Meeting Abstract 72-6 Friday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00 Haptic Perception in Motor Control, at Land, in Water, in Air, and in Space, of a Fish’s Fin, a Flamingo’s Neck, a Monkey’s Tail, a Snake’s Spine, and a Bat’s Wing MANGALAM, M; University of Georgia madhur.mangalam@uga.edu http://psychology.uga.edu/directory/madhur-mangalam Deft coordination of body movement in animals exploits the capabilities […]
sessions: Session 72
The Ontogeny of Static Allometry is Not So Simple for Grasshoppers Genetic Variation for Nutrient Sensitive Plasticity is Masked by Size-Dependent Compensatory Growth
Meeting Abstract 72-5 Sunday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 The Ontogeny of Static Allometry is Not So Simple for Grasshoppers: Genetic Variation for Nutrient Sensitive Plasticity is Masked by Size-Dependent Compensatory Growth THOMPSON, DB; University of Nevada, Las Vegas daniel.thompson@unlv.edu Grasshoppers develop larger head width and shorter leg length, relative to body size, when fed low nutrient, […]
The Big Gulp Morphological Determinants and Scaling Relationships of Gape in Two Invasive Species of Large Snakes
Meeting Abstract 72-2 Sunday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30 The Big Gulp: Morphological Determinants and Scaling Relationships of Gape in Two Invasive Species of Large Snakes JAYNE, BC; BAMBERGER, AL*; Univ. Cincinnati; Univ. Cincinnati bruce.jayne@uc.edu https://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/biology/byDeptMembers/faculty.html?eid=jaynebc&thecomp=uceprof Snakes are a model system for studying gape-limited predators and how anatomy constrains and affects feeding performance and foraging. More […]
Morphological Murals The Scaling and Allometry of Butterfly Wing Patterns
Meeting Abstract 72-6 Sunday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30 Morphological Murals: The Scaling and Allometry of Butterfly Wing Patterns PALMER, R/M*; NIJHOUT, H/F; Duke University; Duke University rayleigh.palmer@duke.edu Butterfly wing color patterns exhibit arguably some of the most diverse morphological traits found in nature. Color patterns are a composite of three symmetry systems: basal, central and border, […]
Bigger Bipeds, Shorter Arms Inter-Limb Scaling in Hominins and Theropod Dinosaurs
Meeting Abstract 72-1 Sunday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15 Bigger Bipeds, Shorter Arms: Inter-Limb Scaling in Hominins and Theropod Dinosaurs YEGIAN, AK; Harvard University ayegian@fas.harvard.edu Humans have relatively short arms compared to their hominin ancestors. Traditionally, the evolution of shorter arms relative to the legs has been interpreted as a gradual behavioral transition from generalist locomotion (including […]
Environmental and Genetic Factors Contribute to the Divergence in Weaponry Across a Broad Landscape
Meeting Abstract 72-4 Sunday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 Environmental and Genetic Factors Contribute to the Divergence in Weaponry Across a Broad Landscape ALLEN, PE*; MILLER, CW; University of Florida; University of Florida pabloallen@ufl.edu http://www.millerlab.net Animal weapons include such intriguing structures as horns on bighorn sheep, antlers on deer, and tusks on elephants. In spite of the […]
Allometry of Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) Ophthalmic Retia
Meeting Abstract 72-3 Sunday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45 Allometry of Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) Ophthalmic Retia GREEN, TL*; WILBOURN, JL; O’BRIEN, HD; GIGNAC, PM; Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa; Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa; Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa todd.green@okstate.edu Arterial thermoregulatory mechanisms […]
