Meeting Abstract 70-4  Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:45  Genomic evidence for ecological divergence against a background of population homogeneity in the marine snail Chlorostoma funebralis GLEASON, L.U.*; BURTON, R.S.; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego; Loyola Marymount University; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego lani.gleason@gmail.com http://lugleason.weebly.com It can be difficult to resolve the balance between local […]

Meeting Abstract 70-2  Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:15  Genetic divergence predicts the degree of divergence in renal traits of salt marsh Savannah Sparrows BENHAM, P.M.*; CHEVIRON, Z.A.; University of Montana; University of Montana phred.benham@umontana.edu Studying the process of local adaptation is key to understanding population response to environmental change. Although differential selective pressures drive adaptive divergence, the degree […]

Meeting Abstract 70-1  Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:00  Extent and evolutionary significance of heritable variation in reef-building corals. MATZ, MV; Univ. of Texas at Austin matz@utexas.edu Corals are excellent subjects for quantitative genetics: one can fragment the same colony into clonal replicates and expose them to various treatments, and generate thousands of offspring according to a desired crossing […]

Meeting Abstract 70-3  Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:30  Anthropogenic Effects on the Epigenome of the Túngara Frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) GARCIA, MJ*; RODRIGUEZ, S; TAYLOR, RC; HUNTER, KL; Salisbury University; University of Texas, Austin; Salisbury University; Salisbury University mjgarcia@salisbury.edu Phenotypic responsiveness to changing environmental conditions is mediated, in part, by changes in gene expression due to epigenetic modification. Epigenetic […]

Meeting Abstract 70-2  Saturday, Jan. 7 08:15 – 08:30  The Role of Weather and Sand Moisture in Shaping Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Neonate Growth ERB, V*; LOLAVAR, A; WYNEKEN, J; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University verb2015@fau.edu Many environmental variables affect the early development of incubating eggs. The effects of temperature on loggerhead […]

Meeting Abstract 70-6  Saturday, Jan. 7 09:15 – 09:30  The Developmental Basis of Cranial Bone Fragmentation in the Blind Mexican Cavefish POWERS, AK*; KAPLAN, SA; GROSS, JB; Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH krutzlaa@mail.uc.edu The blind Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus, is a natural model for regressive evolutionary changes, such as complete eye loss, following cave colonization. An extant […]

Meeting Abstract 70-7  Saturday, Jan. 7 09:30 – 09:45  Systematic Inferences of the Post-Cranial Skeleton of Batrachoiformes VAZ, D F B*; SUMMERS, A P; HILTON, E J; Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062; Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA 98250; Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College […]

Meeting Abstract 70-5  Saturday, Jan. 7 09:00 – 09:15  Form and Function Dynamics of the Primate Hyoid Apparatus: The Relationship Between Hyoid Posture and Muscle Behavior. ORSBON, CP*; GIDMARK, NJ; ROSS, CF; University of Chicago; Knox College; University of Chicago orsbon@uchicago.edu The link between hyoid posture and muscle behavior may be dynamic across the many vital behaviors […]

Meeting Abstract 70-3  Saturday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45  Flatfish Benthic Walking: a new vertebrate gait FOX, C.H.*; SUMMERS, A.; GIBB, A.C.; BEMIS, W.E.; Cornell University; Friday Harbor Laboratories; Northern Arizona University; Cornell University chf7@cornell.edu Many benthic fishes move along the bottom with a bipedal or punting gait of the paired pelvic or pectoral fins. We examined […]

Meeting Abstract 70-1  Saturday, Jan. 7 08:00 – 08:15  Fiber Type Properties of the Limb Muscles of Sloths (Xenarthra: Pilosa) SPAINHOWER, KB*; METZ, AK; KIRALY, PM; BARKETT, EM; THOMAS, DR; CLIFFE, RN; BUTCHER, MT; Youngstown State University; Youngstown State University; Youngstown State University; Youngstown State University; Youngstown State University; Swansea University; Youngstown State University mtbutcher@ysu.edu http://mtbutcher.people.ysu.edu/Home.html Sloths […]