Meeting Abstract 123.2  Monday, Jan. 7  Selection for cold tolerance alters the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis during cold exposure in Drosophila melanogaster. WILLIAMS, CM*; WATANABE, M; MORGAN, T; EDISON, AS; BOROUJERDI, A; HAHN, DA; University of Florida, Gainesville; Claflin University, Orangeburg; Kansas State University, Manhattan; University of Florida, Gainesville; Claflin University, Orangeburg; University of Florida, Gainesville carolinewilliams@ufl.edu […]

Meeting Abstract 123.4  Monday, Jan. 7  Responses to climate change: morphology and behavior, in Rocky Mountain Colias species MACLEAN, H J*; HIGGINS, J K; KINGSOLVER, J G ; BUCKLEY, L B; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill heidi.maclean@gmail.com Colias butterflies have long been a model system for understanding thermoregulatory behavior and local adaptation to climate. What are […]

Meeting Abstract 123.3  Monday, Jan. 7  Physiological and Genomic Variation in Rapid Cold Hardening and Developmental Acclimation in Drosophila melanogaster EGGE, AR*; NOH, S; ELLER, OC; HAHN, DA; MORGAN, TJ; Kansas State University; Kansas State University; Kansas State University; University of Florida; Kansas State University aegge@ksu.edu Adaptation and plastic responses to daily and seasonal fluctuations can lie […]

Meeting Abstract 123.1  Monday, Jan. 7  Evolution of thermal plasticity in changing environments. CONDON, C*; COOPER, B; YEAMAN, S; ANGILLETTA, M; Arizona State University; Indiana University; University of British Columbia ; Arizona State University chcondon@asu.edu Environmental fluctuations should favor genotypes that can perform across a broad range of conditions. When these fluctuations occur primarily among generations, developmental […]

Meeting Abstract 123.6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:45  Variation and variability in developmental studies: An analysis of skeletal ontogeny in Monodelphis domestica. MORRIS, Z. S.; The University of Texas at Austin zsmorris@utexas.edu The field of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) has provided significant insight into the evolution of skeletal development. However, most current methods for characterizing and comparing the […]

Meeting Abstract 123.1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 13:30  Using ChIP-Seq to identify limb enhancers in the lizard genus Anolis INFANTE, C.R.*; PARK, S.; MIHALA, A.; MENKE, D.B.; University of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Georgia cinfante@uga.edu The vertebrate limb is a classic model for studies of signaling and patterning in developmental biology. Although many […]

Meeting Abstract 123.9  Tuesday, Jan. 7 15:15  Modeling a Complex Skeleto-Muscular System in 3D: The Vocalizing Behavior of a Songbird, the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) BLEVINS, C.E.*; GE, J.; SUTHERS, R.A.; HOMBERGER, D.G.; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Indiana University, Bloomington; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge zodhomb@lsu.edu The vocal apparatus of birds […]

Meeting Abstract 123.8  Tuesday, Jan. 7 15:00  Investigating the Homology of Feathers and Scales using High-throughput Genomics MUSSER, JM*; WAGNER, GP; PRUM, RO; Yale University; Yale University; Yale University jacob.musser@yale.edu Feathers are an early avian innovation that facilitated the evolution of flight, greater thermoregulation, and other facets of avian life. However, the molecular basis for the evolution […]

Meeting Abstract 123.3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:00  Hedgehog signaling mediates adaptive variation in a complex functional system in the cichlid skull HU, Y.*; ALBERTSON, R.C.; UMass-Amherst; UMass-Amherst yinan@cns.umass.edu Adaptive variation in the craniofacial skeleton is a key component of resource specialization and divergence in vertebrates, but the genetic mechanisms that underlie complex patterns of craniofacial variation are […]

Meeting Abstract 123.5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:30  Experimentally induced homeotic shifts in anterior axial patterning mimic events in the evolution of the tetrapod skull MADDIN, H.C.*; PIEKARSKI, N.; HANKEN, J.; Harvard Univ.; Harvard Univ.; Harvard Univ. hillary.maddin@gmail.com The occipital region of the skull incorporates the sclerotomal portions of several anterior somites. Among tetrapods, amniotes incorporate more somites […]