Meeting Abstract 101-2 Saturday, Jan. 6 13:45 – 14:00 Seasonal Abundance and Spatial Distribution of Blacktip Sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) in Southeast Florida KAJIURA, SM*; WALDRON, JM; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University kajiura@fau.edu Southeast Florida experiences an enormous seasonal influx of upper trophic level marine predators each year as blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) migrate south to overwinter […]
sessions: Session 101
Re-examining the Testosterone and Immunosuppression Hypothesis Why Some of the Evidence Casts Doubts
Meeting Abstract 101-7 Saturday, Jan. 6 15:00 – 15:15 Re-examining the Testosterone and Immunosuppression Hypothesis: Why Some of the Evidence Casts Doubts TANG-MARTINEZ, Z*; BRAUDE, S; University of Missouri-St. Louis ; Washington University zuleyma@umsl.edu In 1992, Folstad and Karter published the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis, suggesting that testosterone not only influences male sexually-selected traits, but also results in […]
Investigating the potential for testosterone to mediate territorial aggression in female Anolis lizards
Meeting Abstract 101-6 Saturday, Jan. 6 14:45 – 15:00 Investigating the potential for testosterone to mediate territorial aggression in female Anolis lizards COOK, E/G*; LOVERN, M; LEAL, M; Univ. of Missouri, Columbia; Oklahoma State University; Univ. of Missouri, Columbia egcrg7@mail.missouri.edu Intrasexual aggression is an important component of animal social behavior. In the context of territoriality, such aggression […]
Do Sex and Season Affect Thermoregulatory Behaviors of the Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
Meeting Abstract 101-3 Saturday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15 Do Sex and Season Affect Thermoregulatory Behaviors of the Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)? SANCHEZ, ER*; TRACY, CR; TRACY, CR; California State University, Fullerton; Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center; University of Nevada, Reno emilysanchez@csu.fullerton.edu There is extensive literature on intraspecific variability of thermoregulation due to habitat, temperature availability, […]
Demonstrating causality among features of the integrated phenotype changes in social interactivity and hormones are associated with experimental manipulation of a signal trait
Meeting Abstract 101-5 Saturday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30 Demonstrating causality among features of the integrated phenotype: changes in social interactivity and hormones are associated with experimental manipulation of a signal trait LEVIN, I I*; FOSDICK, B K; TSUNEKAGE, T; ABERLE, M A; BERGEON-BURNS, C M; HUND, A K; SAFRAN, R J; Agnes Scott College; Colorado State […]
Starvation reduces mitochondrial function in the monarch butterfly
Meeting Abstract 101-8 Sunday, Jan. 6 15:00 – 15:15 Starvation reduces mitochondrial function in the monarch butterfly NIITEPõLD, K*; PARRY, HA; KAVAZIS, AN; HOOD, WR; Auburn University; Auburn University; Auburn University; Auburn University kzn0023@auburn.edu http://niitepold.wordpress.com Mitochondrial function is key to health, performance, and fitness. Wild animals are exposed to changing environmental conditions which may result in stress […]
Patterns of cytonuclear linkage disequilibrium differ between heteroplasmic and homoplasmic individuals of wild carrot, Daucus carota (Apiaceae), a gynodioecious plant species
Meeting Abstract 101-1 Sunday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45 Patterns of cytonuclear linkage disequilibrium differ between heteroplasmic and homoplasmic individuals of wild carrot, Daucus carota (Apiaceae), a gynodioecious plant species RAMSEY, AJ*; MCCAULEY, DE; MANDEL, JR; University of Memphis; Vanderbilt University; University of Memphis adam.ramsey@memphis.edu http://www.ramseyresearch.net Cytonuclear linkage disequilibrium (LD) is the non-random association of alleles between […]
Natural heteroplasmy, mitochondrial inheritance and activity in bivalve molluscs
Meeting Abstract 101-2 Sunday, Jan. 6 13:45 – 14:00 Natural heteroplasmy, mitochondrial inheritance and activity in bivalve molluscs MILANI, L*; GHISELLI, F; University of Bologna, Italy; University of Bologna, Italy fabrizio.ghiselli@unibo.it Heteroplasmy is the presence of more than one type of mitochondrial genome within an individual, a condition commonly reported as unfavourable and affecting mitonuclear interactions. So […]
Mitonuclear epistasis, genotype-by-environment interactions and personalized genomics of complex traits in Drosophila
Meeting Abstract 101-7 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:45 – 15:00 Mitonuclear epistasis, genotype-by-environment interactions and personalized genomics of complex traits in Drosophila RAND, DM*; MOSSMAN, JA; Brown University; Brown University David_Rand@brown.edu http://www.davidrandlab.org Mitochondrial function requires the coordinated expression of dozens of gene products from the mitochondrial genome and hundreds from the nuclear genomes. The systems that emerge from […]
Mitochondrial variation as a source of adaptive genetic variation to heat stress in corals
Meeting Abstract 101-4 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30 Mitochondrial variation as a source of adaptive genetic variation to heat stress in corals BEDWELL, H*; DIXON, G; BAY, L; MATZ, M; The University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at Austin; Australian Institute of Marine Science; The University of Texas at Austin hbedwell@utexas.edu Reef-building corals […]
