Meeting Abstract 33.4  Thursday, Jan. 5  Parallel evolution of shape divergence in the shells of freshwater turtles inhabiting different flow regimes RIVERA, G*; DAVIS, JN; GODWIN, JC; ADAMS, DC; Iowa State University; Tuskegee University; Alabama Natural Heritage Program; Iowa State University grivera@iastate.edu Parallel evolution, the process by which similar selection pressures produce repeatable effects across disparate taxa, […]

Meeting Abstract 33.1  Thursday, Jan. 5  Limitations to swimming speed in drag based aquatic systems CLEMENTE, CJ*; RICHARDS, CT; Harvard University; Harvard University clemente@rowland.harvard.edu Within terrestrial systems, the fastest sprinters are neither the largest, nor the smallest, but are intermediately sized. The initial increase in speed is because stride length increases more rapidly than stride frequency decreases […]

Meeting Abstract 33.2  Thursday, Jan. 5  How sculpin pectoral fin morphology changes with demand across habitat transitions KANE, Emily A.*; HIGHAM, Timothy E.; University of California, Riverside; University of California, Riverside ekane001@ucr.edu Aquatic organisms that occupy high-flow habitats often display traits associated with decreased drag and increased friction with the substrate. Sculpins (Scorpaeniformes: Cottoidea) have transitioned from […]

Meeting Abstract 33.3  Thursday, Jan. 5  Environmentally Correlated Divergence in Morphology and Climbing Performance in Waterfall-climbing Fish from Hawai’i and Kaua’i BLOB, R.W.**; KAWANO, S.M.; MOODY, K.N.; BURCHFIELD, H.J.; MAIE, T.; PTACEK, M.P.; SCHOENFUSS, H.L.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ.; St. Cloud State Univ. rblob@clemson.edu Depending on the island to […]

Meeting Abstract 33.5  Thursday, Jan. 5  A revised metric to quantify body shape diversity in vertebrates REYNAGA, Crystal/M*; COLLAR, David/C; WARD, Andrea/B; MEHTA, Rita/S; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Adelphi Univ.; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz cmreynag@ucsc.edu Vertebrates exhibit tremendous variation in body shape, though quantifying this diversity has been challenging. In […]

Meeting Abstract 33.6  Friday, Jan. 4  On the Origins of Glutamatergic Signaling: Insights from the ctenophore genome (Pleurobrachia bachei ) SWORE, J.J.*; KOHN, A.B.; KOCOT, K.M.; SWALLA, B.J.; NOREKIAN, T; MOROZ , L.L.; Univ of Florida; Univ of Florida; Auburn Univ; Univ of Washington; Univ of Florida; Univ of Florida jjswore@students.nwc.edu Ctenophores are extant representatives of one […]

Meeting Abstract 33.4  Friday, Jan. 4  Nonparametric bootstrapping of RNASeq data in polymorphic polyps of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus SANDERS, S.M.*; SHCHEGLOVITOVA, M; CARTWRIGHT, P; University of Kansas; University of Kansas; University of Kansas s743s088@ku.edu One of the most common utilities of RNASeq data is comparative gene expression between different tissues or individuals. These differences in expression data can […]

Meeting Abstract 33.5  Friday, Jan. 4  Gone with the Wnts: Genomic insights into Wnt signaling in the ctenophore, Pleurobrachia bachei BRUDERS, R*; KOHN, A.B.; KOCOT, K.M.; SWALLA, B.J.; NOREKIAN, T; MOROZ, L.L.; Univ of Washington; Univ of Florida; Auburn Univ; Univ of Washington; Univ of Florida; Univ of Florida rebeccabruders@gmail.com Wnt signaling is known to be critical […]

Meeting Abstract 33.3  Friday, Jan. 4  Fresh Insights from RNA-Seq Analysis into Black Widow Spider Venom Composition and Evolution GARB, J.E.*; HAYASHI, C.Y.; LANCASTER, A.K.; CORBETT, S.; AYOUB , N.A.; University of Massachusetts Lowell; University of California, Riverside; Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; University of Massachusetts Lowell; Washington and Lee University Jessica_Garb@uml.edu Venoms are chemically complex secretions […]

Meeting Abstract 33.2  Friday, Jan. 4  Effects of morphological phenotypic plasticity on cichlid transcriptome expression CLEMMENSEN, SF*; HULSEY, CD; University of Tennessee; University of Tennessee sclemmen@utk.edu Trophic divergence in cichlid fish is linked to shifts in pharyngeal jaw morphology. However, it is unknown how much of this dramatic trophic specialization is due to the ability of these […]