Meeting Abstract 98.11 Thursday, Jan. 7 If you can’t stand the heat: how CTmax drives thermal breadth in beetles across latitude SHELDON, Kimberly S.*; TEWKSBURY, Joshua J.; University of Washington, Seattle; University of Washington, Seattle ksheldon@u.washington.edu Despite nearly a century of work on physiological response of organisms to temperature, we still do not know the exact nature […]
year: 2010
Glucose Inhibition and Temperature Sensitivity of Glycogen Phosphorylase in Rainbow Trout
Meeting Abstract 98.5 Thursday, Jan. 7 Glucose Inhibition and Temperature Sensitivity of Glycogen Phosphorylase in Rainbow Trout BOLINGER, M.T.*; RODNICK, K.J.; Idaho State University; Idaho State University bolimark@gmail.com Glycogen is an important endogenous fuel that is mobilized primarily by glycogen phosphorylase (GP). GP is highly regulated and can exist in activated (a) and inactivated (b) forms based […]
Fried eggs long-term consequences of egg temperature for insects
Meeting Abstract 98.10 Thursday, Jan. 7 Fried eggs: long-term consequences of egg temperature for insects POTTER, K. A.*; DAVIDOWITZ, G.; WOODS, H. A.; University of Arizona, Tucson; University of Arizona, Tucson; University of Montana, Missoula kap15@email.arizona.edu While insects are well-known for their sophisticated mechanisms of temperature control, all insects begin life as eggs, at which point they […]
Are Elephants Obligate Evaporative Coolers
Meeting Abstract 98.8 Thursday, Jan. 7 Are Elephants Obligate Evaporative Coolers? DUNKIN, R.*; WILLIAMS, T.; WILSON, D.; JOHNSON, S.; JOHNSON, K.; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Wildlife Safari; Six Flags, Vallejo; Have Trunk Will Travel dunkin@biology.ucsc.edu Elephants often occupy habitats with sustained high temperatures and low water availability, however, patterns of habitat […]
Phylogenetic Placement of Myxozoa An exploration of conflict between phylogenomic and rDNA molecular data
Meeting Abstract 97.5 Thursday, Jan. 7 Phylogenetic Placement of Myxozoa: An exploration of conflict between phylogenomic and rDNA molecular data EVANS, N.M.**; CARTWRIGHT, P.; University of Kansas; University of Kansas evansnat@ufl.edu Myxozoa is a diverse clade of microscopic obligate endoparasites, several of which can cause serious disease in a number of economically important fish. Yet despite this […]
On the Origin and Evolution of Animal Vision Insights from an Eyeless Cnidarian
Meeting Abstract 97.4 Thursday, Jan. 7 On the Origin and Evolution of Animal Vision: Insights from an Eyeless Cnidarian. PLACHETZKI, D/P*; FONG, C/R; OAKLEY, T/H; University of California, Davis; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Santa Barbara plachetzki@ucdavis.edu Opsin-based phototransduction underlies all known visual phenotypes in animals. In bilaterians these protein cascades translate light information […]
Octocoral reproductive strategies Trying to see the forest for the trees
Meeting Abstract 97.2 Thursday, Jan. 7 Octocoral reproductive strategies: Trying to see the forest for the trees? KHANG, S; BENAYAHU, Y; LASKER, HR*; Hawaii Pacific Univ.; Tel Aviv Univ; Univ. at Buffalo hlasker@buffalo.edu Published and unpublished data were used to characterize the reproductive biology of 175 octocoral species from 73 genera and 22 families. The data set […]
Genetic diversity within Calliactis polypus (Cnidaria Actiniaria), a widespread species of sea anemone symbiotic with hermit crabs
Meeting Abstract 97.1 Thursday, Jan. 7 Genetic diversity within Calliactis polypus (Cnidaria: Actiniaria), a widespread species of sea anemone symbiotic with hermit crabs GUSMAO, Luciana C.*; DALY, Marymegan; Ohio State University Gusmao.1@osu.edu Originally described from the South Pacific Ocean, Calliactis polypus is the most widespread species of anemone symbiotic with hermit crabs. Its range spans the Pacific […]
Evolution of box jellyfishes (Cnidaria Cubozoa)
Meeting Abstract 97.3 Thursday, Jan. 7 Evolution of box jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) BENTLAGE, B*; CARTWRIGHT, P; COLLINS, A G; University of Kansas bentlage@ku.edu Cubozoa (Cnidaria: Medusozoa) represents a small clade of approximately fifty described species, some of which are highly toxic, causing serious human envenomations. Our understanding of the evolutionary history of Cubozoa has been limited by […]
Predation at a snail&39;s pace time-lapse photography and analysis of predatory mode in neogastropod whelks
Meeting Abstract 96.1 Thursday, Jan. 7 Predation at a snail's pace: time-lapse photography and analysis of predatory mode in neogastropod whelks VENDETTI, Jann E.*; FAY, Scott A.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley jannv@berkeley.edu Time-lapse photography has been used to elucidate and digitally capture diverse biological phenomena across the tree of life. Within the Gastropoda, […]
