Meeting Abstract 29.9 Jan. 5 Carotenoid pigments in the tissues of zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): identity, distribution, and intercorrelations TOOMEY, M.B.*; MCGRAW, K.J.; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ matthew.toomey@asu.edu Carotenoids serve a variety of functions in animals, including sexually selected coloration, photoprotection, antioxidant activity, and immune function. Carotenoids are distributed throughout the […]
year: 2007
Activity of steroidogenic enzymes in ovary, corpus luteum and placenta of the ringed seal Phoca hispida
Meeting Abstract 29.2 Jan. 5 Activity of steroidogenic enzymes in ovary, corpus luteum and placenta of the ringed seal Phoca hispida BLOMQUIST, C.H.*; ATKINSON, S.; BURKANOV, V.N.; GRACHEV, A.I.; University of Minnesota; Alaska SeaLife Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks; Alaska SeaLife Center blomq007@umn.edu The sites and relative activity levels of steroid-synthesizing enzymes involved in estrogen, androgen and progesterone […]
A role for kisspeptin in seasonal reproduction
Meeting Abstract 29.3 Jan. 5 A role for kisspeptin in seasonal reproduction? GREIVES, Timothy*; MASON, Alex; SCOTTI, Melissa-Ann; KETTERSON, Ellen; KRIEGSFELD, Lance; DEMAS, Gregory; Department of Biology and Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA; Department of Psychology and Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 […]
A novel experimental test of the relationship between plasma and yolk testosterone levels in the house sparrow
Meeting Abstract 29.5 Jan. 5 A novel experimental test of the relationship between plasma and yolk testosterone levels in the house sparrow EGBERT, Jeremy R.*; SCHWABL, Hubert G.; Washington State University, School of Biological Sciences, Pullman, WA jeremyegbert@wsu.edu One example of a maternal non-genomic effect is the accumulation of maternally-derived steroids in the yolks of avian eggs, […]
Things Fall Apart
Meeting Abstract 28.9 Jan. 5 Things Fall Apart HART, M.W.**; SUNDAY, J.; Simon Fraser Univ.; Simon Fraser Univ. mike_hart@sfu.ca Phylogeographic studies of marine (and other) animals frequently report within-species genetic variation that is consistent with cryptic species diversity or hybridization. We reviewed a number of such studies with an eye toward developing a quantitative and objective rule-of-thumb […]
Systematic Revision and Biogeography of North American Tortoises (TestudinidaeGopherus)
Meeting Abstract 28.6 Jan. 5 Systematic Revision and Biogeography of North American Tortoises (Testudinidae:Gopherus) JONES, CB; San Diego State University jonesc@rohan.sdsu.edu Gopherus is one member of a clade of tortoises that are endemic to North America. Gopherus arose sometime in the late Eocene or early Oligocene. During the Cenozoic, three other named genera of tortoises existed in […]
Redescription of the freshwater bivalve Guianadesma sinuosum and implications for the historical biogeography of northern South America
Meeting Abstract 28.4 Jan. 5 Redescription of the freshwater bivalve Guianadesma sinuosum and implications for the historical biogeography of northern South America ARONOWSKY, A.*; ANDERSON, L.C.; HELLBERG, M.E.; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University audrey@geol.lsu.edu The tropical bivalve Guianadesma sinuosum Morrison, 1943 is restricted to freshwater, an uncommon habitat for either of the two […]
Phylogeography of Astrotoma agassizii from South American and Antarctic waters using mtDNA
Meeting Abstract 28.2 Jan. 5 Phylogeography of Astrotoma agassizii from South American and Antarctic waters using mtDNA HUNTER, Rebecca L.*; HALANYCH, Kenneth M.; Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Auburn University, Auburn, AL belchrl@auburn.edu The isolation of the Antarctic continent has been a driving evolutionary force for Antarctic fauna for ~40 million years. Separation of Antarctica and South America, […]
Paraphyly across oceans a molecular phylogeny of the family Chromodorididae (Gastropoda Nudibranchia) using three molecular markers
Meeting Abstract 28.8 Jan. 5 Paraphyly across oceans: a molecular phylogeny of the family Chromodorididae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) using three molecular markers TURNER, L.M.; WILSON, N.G.*; British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge; Scripps Insitute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego wilsong@auburn.edu The Chromodorididae are a colourful, speciose family of nudibranchs (sea slugs), and are found in all of the […]
Larval Mode and Species Accumulation in a Transisthmian Marine Bivalve
Meeting Abstract 28.5 Jan. 5 Larval Mode and Species Accumulation in a Transisthmian Marine Bivalve MARKO, P.B.*; MORAN, A.L.; Clemson University; Clemson University pmarko@clemson.edu Evolutionary biologists have employed the formation of the Isthmus of Panama and the closure of the Central American Seaway approximately 3.1 million years ago as a model system for the study of allopatric […]
