Meeting Abstract 87.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Patterns of oxidative protein damage and gaping behavior following repeated heat stress in Mytilus mussels DOWD, WW*; SOMERO, GN; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University wwdowd@stanford.edu Intertidal mussels experience dramatic variations in temperature and oxygen availability (low during emersion, particularly when shells are closed). Such […]

Meeting Abstract 87.4  Friday, Jan. 7  Do Flies Suffer Fitness Consequences From Vectoring Blood Parasites: Experiments with Pseudolynchia canariensis and Haemoproteus columbae WAITE, JESSICA L*; HENRY, AUTUMN R; CLAYTON, DALE H; University of Utah; University of Utah; University of Utah Jessi.Waite@gmail.com Frequently, blood-feeding vectors are parasitized by the very parasites they carry from host to host. While […]

Meeting Abstract 86.6  Friday, Jan. 7  Milk composition of mice divergently selected for Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) SADOWSKA, J.*; GEBCZYNSKI, A.K; KONARZEWSKI, M.; University of Bialystok; University of Bialystok; University of Bialystok julita.sadowska@uwb.edu.pl It has been hypothesized that the main factor driving the evolution of high basal metabolic rate (BMR) characteristic for homeotherms was high reproductive performance. […]

Meeting Abstract 86.2  Friday, Jan. 7  Innate immune function in mice selectively breed for high voluntary wheel-running behavior DOWNS, C.J.*; SCHUTZ, H.; MEEK, T.H.; DLUGOSZ, E.M.; ACOSTA, W.; GARLAND, T. JR.; University of Nevada, Reno; University of California, Riverside; University of California, Riverside; University of California, Riverside; University of California, Riverside; University of California, Riverside cdowns@unr.edu Mice […]

Meeting Abstract 86.4  Friday, Jan. 7  Impacts of the mitochondrial-nuclear interaction on metabolic fitness MONTOOTH, Kristi*; HOEKSTRA, Luke; RICE, Jessica; Indiana University, Bloomington; Indiana University, Bloomington; Indiana University, Bloomington montooth@indiana.edu The mitochondrial-nuclear intergenomic complex plays a foundational role in maintaining metabolic fitness to fuel physiological responses that ectotherms mount in response to the environment. We are using […]

Meeting Abstract 86.1  Friday, Jan. 7  Immune Response to a Trichinella spiralis infection in high-runner mice DLUGOSZ, EM*; SCHUTZ, H; MEEK, TH; ACOSTA, W; DOWNS, CJ; PLATZER, EG; CHAPPELL, MA; GARLAND, T Jr; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of Nevada, Reno edlug001@ucr.edu Mice bred for high voluntary wheel running (HR) have high baseline circulating corticosterone and increased […]

Meeting Abstract 86.5  Friday, Jan. 7  Effects of oxygen availability on maximum aerobic performance in mice selected for divergent BMR or high aerobic capacity GEBCZYNSKI, A K*; KONARZEWSKI, M; University of Bialystok, Poland; University of Bialystok, Poland andgebcz@uwb.edu.pl Maximum aerobic metabolism in mammals is constrained by one (or many) of steps of oxygen transport and utilization pathways. […]

Meeting Abstract 86.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Does high level of Basal Metabolic Rate increase susceptibility to food shortage? BRZEK, Pawel*; KSIAZEK, Aneta; GEBCZYNSKI, Andrzej; FRANCZUK, Justyna; KONARZEWSKI, Marek; Univ. of Bialystok, Poland; Univ. of Bialystok, Poland; Univ. of Bialystok, Poland; Univ. of Bialystok, Poland; Univ. of Bialystok, Poland brzek@uwb.edu.pl Energy demands conferred by high BMR may represent […]

Meeting Abstract 85.2  Friday, Jan. 7  The relationship between behavioral syndromes and behavioral plasticity in male song sparrows SEWALL, Kendra B.*; NOWICKI, Stephen; Duke University; Duke University k.sewall@duke.edu Male songbirds can face a trade-off between providing parental care and seeking additional mates. Individuals may resolve this trade-off differently, with the possibility of there being equally adaptive paternal […]

Meeting Abstract 85.4  Friday, Jan. 7  Stress and Invasion: Factors influencing the escape behavior of native fence lizards in response to introduced fire ants ROBBINS, T.R.*; LANGKILDE, T.; The Pennsylvania State University; The Pennsylvania State University trr11@psu.edu Understanding the factors that influence escape responses can provide valuable insight into the processes that structure communities and permit species […]