SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 102-1  Sat Jan 2  Vertebral column bending and intervertebral space shape in fishes Abu-Bader, L*; Summers, AP; Kruppert, S; Donatelli, CM; College of William and Mary; University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories; University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories layannebader@gmail.com […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 102-6  Sat Jan 2  Sutural structure in a telescoped skull: the maxillo-frontal suture in Tursiops truncatus Roston, RA*; Mirando, AJ; McLellan, WA; Pabst, DA; Hilton, MJ; Roth, VL; University of Washington, Duke University; Duke University; UNC Wilmington; UNC Wilmington; […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 102-4  Sat Jan 2  Range-of-motion in dorsal vertebra of ancient tetrapods Carter, AM*; Johnson, EH; Hsieh, S-T; Dodson, P; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Cornell University, Ithaca; Temple University, Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia caja@seas.upenn.edu Ancient tetrapods evolved a diverse […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 102-3  Sat Jan 2  Rainbow trout use 3D vertebral flexion during suction feeding Camp, AL; University of Liverpool, UK ariel.camp@liverpool.ac.uk https://arielcamp.weebly.com/ The intervertebral joints (IVJs) of fish were initially viewed as hinges that only allowed lateral flexion, and most […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 102-2  Sat Jan 2  From head to tail, embryo to adult: the life cycle of the notochord of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar Long, JH*; Eiltersen, M; Fjelldal, PG; Helvik, JV; Karlsen, T; Nordvik, K; Rusten, I; Støren, E; Totland, […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 102-8  Sat Jan 2  Finite-element modeling of fossil taxa: how close is close enough? Sensitivity analyses on the skull of Megapnosaurus Button, DJ*; Porro, LB; Barrett, PM; Natural History Museum, London, UK; University College London, UK; Natural History Museum, […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 102-5  Sat Jan 2  Analysing form and function of the cervicothoracic transition in cetartiodactyls confirms the ‘functional elongation hypothesis’ of the giraffe neck Nyakatura, JA*; Müller, MA; Merten, L; Böhmer, C; Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 102-9  Sat Jan 2  A bone of contention – The search for wormians in squamates Laver, RJ*; Hunziker, J; Bauer, AM; Daza, JD; Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA; Villanova University, Villanova, […]

Meeting Abstract 102-4  Monday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30  Sugar Flux and Metabolism in the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. MUHAMMAD, S*; DICK, MF; WELCH, KC; University of Toronto; University of Toronto; University of Toronto saad.muhammad@mail.utoronto.ca Hummingbirds are one of two flying nectarivores that can uniquely use recently ingested fructose or glucose to power flight. Previous work in our lab […]

Meeting Abstract 102-3  Monday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15  Investigating the mechanisms of diet-induced metabolic depression in wild rodents TREVELLINE, BK*; MAIER, M; MARTINEZ-MOTA, R; DERTING, T; PASCH, B; DEARING, MD; KOHL, KD; Univ. of Pittsburgh; Univ. of Pittsburgh; Univ. of Utah; Murray State Univ.; Northern Arizona Univ.; Univ. of Utah; Univ. of Pittsburgh brian.trevelline@gmail.com Many animals […]