Meeting Abstract 106.3  Sunday, Jan. 6  The genomic basis of variation in cichlid spectral sensitivity O’BRIEN, CS*; O’QUINN, KE; SCHLUTE, JE; CARLETON, KL; University of Maryland; University of Maryland; University of Maryland; University of Maryland csob2@umd.edu Studies of color vision evolution have primarily focused on coding differences among photoreceptor opsins, though variation in expression levels of opsin […]

Meeting Abstract 106.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Phylogeny and biogeography of the shell-eyed chitons EERNISSE, D.J.*; BROOKER, L.R.; Cal State Fullerton; Univ. Sunshine Coast, Qld. deernisse@fullerton.edu Over their half a billion-year history, chitons have had numerous aesthete sensory organs in their shells, with shadow detection as one of their proposed functions. Much more recently, a clade of chitons […]

Meeting Abstract 106.6  Sunday, Jan. 6  Dispersed sensory neurons express opsin in the skin of Octopus bimaculoides RAMIREZ, D*; OAKLEY, TH; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara ramirez@lifesci.ucsb.edu Although we have known for some time that animals can detect light with dispersed, dermal photoreceptor cells and can guide behavior, in most cases we do not know which molecules […]

Meeting Abstract 106.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  Ctenophore photocytes express a light-sensing opsin as well as bioluminescent photoproteins during development SCHNITZLER, CE*; PANG, K; POWERS, ML; REITZEL, AM; RYAN, JF; SIMMONS, D; TADA, T; YOKOYAMA, S; HADDOCK, SHD; MARTINDALE, MQ; BAXEVANIS, AD; NHGRI/NIH; Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; Woods Hole Oceanographic […]

Meeting Abstract 106.4  Sunday, Jan. 6  Building a Lens from a Single Protein: Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Squid Eyes CAI, J*; HEINEY, P.A.; SWEENEY, A.M.; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania caij@sas.upenn.edu Throughout evolution, camera-type animal eyes developed spherical, graded refractive index lenses which eliminate spherical aberration. The graded refractive index is achieved […]

Meeting Abstract 106.2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:30  Social monogamy in Planes major, a facultative symbiont of loggerhead sea turtles PFALLER, JB*; BAEZA, JA; University of Florida, Gainesville; Clemson University, South Carolina jpfaller@ufl.edu Theory suggests that symbiotic crustaceans should exhibit social monogamy and long-term heterosexual pairing when inhabiting small, scarce hosts in environments where mortality risk away from […]

Meeting Abstract 106.5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 09:30  Reproductive implications of endoparasitic infections in two garter snake species (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis and T. radix) UHRIG, E.J.*; FRIESEN, C.R.; MASON, R.T.; Oregon State University, Corvallis; University of Sydney, Australia; Oregon State University, Corvallis uhrige@science.oregonstate.edu Red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) are host to several genera of endoparasites including nematodes […]

Meeting Abstract 106.6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 09:45  Reproductive choices, hormones, and behavior in bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli) social groups SOLOMON-LANE, T.K.*; WILLIAMS, M.M.; MARTINELLI, A.C.; THOMAS, A.; ROGERS, L.; GROBER, M.S.; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta; Agnes Scott College, Atlanta; Colombia Univ., New York; Agnes Scott College, Atlanta; Agnes Scott College, Atlanta; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta tsolomonlane1@student.gsu.edu Reproductive […]

Meeting Abstract 106.1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:15  Regulating monogamy: evidence for adaptive evolution of an avpr1a enhancer BERRIO, A; OKHOVAT, M; O’CONNELL, L; PHELPS, SM*; University of Texas; University of Texas; University of Texas, Harvard; University of Texas sphelps@mail.utexas.edu Voles are important models for the molecular mechanisms of social behavior. Species differences in mating system are shaped […]

Meeting Abstract 106.3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:45  Female Fitness as a Function of Stored Sperm in the Livebearing Western Mosquitofish, KROH, GE*; DEATON, PR; JOHNSON, DR; St. Edward’s University, Austin TX ; St. Edward’s University, Austin TX ; St. Edward’s University, Austin TX gretchkroh@gmail.com Females in promiscuous mating systems can use sperm storage as a mechanism of […]