HARRISON, J.F.*; FEWELL, J.H.; GRAYSON, D.L.; HUNT, G.J.; BARND, B.D.; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; Purdue University; Purdue University: An Environmental Physiologist Perspective on the Invasion of the Americas by Africanized Honey Bees Africanized honey bees are a classic invasion species: introduced by man, spreading rapidly, and out-reproducing native species including […]

MYKLES, D.L.; Colorado State University: Proteomics and signal transduction in the crustacean molting gland Molting in decapod crustaceans is controlled by the X-organ/sinus gland complex, a neurosecretory center in the eyestalks. The complex secretes a neuropeptide, molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), that suppresses production of molting hormone (ecdysone), an ecdysteroid secreted by a pair of molting glands […]

MCCLINTOCK, Timothy S.*; DERBY, Charles D.; ACHE, Barry W.; University of Kentucky; Georgia State University; University of Florida: PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS OF LOBSTER OLFACTION Several fundamental observations about olfaction were made first using lobsters, largely due to advantages that stem from their anatomy and a wealth of background knowledge. Investigating the molecular basis for the function […]

DURICA, D.S.*; KUPFER, D.; NAJAR, F.; SO, S.; TANG, Y.; GRIFFIN, K.; HOPKINS, P.M.; ROE, B.; University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma: Limb Regeneration and Expressed Sequence Tag Sequencing in Fiddler Crab We have constructed several directional […]

GROSS, P.S.; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.: Functional genomics approaches to understanding stress responses and disease in shrimp Pathogens in the marine environment have caused catastrophic losses to shrimp aquaculture. The manner in which marine crustaceans respond to pathogens is complex and largely unknown. In addition, the role of anthropogenic and natural factors […]

SHAFER, T.H.; University of North Carolina, Wilmington: Expressed sequence tag sequencing to identify genes involved in exoskeleton calcification in the blue crab A blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) expressed sequence tag project was designed for multiple purposes including the discovery of genes for cuticle proteins regulating calcification. One of the expression libraries sequenced was from hypodermal […]

TERWILLIGER, N.B.**; RYAN , M.; PHILLIPS, M.; University of Oregon; University of Oregon; University of Oregon: Crustacean Hemocyanin Gene Family: Oxygen Probes of the Global Gene Scene Global expression profiling simultaneously monitors vast numbers of genes in an organism, and it identifies groups of co-regulated genes. The principles of molecular recognition at the genomic and […]

STILLMAN, Jonathon H*; TERANISHI, Kristen S; Romberg Tiburon Center, San Francsico State University; University of Hawaii at Manoa: Transcriptome changes during thermal acclimation, acclimatization, and stress in porcelain crabs The thermal phenotype of an organism (i.e., heat tolerance, cold tolerance, eurythermality) is an essential determinant of performance across thermal environments and in response to thermal […]

COLBOURNE, J.K.*; LINDQUIST, E.; BAUER, D.; BROKSTEIN, P.; THOMAS, W.K.; ANDREWS, J.; Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University; U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute; Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire; U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute; Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire; Center for Genomics and […]

TOWLE, David W.; Mount Desert Island Biol. Lab., Salsbury Cove, ME: Functional Genomics of Environmental Adaptations in Marine Crustaceans The expression of genes in response to changes in salinity and temperature is being examined in our laboratory through the generation of expressed sequence tags and subsequent microarray analysis. Using the traditional gene-by-gene approach and quantitative […]