Meeting Abstract 11-7  Friday, Jan. 4 09:30 – 09:45  Functional Morphology of the Hip Joint during Mammalian Evolution WRIGHT, MA*; PIERCE, SE; Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, USA markwright@fas.harvard.edu Mammals are a morphologically and ecologically diverse clade. They inhabit environments around the world from oceans to treetops and display […]

Meeting Abstract 11-2  Friday, Jan. 4 08:15 – 08:30  Evolution of bone density in deep-sea snailfishes DIAS, AS*; VON HAGEL, AA; SUMMERS, AP; GERRINGER, ME; FARINA, SC; Whitman College; Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Univ. of Washington, Friday Harbor; Univ. of Washington, Friday Harbor; Howard Univ. diasas@whitman.edu The family Liparidae, snailfishes, span the largest depth range of any […]

Meeting Abstract 11-4  Friday, Jan. 4 08:45 – 09:00  Evolution of body shape, jaw anatomy, and muscle physiology in Centrarchid fishes GIDMARK, NJ*; BERGER, G; RAHMAN, N; ROSENBLOOM, J; Knox College gidmark@knox.edu Prey capture is a functionally integrated endeavor: the body moves to the food, the capturing tools (e.g. teeth, jaws, and appendages) interact with the food, […]

Meeting Abstract 11-5  Friday, Jan. 4 09:00 – 09:15  Constraints or Functional Innovations? An Integrative and Comparative Approach to Understanding the Astounding Diversity of Rodent Feeding KRENTZEL, D*; ANGIELCZYK, K; Univ of Chicago; Field Museum dkrentzel@uchicago.edu Discerning the role of constraints and functional conservatism in the presence of static character evolution is a central problem in evolutionary […]