Meeting Abstract S5.11 Monday, Jan. 5 15:00 Epigenomics of Neuroplasticity in Invertebrates: Part 1. Cell Identity DABE, E.C.*; SANFORD, R.S.; BOSTWICK, C.J.; WILLIAMS, P.L.; RIVA, A.; KOHN, A.B.; MOROZ, L.L.; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida emily.dabe@gmail.com Establishing and maintenance of neuronal […]
sessions: S5
Early animal relationships Alternative hypotheses and character inference
Meeting Abstract S5.2 Monday, Jan. 5 08:30 Early animal relationships: Alternative hypotheses and character inference HALANYCH, K. M.*; KOCOT, K. M.; WHELAN, N. V.; Auburn University; University of Queensland; Auburn University ken@auburn.edu Early evolution of animals has long been a mystery. The fossil record of the earliest metazoan forms is very limited and there has been disagreement […]
Convergent evolution of neurons and synapses from distinct cell lineages NeuroSystematics from Ctenophores to Vertebrates
Meeting Abstract S5.1 Monday, Jan. 5 08:00 Convergent evolution of neurons and synapses from distinct cell lineages. NeuroSystematics: from Ctenophores to Vertebrates MOROZ, Leonid L.; Univ. of Florida moroz@whitney.ufl.edu http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/research/faculty/leonid-l-moroz/ Advances in Omics and their implementations to basal metazoan clades (Ctenophora, Porifera, Placozoa, Cnidaria, Bilateria) resulted to revisions of the animal phylogeny and hypotheses of neural evolution. […]
Convergent evolution of brains, eyes and vasculatures in cephalopod molluscs
Meeting Abstract S5.8 Monday, Jan. 5 13:30 Convergent evolution of brains, eyes and vasculatures in cephalopod molluscs YOSHIDA, M.A.*; OGURA, A.; IKEO, K; KOHN, A.B.; WINTERS, G.; MOROZ, L.L.; Univ. of Florida, Whitney lab.; Nagahama Inst. of Bio-Sci. and Tech.; National Inst. of Genetics; Univ. of Florida, Whitney lab.; Univ. of Florida, Whitney lab.; Univ. of Florida, […]
Cnidarian Neurobiology The Thrill of Evolutionary Advances and the Agony of Phylogenetic Constraints
Meeting Abstract S5.4 Monday, Jan. 5 09:30 Cnidarian Neurobiology: The Thrill of Evolutionary Advances and the Agony of Phylogenetic Constraints SATTERLIE, Richard; University of North Carolina Wilmington satterlier@uncw.edu Despite adaptations that include centralized nervous structures, giant neurons, elaborate sensory structures, striated muscle, and species-specific specializations in neural circuitry, cnidarian nervous and muscular systems are “constrained” by architectural […]
THE ROLE OF GENITAL COEVOLUTION IN INTROMITTENT ORGAN MORPHOLOGY The Role of Genital Coevolution in Intromittent Organ Morphology
Meeting Abstract S5-8 Tuesday, Jan. 5 13:30 THE ROLE OF GENITAL COEVOLUTION IN INTROMITTENT ORGAN MORPHOLOGY. The Role of Genital Coevolution in Intromittent Organ Morphology BRENNAN, PLR; Mount Holyoke College pbrennan@mtholyoke.edu Male intromittent organs are exceedingly diverse, yet we know comparatively very little about female genital diversity. Previously it has been suggested that female genitalia are not […]
Reproductive morphology under long-term demographic evolution in an arthropod
Meeting Abstract S5-2 Tuesday, Jan. 5 08:30 Reproductive morphology under long-term demographic evolution in an arthropod BURNS, M.*; TSURUSAKI, N.; San Diego State University; Tottori University mercedes.burns@gmail.com The intromittent organs of the harvestman or “daddy-longlegs” fauna are cuticular structures often running the full length of the body. Hydraulic pressure, as well as intrinsic and extrinsic muscle, evert […]
Morphological characteristics related to the expansion of the crocodilian glans for reproductive activity
Meeting Abstract S5-11 Tuesday, Jan. 5 15:00 Morphological characteristics related to the expansion of the crocodilian glans for reproductive activity. MOORE, BC*; SPEARS, D; KELLY, DA; Sewanee: The University of the South; Sewanee: The University of the South; University of Massachusetts Amherst Bcmoore@sewanee.edu The distal part of the crocodilian phallus consists of a bulbous glans containing well-developed […]
Intromittent Organ Morphology and Biomechanics Exploring the Morphospace of Intromission
Meeting Abstract S5-1 Tuesday, Jan. 5 08:00 Intromittent Organ Morphology and Biomechanics: Exploring the Morphospace of Intromission KELLY, Diane A.; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst dianek@psych.umass.edu Intromittent organs (IOs) have evolved many times within the animal kingdom and are remarkable for their extravagant morphological diversity. In some species, an IO is built of tissues with reproductive system antecedents, […]
Evolutionary genetics of baculum size and shape variation in mice
Meeting Abstract S5-9 Tuesday, Jan. 5 14:00 Evolutionary genetics of baculum size and shape variation in mice SCHULTZ, N.; INGELS, J.; HILLHOUSE, A.; WARDWELL, K.; CHANG, P.; GOOD, J.M.; CHEVERUD, J.; LUTZ, C.; LU, L.; WILLIAMS, R.; DEAN, M.D.*; University of Southern California; University of Tennessee; Texas A & M; Jackson Labs; University of Southern California; University […]
