Meeting Abstract P3-233 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 The Effect of Density and Timing of Hatching on Early Life Phenotypes and Survival of Anole Lizards MITCHELL, TS*; WARNER, DA; Auburn University; Auburn University tsmitchell09@gmail.com http://timmitchellbiology.weebly.com Intra-specific competition is strongly influenced by population density, and can have profound effects on individuals and populations. For example, spatial and […]
sessions: Posters Session 3
Tetramerization and sequence evolution of potassium channels of weakly electric fishes
Meeting Abstract P3-213 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Tetramerization and sequence evolution of potassium channels of weakly electric fishes YORK, JM*; IMANI, S; ZAKON, HH; University of Texas at Austin juliayork@utexas.edu Weakly electric fishes use electric signals produced in the muscle-derived electric organs for social communication and to sense their environment. Some species generate brief electric […]
Temporal Patterns of Armor Evolution in Threespine Stickleback Fish Following Establishment of a Non-Native Predator, the Northern Pike
Meeting Abstract P3-203 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Temporal Patterns of Armor Evolution in Threespine Stickleback Fish Following Establishment of a Non-Native Predator, the Northern Pike KEOGH, J*; BAKER, JA; KING, RW; FOSTER, SA; Clark University jakeogh@clarku.edu Invasive predators can have devastating ecological and evolutionary impacts on native prey species within the ecosystems they invade. These […]
Telomere Length Predicts Life History Trade-Offs in Wild Female Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor
Meeting Abstract P3-67 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Telomere Length Predicts Life History Trade-Offs in Wild Female Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor SANDERS, TL*; WOLF, SE; ROSVALL, KA; Oklahoma State University; Indiana University; Indiana University tiana.sanders@okstate.edu Life history trade-offs influence how organisms allocate limited resources, and how an individual resolves these trade-offs can greatly impact fitness. Telomeres […]
Taxonomic Variation in Adaptive Skeletal Plasticity to Mechanical Load Preliminary Hypotheses
Meeting Abstract P3-158 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Taxonomic Variation in Adaptive Skeletal Plasticity to Mechanical Load: Preliminary Hypotheses. VERNER, KA; NAUMAN, EA; MAIN, RP*; Purdue University; Purdue University; Purdue University rmain@purdue.edu The skeleton is phenotypically plastic and remodels in response to changes in the mechanical demands placed upon it. Natural selection acts upon the genetic […]
Tapering the tube development of the cranial and caudal ends of the notochord of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
Meeting Abstract P3-195 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Tapering the tube: development of the cranial and caudal ends of the notochord of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. LONG, JH*; FJELLDAL, PG; KRYVI, H; Vassar College; Institute of Marine Research; University of Bergen jolong@vassar.edu http://faculty.vassar.edu/jolong/jolong.html Most work on the morphology of notochords addresses issues related to the middle […]
Symbiont shuffling as a parental effect in a vertically transmitting coral
Meeting Abstract P3-268 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Symbiont shuffling as a parental effect in a vertically transmitting coral QUIGLEY, KM; WILLIS, BL; KENKEL, CD*; Aust. Inst. of Mar. Sci.; James Cook Univ., AUS; Univ. of So. California ckenkel@usc.edu http://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/carlslab/ Adult organisms may “prime” their offspring for environmental change through a number of genetic and non-genetic […]
Succession and climate change – can molluscs be indicators
Meeting Abstract P3-242 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Succession and climate change – can molluscs be indicators? DAVIS-BERG, EC*; ROCK, MO; RAMIREZ, I; WILSON, BA; Columbia College Chicago; University of Illinois at Chicago and Garfield Park Conservatory; Columbia College Chicago; Liberty Public Schools edavisberg@colum.edu Long-term changes due to succession and climate change were assessed for the […]
Social Dominance in Male House Mice (Mus musculus) Muscle and Bone Mass Distribution
Meeting Abstract P3-160 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Social Dominance in Male House Mice (Mus musculus): Muscle and Bone Mass Distribution COOPER, AN*; MORRIS, JS; CUNNINGHAM, CB; POTTS, WK; CARRIER, DR; University of Utah; Wofford College; Swansea University; University of Utah; University of Utah amanda.cooper@utah.edu Intense physical competition between males for access to mating opportunities is […]
Snakes Maintained in Cold Compared to Warm Environment Revealed Higher Oxidative Damage
Meeting Abstract P3-37 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:30 – 17:30 Snakes Maintained in Cold Compared to Warm Environment Revealed Higher Oxidative Damage BURY, S*; CICHOń, M; BAUCHINGER, U; SADOWSKA, E. T.; Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University; Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University; Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University; Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University stanislaw.bury@gmail.com Aerobic metabolism […]
