SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 110-8  Sat Jan 2  A mouthful of fry and eggs: does mouth-brooding influence head and body shape evolution in cichlid fishes? Gross, D*; Davoll, ME; Freehill, D; Nelligan, N; Benton, B; Larouche, O; Loganathan, A; Weller, HI; Williams, K; […]

Meeting Abstract 110-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:15 – 08:30  Zoo Versus Wild: Trabecular Bone Architecture in Captive and Wild Xenarthra ZACK, EH*; SMITH, SM; ANGIELCZYK, KD; University of Chicago; The Field Museum of Natural History ; The Field Museum of Natural History, University of Chicago ehzack@uchicago.edu Captive (zoo) specimens in natural history collections allow researchers to inspect […]

Meeting Abstract 110-1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:00 – 08:15  The morphology of tooth replacement in Salariin Combtooth Blennies (Blenniiformes: Blenniidae: Salariini) WILLIAMS, KL*; EVANS, KM; SIMONS, AM; University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Bell Museum; Brown University; University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Bell Museum will5761@umn.edu Historically, modes of teleost tooth replacement are classified as […]

Meeting Abstract 110-3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45  Cetacean vertebral trabecular bone mechanical properties and structure vary among swimming modes and diving behaviors INGLE, DN*; PORTER, ME; Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL dingle2014@fau.edu Among cetaceans, species with rigid, torpedo-shaped bodies are considered as the fastest and most active swimmers. […]

Meeting Abstract 110-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 09:00 – 09:15  Cartilage canals in ray skeletons: Morphology, homology and putative role in mineralization DEAN, MN*; BLUMER, M; GUALDA, E; CHAUMEL, J; SEIDEL, R; MARSAL, M; OMELON, S; MPIKG mason.dean@mpikg.mpg.de http://masondeanlab.com Although cartilage is typically described as avascular, this is not always true. In developing mammal/bird skeletons, particularly regions of […]

Meeting Abstract 110-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:45 – 09:00  Bird to the Bone: Functional Adaptation in the Avian Wing CHASE, HT*; TOBALSKE, BW; University of Montana; University of Montana hilatzipora@gmail.com Though birds have long been admired by biologists and engineers alike for having lightweight bones with specialized “reinforcements,” very little work has been done to investigate this […]

Meeting Abstract 110-7  Tuesday, Jan. 7 09:15 – 09:30  Are sloths horses hanging upside down?: Suspensory adaptations of sloth flexor tendons MOSSOR, AM*; AUSTIN, BL; AVEY-ARROYO, JA; BUTCHER, MT; Youngstown State University; Youngstown State University; Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica; Youngstown State University ammossor@student.ysu.edu Sloths are nearly obligatory in their use of suspensory locomotion and posture, and […]

Meeting Abstract 110.4  Saturday, Jan. 7  Variation in memory and the hippocampus across populations from different climates: a common garden approach ROTH, TC*; LADAGE, LD; FREAS, CA; PRAVOSUDOV, VV; Kenyon College; Univ. of Nevada, Reno; Univ. of Nevada, Reno; Univ. of Nevada, Reno rotht@kenyon.edu Selection for enhanced cognitive traits is hypothesized to produce enhancements to brain structures […]

Meeting Abstract 110.3  Saturday, Jan. 7  Spatial memory in the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana LADAGE, Lara D*; ROTH, Timothy C; CERJANIC, Alexander M; SINERVO, Barry; PRAVOSUDOV, Vladimir V; University of Nevada, Reno; Kenyon College; University of Nevada, Reno; University of California, Santa Cruz; University of Nevada, Reno lladage@unr.edu Spatial memory has been shown to be important in […]

Meeting Abstract 110.5  Saturday, Jan. 7  Proximate And Ultimate Perspectives On One-Trial Learning In Rattlesnakes KROCHMAL, A.R.*; LADUC, T.J.; PLACE, A.J.; Washington College; The University of Texas at Austin; Northwestern Oklahoma State University akrochmal2@washcoll.edu Little empirical work has focused on decision-making and learning in snakes. The few studies that have been conducted generally lack biological relevance and […]