Meeting Abstract P3.32  Saturday, Jan. 5  Histological assessment of cellular immune response to the phytohemagglutinin (PHA) skin test in Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) TURMELLE, Amy/S.*; MENDONCA, Mary/T.; MCCRACKEN, Gary/F.; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Auburn University, Auburn, AL; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN turmelle@utk.edu Bats are known to be reservoirs to several emerging diseases, and occur […]

Meeting Abstract P3.59  Saturday, Jan. 5  Hind foot reversal in arboreal squirrels QUILTER, L.A.S.; LYONS, R.; ETNIER, S.A.*; Indiana University School of Medicine; Butler University; Butler University setnier@butler.edu Hind foot reversal has been associated with arboreality in a broad range of organisms. Reversal is due to supination of the extended hind limb so the sole of the […]

Meeting Abstract P3.62  Saturday, Jan. 5  Growth Rate Determinations for Lepas anatifera (Cirripedia:Lepadidae) in the Tropical Pacific Using Shell Growth Patterns and In-situ Temperature Records STEMPKO, T*; VENN, C; Bloomsburg University of PA; Bloomsburg University of PA cvenn@bloomu.edu Many pedunculate barnacles of the species Lepas anatifera, including both subspecies L. anatifera anatifera and L. anatifera striata, collected […]

Meeting Abstract P3.14  Saturday, Jan. 5  Gene expression and ornamental plumage color in the house finch BALENGER, S. L.**; BONNEAUD, C.; EDWARDS, S. V.; HILL, G. E.; Auburn University, AL; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Auburn University, AL balensl@auburn.edu The good genes hypothesis proposes that well-ornamented males possess better than average genes that are […]

Meeting Abstract P3.45  Saturday, Jan. 5  Forms of sexual abnormalities in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator ZOU, E.; Nicholls State University em.zou@nicholls.edu Fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator, exhibit striking sexual dimorphism with males characterized by a pair of extremely asymmetrical chelipeds and a narrow abdomen and females having two small, symmetrical claws and a wide abdomen that covers […]

Meeting Abstract P3.95  Saturday, Jan. 5  External anatomy and neuromuscular organization of the freshwater colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis LILLEY, G*; HOCHBERG, R; Univ. Massachusetts Lowell; Univ. Massachusetts Lowell rick_hochberg@uml.edu Most of the approximately 2000 species of rotifers are free living; however, several freshwater species in the order Flosculariaceae can form colonies. One particularly well-known species is Sinantherina […]

Meeting Abstract P3.105  Saturday, Jan. 5  Evidence for a Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone (GnIH) system within vertebrate gonads MCGUIRE, Nicolette L.*; UBUKA, Takayoshi; TSUTSUI, Kazuyoshi; BENTLEY, George E.; Univ of California, Berkeley; Univ of California, Berkeley; Waseda University; Univ of California, Berkeley nicolette@berkeley.edu Many hormones that are classified as neuropeptides are synthesized in vertebrate gonads in addition to the […]

Meeting Abstract P3.2  Saturday, Jan. 5  Effects of phenotypic characteristics on reproductive timing in high altitude flycatchers PEREYRA, M.E.*; University of Tulsa maria-pereyra@utulsa.edu For migrant birds breeding at high latitudes and high altitudes, individual variation in reproductive timing can be viewed as a trade-off between the costs and benefits of breeding at the earliest possible date or […]

Meeting Abstract P3.117  Saturday, Jan. 5  Effects of incline and surface width on the climbing performance in crevices versus on cylinders of corn snakes (Elaphe gutatta) ASTLEY, H.C.*; JAYNE, B.C.; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati astleyhc@email.uc.edu One presumed advantage of a limbless body plan is the ability to fit in laterally restricted spaces, such as branches […]

Meeting Abstract P3.33  Saturday, Jan. 5  Effects of food restriction on immune function in long- and short-day housed Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) ZYSLING, D.A.*; DEMAS, G.E.; Department of Biology, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA; Department of Biology, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, […]