Meeting Abstract 42.2 Saturday, Jan. 5 The effects of a titin mutation on tremor frequency during shivering thermogenesis TAYLOR, KR*; NISHIKAWA, KC; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University kt375@nau.edu Muscular springs, such as titin, play an important role in determining muscle properties. The muscular dystrophy with myositis (mdm) mouse model is characterized by a deletion in the […]
sessions: Session 42
Residual force enhancement evidence for Ca2+-activation of titin
Meeting Abstract 42.3 Saturday, Jan. 5 Residual force enhancement: evidence for Ca2+-activation of titin FUQUA, R.D.*; MONROY, J.A.; NISHIKAWA, K.C.; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University rene.fuqua@nau.edu When active muscles are stretched, tension increases and then settles to a steady state that is greater than the isometric force at the stretched length. The mechanism […]
Comparative assessment of Smad expression in two models of muscle atrophy for the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis
Meeting Abstract 42.4 Saturday, Jan. 5 Comparative assessment of Smad expression in two models of muscle atrophy for the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis COVI, J.A.*; BADER, B.D.; CHANG, E.S.; MYKLES, D.L.; Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington; Colorado State Univ.; Bodega Marine Laboratory; Colorado State Univ. covij@uncw.edu In decapod crustaceans, reversible atrophy of claw muscle is […]
Cardiac, Slow and Fast Troponin-T Isoform Expression Patterns in Dog and Rat Extraocular Muscles
Meeting Abstract 42.5 Saturday, Jan. 5 Cardiac, Slow and Fast Troponin-T Isoform Expression Patterns in Dog and Rat Extraocular Muscles REISER, PJ*; BICER, S; Ohio State University; Ohio State University reiser.17@osu.edu Mammalian extraocular muscles (EOMs) consist of two distinct layers. Global layer fibers insert directly onto the eyeball and orbital layer fibers insert onto an outer connective […]
Molecules, mountaintops, and webbed feet systematics of the bolitoglossine subgenus Mayamandra
Meeting Abstract 42.2 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 Molecules, mountaintops, and webbed feet: systematics of the bolitoglossine subgenus Mayamandra BOUZID, N/M*; ROVITO, S/M; VáSQUEZ ALMAZáN, C/R; WAKE, D/B; MVZ, UC Berkeley; MVZ, UC Berkeley; Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala; MVZ, UC Berkeley simab0418@gmail.com The Neotropics are a hotspot of plethodontid salamander diversity, with new […]
Evaluating the impact of anatomical partitions on morphology-based phylogenetic reconstructions
Meeting Abstract 42.1 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:15 Evaluating the impact of anatomical partitions on morphology-based phylogenetic reconstructions BURROUGHS, R. W. ; The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences RBurroughs@utexas.edu The nature of biology is such that the total amount of potential phylogenetic data cannot be used to construct phylogenetic hypotheses. This is particularly true […]
Crowdsourced morphometrics a novel method to overcome bottlenecks in collecting phenotype data
Meeting Abstract 42.3 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:45 Crowdsourced morphometrics: a novel method to overcome bottlenecks in collecting phenotype data CHANG, J*; RABOSKY, DL; ALFARO, ME; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of Michigan; Univ. of California, Los Angeles jchang641@gmail.com The “bioinformatics revolution” has assembled massive genomic data sets; however, our ability to collect phenotypic data at a […]
Variation in the craniomandibular joint and jaw adductor musculature in reference to the performance and evolution of the mammalian lower jaw
Meeting Abstract 42.5 Monday, Jan. 5 11:15 Variation in the craniomandibular joint and jaw adductor musculature in reference to the performance and evolution of the mammalian lower jaw REED, D.A.; IRIARTE-DIAZ, J.**; DIEKWISCH, T.G.H.; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago jiriarte@uic.edu http://jiriarte.people.uic.edu The transition from pre-mammalian cynodonts to true mammals involved […]
In vivo bone strain and the design of lizard crania
Meeting Abstract 42.6 Monday, Jan. 5 11:30 In vivo bone strain and the design of lizard crania ROSS, CF*; FAGAN, M; EVANS, S; HERREL, A; WALSH, T; PORRO, L; University of Chicago; University of Hull; University College London; Museum national d’Histoire Naturelle; University of Chicago; University of Bristol rossc@uchicago.edu Mammal crania are characterized by steep strain gradients […]
Fast, wet, and sticky the functional morphology of frog tongues
Meeting Abstract 42.7 Monday, Jan. 5 11:45 Fast, wet, and sticky: the functional morphology of frog tongues KLEINTEICH, T.*; GORB, S.N.; Kiel University, Germany tkleinteich@zoologie.uni-kiel.de http://www.uni-kiel.de/zoologie/gorb/tkleinteich.html Frogs are well known to catch prey by using a sticky tongue that can either be protruded over the tip of the jaw or in many species may be ballistically fired […]
