Meeting Abstract 61.5  Friday, Jan. 6  Cardiovascular plasticity during hypoxic development in reptile embryos EME, J*; TATE, KB; KOHL, ZF; SLAY, CE; HICKS, JW; CROSSLEY II, DA; U N Texas; U N Texas; U N Texas; U Cal Irvine; U Cal Irvine; U N Texas johneme34@gmail.com The cardiovascular (CV) system is the first operational organ system, but […]

Meeting Abstract 61.9  Friday, Jan. 6  Cardiac morphology of Dermophis mexicanus through ontogeny HYKIN, SM; Univ. of California, Berkeley smhykin@berkeley.edu Caecilians are a little-known and understudied clade of limbless, often fossorial amphibians restricted to tropical regions around the globe. Heart development and function, especially regarding the extent of separation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood within the heart, […]

Meeting Abstract 61.6  Friday, Jan. 6  Cardiac hypertrophy in response to pressure overload and exercise training in the American alligator OWERKOWICZ, T*; CAMPBELL, C; EME, J; BLANK, JM; HICKS, JW; California State Uni, San Bernardino; Uni California, Irvine; Uni North Texas, Denton; California Polytechnic State Uni, San Luis Obispo; Uni California, Irvine towerkow@csusb.edu In mammals, cardiac hypertrophy […]

Meeting Abstract 61.1  Saturday, Jan. 5  The effects of tooth structure and loading on the distribution and magnitude of strain in durophagous teeth CROFTS, S; Univ. of Washington, Seattle croftss@uw.edu A broad range of taxa, both extant and extinct, have teeth that are specialized to break hard prey items, including several elasmobranch lineages, bony fishes, mammals and […]

Meeting Abstract 61.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  In vivo cranial bone strain during feeding in the agamid Uromastyx geyri PORRO, L.B.*; IRIARTE-DIAZ, J.; O’REILLY, J.; ROSS, C.F.; University of Chicago, IL; University of Chicago, IL; University of Chicago, IL; University of Chicago, IL lbporro@gmail.com Due to its specialized skull and dental morphology, the herbivorous lizard Uromastyx has been […]

Meeting Abstract 61.4  Saturday, Jan. 5  Cranial bone strain in the teiid lizard Tupinambis merianae and the diversity of optimality criteria in vertebrate skulls ROSS, C.F.*; HERREL, A.; PORRO, L.B.; EVANS, S.E.; FAGAN, M.J.; MURRAY, K.D.; University of Chicago; C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. ; University of Chicago; University College London; University of Hull; University of Chicago rossc@uchicago.edu In vivo bone […]

Meeting Abstract 61.5  Saturday, Jan. 5  3D kinematics, motor control and bone strain during feeding in non-human primates IRIARTE-DIAZ, J.*; ROSS, C.F.; University of Chicago; University of Chicago josdiiri@gmail.com In recent years substantial advances have been made in our understanding of the feeding mechanics of non-human primates. On one hand, researchers have investigated the relationship between the […]

Meeting Abstract 61.5  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30  Somatosensory feedback during vocal production in a nonhuman mammal RIEDE, T; University of Utah t.riede@utah.edu Feedback mechanisms (somatosensory and auditory) are critical for vocal learners such as songbirds and humans in order to develop and maintain normal singing behavior or speech. Feedback is also important in some nonhuman mammals (primates, […]

Meeting Abstract 61.1  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30  Size and neuronal density of midbrain regions in selectively bred high-runner mice THOMPSON, ZAL*; SHELTON, S; LEVIN, P; CLAGHORN, GC; GARLAND, JR, T; Univ. of Calif., Riverside; Humboldt State Univ.; Cal. State Univ., San Bernardino; Univ. of Calif., Riverside; Univ. of Calif., Riverside zthom002@ucr.edu How does selection on a behavior […]

Meeting Abstract 61.3  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00  Prior experience with conspecific signals enhances auditory midbrain responsiveness to conspecific vocalizations GALL, MD*; WILCZYNSKI, W; Vassar College; Georgia State University megall@vassar.edu There is a long history in neuroethology of investigating how communication signals influence the brain and behavior. It has become increasingly clear that brain areas associated with sensory […]