Meeting Abstract 78.4 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Reparative regeneration in a novel amniote model MCLEAN, K.E.*; VICKARYOUS, M.K.; Univ. of Guelph, Guelph ON; Univ. of Guelph, Guelph ON kmclean@uoguelph.ca Reparative regeneration is a dramatic phenomenon in which lost or injured structures and tissues are redeveloped. In extreme cases, reparative regeneration can reproduce entire appendages. We investigated the tissue […]
sessions: Session 78
Morphology and histology of the earliest stages of tail regeneration in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius
Meeting Abstract 78.5 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Morphology and histology of the earliest stages of tail regeneration in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius. VICKARYOUS, MK*; ZWEERMAN, CL; University of Guelph; University of Guelph mvickary@uoguelph.ca Many lizards are able to voluntarily self-detach (autotomize) a portion of the tail as a strategy to escape predation. Autotomy ruptures all the major […]
Models of Cardiac Repair and Regeneration in Teleost Fish
Meeting Abstract 78.3 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Models of Cardiac Repair and Regeneration in Teleost Fish LAFONTANT, P.J.*; GRIVAS, J.A.; GOLDEN, B.L.; LESCH, M.A; FROUNTFELTER, T.; DePauw University; DePauw University; DePauw University; DePauw University; DePauw University pascallafontant@depauw.edu The limited ability of mammalian adult cardiac myocytes to proliferate often results in scaring and permanent loss of cardiac function after […]
Evolution of diverse asexual reproduction strategies and reversal of the primary body axis in Convolutriloba acoels
Meeting Abstract 78.6 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Evolution of diverse asexual reproduction strategies and reversal of the primary body axis in Convolutriloba acoels SIKES, J.M.*; BELY, A.E.; Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Univ. of Maryland, College Park jsikes@illinois.edu Acoels in the genus Convolutriloba are unusual among bilaterians in that morphologically similar species have evolved dramatically different modes of asexual […]
Effects of repeated injury on the activity and condition of a maldanid polychaete
Meeting Abstract 78.2 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Effects of repeated injury on the activity and condition of a maldanid polychaete PAGE, J.L.**; LINDSAY, S.M.; University of Maine, Orono; University of Maine, Orono jennifer.page82@gmail.com Polychaetes and other marine infauna frequently experience tissue loss to browsing predators. Such non-lethal tissue losses can represent a significant energetic input to higher trophic […]
The Effects of Climate Change on Physiology Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Larval Response to Environmental Change
Meeting Abstract 78.6 Friday, Jan. 7 The Effects of Climate Change on Physiology: Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Larval Response to Environmental Change TIMMINS-SCHIFFMAN, E.B.*; DORFMEIER, E.M.; ROBERTS, S.B.; University of Washington; University of Washington; University of Washington emmats@uw.edu As global climate change continues, its effects are realized at every level within ecosystems. Ecosystem response to climate change […]
Renegade clams Marine bivalves follow neither Bergmann’s Rule nor its converse
Meeting Abstract 78.3 Friday, Jan. 7 Renegade clams: Marine bivalves follow neither Bergmann’s Rule nor its converse BERKE, S K*; JABLONSKI, D; KRUG, A Z; TOMASOVYCH, A; VALENTINE, J W; Univ. of Chicago; Univ. of Chicago; Univ. of Chicago; Univ. of Chicago; Univ of California, Berkeley skberke@gmail.com Bergmann’s Rule describes the tendency for taxa to get larger […]
Phylogenetic Analysis of Bicoastal Parasite Diversity in Three Brooding Bivalves
Meeting Abstract 78.2 Friday, Jan. 7 Phylogenetic Analysis of Bicoastal Parasite Diversity in Three Brooding Bivalves LAKE, D.T.*; LEE, K.A.; RUIZ, G.M.; COHEN, C.S.; San Francisco State University; Univ. of California, Davis; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; San Francisco State University david10lake@gmail.com Although much attention has been given to biological invasions of free-living species, relatively few empirical studies […]
Genetic isolation of Sceloporus woodi due to mature forests and major roadways
Meeting Abstract 78.5 Friday, Jan. 7 Genetic isolation of Sceloporus woodi due to mature forests and major roadways TUCKER, D.B.*; HARRISON, J.S.; MCBRAYER, L.D.; Georgia Southern Univ.; Georgia Southern Univ.; Georgia Southern Univ. derekbrazil2002@yahoo.com The Florida sand pine scrub habitat is one of the most endangered ecosystems in the southeastern United States due to residential development, agriculture, […]
Decline in nudibranch gastropods following a climate-related range shift of a large predatory aeolid in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Meeting Abstract 78.1 Friday, Jan. 7 Decline in nudibranch gastropods following a climate-related range shift of a large predatory aeolid in the northeast Pacific Ocean GODDARD, J.H.R; GOSLINER, T.M.; PEARSE, J.S.*; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; California Academy of Sciences; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz pearsester@gmail.com In 1977, Phidiana hiltoni (O’Donoghue, 1927) began spreading northward from Monterey, […]
