Meeting Abstract 61-6 Saturday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00 Terrestrial Constraint on Salamander Limbs Sheds Light on Tetrapod Evolution LEDBETTER, NM*; BONETT, RM; university of tulsa; university of tulsa nil122@utulsa.edu Patterns of phenotypic evolution can abruptly shift as species move between adaptive zones. Salamanders have frequently transitioned across three distinct life cycle strategies that range from aquatic-to-terrestrial […]
sessions: Session 61
Generalist Feeding Guilds in Reef Fishes Macroevolutionary Sink or Future Source of Diversity
Meeting Abstract 61-2 Saturday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00 Generalist Feeding Guilds in Reef Fishes: Macroevolutionary Sink or Future Source of Diversity? FREDERICH, B*; AGUILAR-MEDRANO, R; GAJDZIK, L; University of Liège, Liège; CINVESTAV, Mérida; University of Liège, Liège bruno.frederich@uliege.be Reef fishes have diversified into thousands of species that fill various types of ecological niches, contributing to the […]
Extending and remixing the complete ray-finned fish tree of life via fishtreeoflifeorg
Meeting Abstract 61-4 Saturday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30 Extending and remixing the complete ray-finned fish tree of life via fishtreeoflife.org CHANG, J*; ALFARO, ME; RABOSKY, DL; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor jonathan.chang@ucla.edu http://jonathanchang.org The tree of life metaphor has been used since Darwin to depict the […]
Exploring Macroevolutionary Ratchets as a Potential Driver of Clades in Decline
Meeting Abstract 61-7 Saturday, Jan. 5 15:00 – 15:15 Exploring Macroevolutionary Ratchets as a Potential Driver of Clades in Decline JUHN, MS*; VAN VALKENBURGH, B; ALFARO, ME; Univ of California, Los Angeles; Univ of California, Los Angeles; Univ of California, Los Angeles markjuhn@ucla.edu Diversity declines are well documented and widespread in the fossil record, but the mechanisms […]
Divergence Deferred Dynamic Changes in Ecological Opportunity Produce a Late Burst Radiation in Ground Squirrels
Meeting Abstract 61-5 Saturday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45 Divergence Deferred: Dynamic Changes in Ecological Opportunity Produce a Late Burst Radiation in Ground Squirrels SWIDERSKI, DL*; ZELDITCH, ML; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor dlswider@umich.edu Unlike early bursts, late bursting radiations have an initial shift to a new adaptive zone followed by a […]
Adaptive radiation in labrid fishes a central role for functional novelties during 65 My of relentless diversification
Meeting Abstract 61-1 Saturday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45 Adaptive radiation in labrid fishes: a central role for functional novelties during 65 My of relentless diversification BURRESS, E.D.*; WAINWRIGHT, P.C.; Univeristy of California, Davis; University of California, Davis edwarddburress@gmail.com Early burst patterns of diversification have become closely linked with concepts of adaptive radiation, reflecting interest in the […]
A lens to the past timing of lens eye origins
Meeting Abstract 61-3 Saturday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15 A lens to the past: timing of lens eye origins CANNON, JT*; ROBERTS, NG; EGAN, J; HONG, C; PICCIANI, N; EERNISSE, DJ; OAKLEY, TJ; UC Santa Barbara; UC Santa Barbara; UC Santa Barbara; UC Santa Barbara; UC Santa Barbara; California State University Fullerton; UC Santa Barbara joie.cannon@gmail.com Eye […]
