeting Abstract P3.82  Saturday, Jan. 5  A comparative study of osmoregulatory physiology in freshwater and estuarine watersnakes BABONIS, L.S.*; CAMPBELL, C.C.; LILLYWHITE, H.B.; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville babonis@ufl.edu In contrast with the marine sea snakes, watersnakes in the genus Nerodia are not known to have functional salt glands. Despite […]

Meeting Abstract P3.89  Saturday, Jan. 5  A Tadpole Tail Assay Reveals Potential Thyroid Hormone-Disrupting Effects of Wastewater Effluent in African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) OWEN, M.C.*; SEARCY, B.T.; SCHWENDIMAN, A.L.; HURLOCK, C.; PROPPER, C.R.; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University MO56@nau.edu Many individual anthropogenic chemicals released into the […]

Meeting Abstract P3.46  Saturday, Jan. 5  A Low-Reynolds number conundrum: How fast should diatoms sink? MIKLASZ, K.A.*; DENNY, M.W.; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove kmiklasz@stanford.edu As one of the ocean�s primary producers, diatoms are an important source of fixed carbon. Consequently, it is important to understand […]

Meeting Abstract P3.118  Saturday, Jan. 5  A Key To Brachyuran Megalopae of the San Francisco Bay Estuary System GONZALES, Vanessa A.*; TSUKIMURA, Brian; California State University, Fresno; California State University, Fresno vbecer00@csufresno.edu In 1992, the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis, was discovered in the San Francisco/Delta system. Since its invasion, the Chinese mitten crab has become a […]

Meeting Abstract P3.29A  Saturday, Jan. 5  A Cell-Cell Signaling Model for Metazoan Evolution TORDAY, John/S*; REHAN, Virender/K; UCLA; UCLA jtorday@labiomed.org Natural Selection continues to be viewed retrospectively as descriptive analyses of phenotypes and genotypes, reasoning after the fact. If we think of life as an �arrow of time� moving in space from left to right, we must […]

Meeting Abstract P3.27  Saturday, Jan. 5  3D Modeling of the Lateral Somitic Frontier TULENKO, F.J.*; SHEARMAN, R.M.; SFERLAZZO, M.; WINSLOW, B.B.; BURKE, A.C.; Wesleyan University; Wesleyan University; Wesleyan University; Wesleyan University; Wesleyan University ftulenko06@jcu.edu We use 3D modeling to visualize changes in the lateral somitic frontier (LSF) during chick and mouse development. The LSF marks the interface […]

Meeting Abstract P3.201  Tuesday, Jan. 6  preliminary cladistic analyses of the tilefishes, percoidea: malacanthidae and branchiostegidae, based on the mitochondrial genes 16s and cyt.b genes KULLEPERUMA, Kethika*; JIMENEZ, Lizandra; DOOLEY, James K.; Adelphi University; Mt. Sinai Cytogenetics Lab; Adelphi University dooley@adelphi.edu Two hypotheses exist: 1. tilefishes are monophyletic and belong to a single family (Malacanthidae) and two […]

Meeting Abstract P3.189  Tuesday, Jan. 6  hCGH Detects Genomic Architecture Among African Cichlids Species of the Genus Julidochromis SCHUMER, Molly E.*; RENN, Suzy C. P.; Reed College, Portland OR schumerm@reed.edu Cichlids are one of the largest and most diverse vertebrate families, and are remarkable for their rapid radiation. Gene duplication has been identified as a central method […]