Meeting Abstract 31.6  Friday, Jan. 4  Relaxed, but ready: dormancy responses are the opposite of stress responses at the transcriptional level RAGLAND, GJ; University of Notre Dame gragland@nd.edu Dormancy is a metabolically and developmentally supressed state that many organisms use to withstand stressful environments unfavorable for growth and reproduction. As an adaptation to extreme environmental stress, it […]

Meeting Abstract 31.4  Friday, Jan. 4  Patterns, mechanisms, consequences of gender-biased parasitism in small mammals KRASNOV, B.R.*; KHOKHLOVA, I.S.; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev krasnov@bgu.ac.il We will review patterns, causes and consequences of gender-biased infestation of small mammalian hosts by macroparasites. We start with a description of gender biases in parasite infestation and discuss variation in these […]

Meeting Abstract 31.1  Friday, Jan. 4  Endoparasitic infections in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis UHRIG, E.J.*; FRIESEN, C.R.; MASON, R.T.; Oregon State University; Oregon State University; Oregon State University uhrige@science.oregonstate.edu Garter snakes have been model organisms for numerous studies of reproductive behavior, endocrinology, and chemical ecology. Such aspects of biology are known to be affected […]

Meeting Abstract 31.5  Friday, Jan. 4  Complex interplay of body condition, life-history, and prevailing environment shape immune defenses of garter snakes in the wild PALACIOS, MG; CUNNICK, J; BRONIKOWSKI, AM*; Iowa State University abroniko@iastate.edu Evidence for links between ecology, immune function, and life-history strategy remains contradictory; especially regarding the ‘pace-of-life’ ecoimmunology hypothesis that proposes that fast-living organisms […]

Meeting Abstract 31.3  Friday, Jan. 4  Are all eggs created equal? Food availability and the fitness tradeoff between reproduction and immunity STAHLSCHMIDT, ZR*; ROLLINSON, N; ACKER, M; ADAMO, SA; Dalhousie University; Dalhousie University; Dalhousie University; Dalhousie University zrs@dal.ca Reproduction and self-maintenance (e.g., immune function) are critical processes, but organisms can rarely optimize both of these traits. Such […]

Meeting Abstract 31.1  Sunday, Jan. 5 08:00  Uncovering patterns underlying the molecular evolution of non-visual photoreception in molluscs SERB, J.M.*; KRAUSE-PORATH, A.J.; PAIRETT, A.N.; Iowa State Univ. serb@iastate.edu Photosensitivity of the dermis or extraocular photoreception (EOP) is widespread in animals. It has been suggested that this non-visual photoreception is the first step towards differentiated photoreceptive elements and, […]

Meeting Abstract 31.8  Sunday, Jan. 5 09:45  The evolution of the sodium and potassium ion channel toxins in sea anemones: a combined RNASeq and bioinformatics approach. MACRANDER, J*; DALY, M; Ohio State University; Ohio State University macrander.1@osu.edu Sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) use toxins in prey acquisition, predator avoidance and conspecific interactions. Although about 250 compounds have […]

Meeting Abstract 31.7  Sunday, Jan. 5 09:30  The evolution of natural transformation as a mechanism of horizontal gene transfer among environmental Aeromonas species BROKAW, J. M.*; HUDDLESTON, J. R.; ZAK, J. C.; JETER, R. M.; Abilene Christian University; Abilene Christian University; Texas Tech University; Texas Tech University jmb97t@acu.edu Aeromonas species are common inhabitants of aquatic environments and […]

Meeting Abstract 31.2  Sunday, Jan. 5 08:15  Stomatopod opsin expression patterns in simple larval versus complex adult eyes PORTER, ML*; DOWD, SE; University of South Dakota, Vermillion; Molecular Research LP, Shallowater TX Megan.Porter@usd.edu Larval stomatopod eyes have relatively simple compound eyes with a single spectral type of photoreceptor. Adult stomatopod crustaceans, by comparison, have complex and diverse […]

Meeting Abstract 31.6  Sunday, Jan. 5 09:15  Physiological and genomic underpinnings of cold tolerance variation in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis CAMPBELL-STATON, SC*; CHEVIRON, ZA; BARE, AC; LOSOS, JB; EDWARDS, SV; Harvard University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Harvard University; Harvard University scstaton@fas.harvard.edu Climate can play an important role in the evolutionary history of […]