Meeting Abstract S5.1-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:00 Diversity of Limb Bone Safety Factors for Locomotion in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Evolution and Mixed Chains BLOB, R.W.*; ESPINOZA, N.R.; BUTCHER, M.T.; LEE, A.H.; D’AMICO, A.R.; BAIG, F.M.; SHEFFIELD, K.M.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; Youngstown St. Univ.; Midwestern Univ.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ. rblob@clemson.edu During locomotion over land, vertebrate limb bones […]
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Compensations During Unsteady Locomotion
Meeting Abstract S5.2-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 Compensations During Unsteady Locomotion. QIAO, M; JINDRICH, D. L.*; University of Omaha; California State University, San Marcos djindrich@csusm.edu Locomotion in a complex environment is seldom steady-state, but the mechanisms used by animals to power and control unsteady locomotion (stability and maneuverability) are not well understood. We use behavioral, morphological, and […]
Bone-free Soft Mechanics for Adaptive Locomotion
Meeting Abstract S5.2-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:30 Bone-free: Soft Mechanics for Adaptive Locomotion TRIMMER, B.A.; Tufts University barry.trimmer@tufts.edu Both muscular hydrostats (such as mollusks) and fluid-filled animals (such as annelids) exploit their constant volume tissues to transfer forces and displacements as articulated animals use hinges and levers. However, body control is more complicated for soft animals with […]
Specialists of Simplicity Soft Bodies, Little Brains, and Low Cunning
Meeting Abstract S5.7 Monday, Jan. 5 11:30 Specialists of Simplicity: Soft Bodies, Little Brains, and Low Cunning GILLETTE, R; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rhanor@illinois.edu http://www.life.illinois.edu/slugcity How and why did complex brain and behavior evolve? Clues to the evolution of complexity emerge from comparative analyses of animals with complex brains and those with simple morphology, nervous system […]
Sensory biology of sponge settlement and metamorphosis towards defining the baseline for nervous system evolution
Meeting Abstract S5.5 Monday, Jan. 5 10:30 Sensory biology of sponge settlement and metamorphosis: towards defining the baseline for nervous system evolution NAKANISHI, N*; DEGNAN, S.M; DEGNAN, B.M; Univ. of Queensland; Univ. of Queensland; Univ. of Queensland n.nakanishi@uq.edu.au Neurons often are thought to have evolved from cells capable of sensing and communicating environmental signals to other cells. […]
Resolving the metazoan tree of life with advanced bioinformatic pipelines and phylogenetic methods
Meeting Abstract S5.9 Monday, Jan. 5 14:00 Resolving the metazoan tree of life with advanced bioinformatic pipelines and phylogenetic methods WHELAN, Nathan V*; KOCOT, Kevin M; HALANYCH, Kenneth M; Auburn University; University of Queensland; Auburn University nwhelan@auburn.edu The branching pattern at the base of the metazoan phylogeny has been a long-standing, unanswered question that must be resolved […]
Nervous diversity variation in reproductive signaling influences the dynamics of speciation across animals
Meeting Abstract S5.10 Monday, Jan. 5 14:30 Nervous diversity: variation in reproductive signaling influences the dynamics of speciation across animals PAULAY, Gustav; University of Florida paulay@ufl.edu Nervous systems are a hallmark of animals, present in all but the most basal phyla and a few highly degenerate groups. Nervous and sensory systems greatly enhance modalities of communication and […]
Genomic portrait of synapses and their evolution
Meeting Abstract S5.3 Monday, Jan. 5 09:00 Genomic portrait of synapses and their evolution KOHN, A.B.*; MOROZ, L.L.; Univ. of Florida, Whitney lab; Univ. of Florida, Whitney lab abkohn@msn.com Hypotheses of origins and evolution of neurons and synapses are controversial, mostly due to the lack of comparative data. Here using advanced sequencing technologies and an unbiased approach […]
Evolution of Deuterostome Nervous Systems A nerve cord runs through it
Meeting Abstract S5.6 Monday, Jan. 5 11:00 Evolution of Deuterostome Nervous Systems: A nerve cord runs through it LUTTRELL, S.; SWORE, J.J.; FODOR, A.; SWALLA, B.J.*; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington bjswalla@u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/bjswalla/ Morphology and nervous systems are tightly linked in animal evolution, yet the development of nerves involves similar […]
Epigenomics of Neuroplasticity in Invertebrates Part 2 Probing relationships between memory, injury, and development
Meeting Abstract S5.12 Monday, Jan. 5 15:15 Epigenomics of Neuroplasticity in Invertebrates: Part 2. Probing relationships between memory, injury, and development SANFORD, R, S*; DABE, E, D; BOSTWICK, C, J; RIVA, A; WILLIAMS, P, L; KOHN, A, B; MOROZ, L, L; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville; […]
