Meeting Abstract 66-3 Tuesday, Jan. 5 14:00 Cockroaches squeezing through crevices JAYARAM, K*; FULL, R.J.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley kaushikj@berkeley.edu http://kaushikjayaram.com Cockroaches possess an almost unparalleled tenacity to squeeze through the smallest cracks. To quantify cockroaches’ capacity to traverse crevices, we ran, Periplaneta americana, through a rectangular acrylic tube with a vertically adjustable […]
sessions: Session 66
Aerodynamics, kinematics, and skeletal function in the slow flight of birds
Meeting Abstract 66-1 Tuesday, Jan. 5 13:30 Aerodynamics, kinematics, and skeletal function in the slow flight of birds CRANDELL, KE; University of Montana kristen.crandell@umontana.edu http://www.kriscrandell.com Slow flight is extremely energetically costly per unit time, yet highly important for takeoff and survival in birds. However, at slow speeds it is presently thought that most birds do not produce […]
Variation in a suite of armour phenotype traits reveals a complex response to selective pressure in threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Meeting Abstract 66-2 Friday, Jan. 6 13:45 – 14:00 Variation in a suite of armour phenotype traits reveals a complex response to selective pressure in threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) JAMNICZKY, HA*; LE, A; BARRY, TN; ROGERS, SM; Univ. of Calgary; Univ. of Calgary; Univ. of Calgary; Univ. of Calgary hajamnic@ucalgary.ca Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) have been shown […]
Size and shape in independent evolutions of cleaning in the Labridae and Gobiidae
Meeting Abstract 66-3 Friday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15 Size and shape in independent evolutions of cleaning in the Labridae and Gobiidae BALIGA, VB*; MEHTA, RS; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz vbaliga@ucsc.edu Both body shape and size affect the locomotor behavior of organisms, but how these relate to other functional systems such […]
Patterns of Body Size and Shape Diversification in Marine Angelfishes (Pomacanthidae)
Meeting Abstract 66-4 Friday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30 Patterns of Body Size and Shape Diversification in Marine Angelfishes (Pomacanthidae) FREDERICH, B*; SANTINI, F; KONOW, N; LECCHINI, D; ALFARO, ME; University of Liège, Liège; Associazione Italiana per Studio Biodiversita’; UMass., Lowell; CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia ; Univ. of California, Los Angeles bruno.frederich@ulg.ac.be The Pomacanthidae is an iconic […]
Maternal and genetic additive effects on sprint speeds and morphological traits variation of offspring lizards
Meeting Abstract 66-7 Friday, Jan. 6 15:00 – 15:15 Maternal and genetic additive effects on sprint speeds and morphological traits variation of offspring lizards BRANDT, R*; WARNER, DA; Auburn University; Auburn University rbrandt@usp.br http://renatabrandt.weebly.com Response to selection require traits to be heritable, but maternal effects, or the effects of parent’s phenotypes on their offspring phenotypes, can also […]
Identity of Ice Age Idaho wolves
Meeting Abstract 66-5 Friday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45 Identity of Ice Age Idaho wolves MEACHEN, JA*; BITTERMAN, KM; THOMPSON, ME; BRANNICK, AL; Des Moines University; Des Moines University; Idaho Museum of Natural History; University of Washington julie.meachen@dmu.edu Beringian wolves are an extinct group of Pleistocene-aged wolves from Alaska that specialized in hunting ice age megafauna. They […]
CT scanning all the fishestechniques and a progress report
Meeting Abstract 66-8 Friday, Jan. 6 15:15 – 15:30 CT scanning all the fishes…techniques and a progress report SUMMERS, AP*; CONWAY, KW; BUSER, TJ; HAYES, MM; PFEIFFENBERGER, JA; SUMMERS, Adam; University of Washington fishguy@uw.edu Computed tomography scanning with x-rays is an effective method for visualizing radiodense skeletal tissues. With the addition of contrast techniques, iodine or phosphotungstic […]
An examination of the relationship between locomotor mode and patterns of fore- and hindlimb symmetry in semiaquatic freshwater turtles (Family Emydidae)
Meeting Abstract 66-1 Friday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45 An examination of the relationship between locomotor mode and patterns of fore- and hindlimb symmetry in semiaquatic freshwater turtles (Family: Emydidae) RIVERA, G; Creighton University gabrielrivera@creighton.edu Understanding how selective forces influence patterns of symmetry remains an active area of research in evolutionary biology. One hypothesis, which has received […]
A Short-snouted, Middle Triassic Phytosaur May Indicate Salt-Water Tolerance is Ancestral for Archosauria
Meeting Abstract 66-6 Friday, Jan. 6 14:45 – 15:00 A Short-snouted, Middle Triassic Phytosaur May Indicate Salt-Water Tolerance is Ancestral for Archosauria STOCKER, MR*; ZHAO, LJ; NESBITT, SJ; WU, WC; LI, C; Virginia Tech; Zhejiang Museum of Natural History; Virginia Tech; Canadian Museum of Nature; Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology stockerm@vt.edu Following the end-Permian extinction, terrestrial […]
