Meeting Abstract 136-5  Monday, Jan. 7 14:15 – 14:30  First Squamate-Wide Phenomic Analysis Reveals Conserved Pattern of Cranial Integration Underlying Mosaic Skull Shape Evolution WATANABE, A*; FELICE, RN; MAISANO, JA; MÜLLER, J; HERREL, A; GOSWAMI, A; NY Institute of Technology, Old Westbury; University College London, London; University of Texas, Austin; Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin; Muséum national d’Histoire […]

Meeting Abstract 136-2  Monday, Jan. 7 13:45 – 14:00  Evolutionary Lability in Life History, Morphology, and Performance in Andean Marsupial Frogs PALUH, DJ*; COLOMA, LA; BLACKBURN, DC; University of Florida; Centro Jambatu de Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios; Florida Museum of Natural History dpaluh@ufl.edu https://danielpaluh.weebly.com/ Variation in life history traits has been hypothesized to drive many macroevolutionary […]

Meeting Abstract 136-7  Monday, Jan. 7 14:45 – 15:00  Do marine and freshwater fishes differ in rates and directions of body shape evolution? LAROUCHE, O*; FRIEDMAN, ST; WAINWRIGHT, PC; PRICE, SA; Clemson University, South Carolina; University of California, Davis; University of California, Davis; Clemson University, South Carolina olarouc@g.clemson.edu Ray-finned fishes have repeatedly colonized both marine and freshwater […]

Meeting Abstract 136-6  Monday, Jan. 7 14:30 – 14:45  Aerodynamics, not load, predicts avian wing thickness RADER, JA*; HEDRICK, TL; UNC Chapel Hill jrader@live.unc.edu http://www.jonathanrader.net/ The wings of flapping fliers must be strong enough to resist the aerodynamic and inertial loads placed on them while also maintaining an aerodynamically appropriate shape for producing the requisite forces during […]