Meeting Abstract 11.3  Sunday, Jan. 4 10:45  Metabolic risk factors in mice divergently selected for BMR fed high fat and high carb diets SADOWSKA, J*; GEBCZYNSKI, A; KONARZEWSKI, M; University of Bialystok, Poland; University of Bialystok, Poland; University of Bialystok, Poland julita.sadowska@uwb.edu.pl Obesity and its concomitant health complications have become an epidemic all over the world, but […]

Meeting Abstract 11.5  Sunday, Jan. 4 11:15  Individual variation in workload, metabolic rate and hematology in zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata YAP, KN*; WILLIAMS, TD; Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University knyap@sfu.ca Animals often engage in specific behaviours, or have specific life-history stages, that impose substantial metabolic demands often for prolonged periods of time, e.g. during migration, reproduction […]

Meeting Abstract 11.7  Sunday, Jan. 4 11:45  Environmental disturbance and its effects on life-history variation in the scorpion Vaejovis cashi STEFFENSON, M.M.*; AZZINNARI, J.S.; BROWN, C.A.; FORMANOWICZ, D.R.; Adams State University ; West Texas A&M University; Tennessee Technological University; University of Texas at Arlington mmsteffenson@adams.edu Life history traits exemplify alternative strategies of organisms used to maximize fitness. […]

Meeting Abstract 11.2  Sunday, Jan. 4 10:30  Adaptive Epistasis: Nuclear-mitochondrial interactions select for different genotypes BARIS, TZ*; OLEKSIAK, MF; CRAWFORD, DL; University of Miami/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; University of Miami/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; University of Miami/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science tara.baris@rsmas.miami.edu We are investigating the impact of nucleotide divergence […]

Meeting Abstract 11.4  Sunday, Jan. 4 11:00  A PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLUTION OF RED BLOOD CELL SIZES IN TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES HUTTENLOCKER, A.*; FARMER, C.; Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City; Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City ahuttenlocker@gmail.com Vertebrate red blood cells (RBCs) display a range of sizes among species and higher clades, with some groups differing […]

Meeting Abstract 11.6  Sunday, Jan. 4 11:30  A Genotyping by Sequencing Study of Natural Populations of Fundulus heteroclitus Inhabiting a Strong Pollution Cline DU, X.*; OLEKSIAK, M.F.; CRAWFORD, D.L.; University of Miami; University of Miami; University of Miami xdu2011@gmail.com Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are some of the most prevalent pollutants because of their resistance to environment degradation […]

Meeting Abstract 11-6  Monday, Jan. 4 09:15  The role of thyroid hormone in the development of the functional morphology of feeding in the zebrafish WAGNER, M*; CARTER, C; GALINDO, D; SWEET, E; LAKE, E; COOPER, W.J.; Washington State University mitchel.wagner@wsu.edu Many thousands of fish species possess mechanically dynamic feeding mechanisms that employ protrusion of the upper jaw. […]

Meeting Abstract 11-2  Monday, Jan. 4 08:15  The Bacterial Basis of Larval Settlement HADFIELD, M.G.*; NEDVED, B.T.; University of Hawaii at Manoa; University of Hawaii at Manoa hadfield@hawaii.edu Bacteria and archaea have profusely colonized the earth for more than 3.5 billion years, forming dense microbial biofilms on virtually all marine surfaces. The first evolving animals, arising around […]

Meeting Abstract 11-5  Monday, Jan. 4 09:00  One genome, two body plans: how do larval and adult gene expression profiles differ in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica? HATLEBERG, WL*; DEGNAN, SM; DEGNAN, BM; Univ. of Queensland williamhatleberg@gmail.com The widely-distributed pelagobenthic life cycle, comprised of a dispersive pelagic larva and a reproductive benthic juvenile/adult form, is an excellent model […]

Meeting Abstract 11-7  Monday, Jan. 4 09:30  Filling evo-devo’s developmental gap: metamorphosis, integration and functional evolution COOPER, WJ*; CARTER, CB; SWEET, EM; GALINDO, D; WAGNER, M; LAKE, E; Washington State University; Washington State University; Washington State University; Washington State University; Washington State University; Washington State University jim.cooper@wsu.edu Filling evo-devo’s developmental gap: metamorphosis, integration and functional evolution Animal […]