Meeting Abstract 3.3  Tuesday, Jan. 4  The effects of uneven terrain on Galliformes running mechanics BIRN-JEFFERY, A.V.*; DALEY, M.A.; The Royal Veterinary College, UK; The Royal Veterinary College, UK abirnjeffery@rvc.ac.uk Galliformes are a diverse group of ground dwelling birds who are capable runners. These birds are valuable for comparative biomechanics studies because they span a large range […]

Meeting Abstract 3.4  Tuesday, Jan. 4  The Scaling of Postural Mechanics in Felidae and Artiodactyla WIKTOROWICZ-CONROY, AM*; PICKERING, P; SCHMITT, DO; DOUBE, M; SHEFELBINE, SJ; HUTCHINSON, JR; The Royal Veterinary College, Univ of London; The Royal Veterinary College, Univ of London; Duke University; Imperial College London; Imperial College London; The Royal Veterinary College, Univ of London awiktorowicz@rvc.ac.uk […]

Meeting Abstract 3.2  Tuesday, Jan. 4  The Scaling of Limb Rotational Inertia in Cursorial Mammals KILBOURNE, BM; Univ of Chicago bmkilbou@uchicago.edu Limb shape, size, and function are known to vary widely across terrestrial mammals. However, little is known about limb rotational inertia in mammals, even though rotational inertia is a function of both size and shape. It […]

Meeting Abstract 3.5  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Fish in Space: Effects of Simulated Microgravity on Skeletal Development in Danio rerio EDSALL, Sara C*; FRANZ-ODENDAAL, Tamara A; Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.; Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S. sara.edsall@dal.ca Within the last two decades, advancements have been made in studies examining the effects of space travel on development. It is […]

Meeting Abstract 3.6  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Feeding kinematics of a juvenile cyprinid predator, Ptychocheilus lucius, are characterized by negative allometry BURNETTE, M.F.*; GIBB, A.C.; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University burnmf0@wfu.edu During ontogeny, allometric changes (i.e. changes in organism shape) may alter behaviors critical to individual fitness, such as feeding. Understanding the changes that occur as animals […]

Meeting Abstract 3.1  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Developing skeletons in motion: the ontogeny of skeletal form and function in a precocial ground bird (Alectoris chukar) HEERS, AM*; BAIER, DB; JACKSON, BE; DIAL, KP; U of Montana; Providence college; U of Montana; U of Montana ashmheers@gmail.com Juvenile birds are capable of remarkable locomotor behaviors, despite having a rudimentary and […]

Meeting Abstract 2.5  Tuesday, Jan. 4  What’s so great about jaws?: Functional disparity of the early gnathostome radiation ANDERSON, P.*; FRIEDMAN, M.; BRAZEAU, M.; RAYFIELD, E. J.; Univ. of Bristol, UK; Oxford Univ, UK; Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin; Univ. of Bristol, UK phil.anderson@bristol.ac.uk In the earliest Devonian (ca. 420 Mya), gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) shared ecological space with […]

Meeting Abstract 2.3  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Evolutionary dynamics of the boxfish carapace II: functional diversity ALFARO, ME*; MARCROFT, TA; VAN WASSENBERGH, S; SLATER, GS; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. Antwerpen; Univ. of California, Los Angeles michaelalfaro@ucla.edu The carapace is thought to confer both mechanical defense and hydrodynamic stability to aracanid and […]

Meeting Abstract 2.2  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Evolutionary dynamics of boxfish carapace I: phylogenetic diversity MARCROFT, T.A.*; MODLIN, J; SANTINI, F; MCPEEK, M.A.; ALFARO, M.E.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Dartmouth College; Univ. of California, Los Angeles tmarcroft@gmail.com Boxfishes–order Tetraodontiformes, families Ostraciidae and Aracanidae–are characterized by having a […]

Meeting Abstract 2.4  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Evolutionary Trends in Functional Morphology Across a Phylogenetic MegaTree for all Fishes WESTNEAT, Mark; Field Museum of Natural History mwestneat@fieldmuseum.org Major patterns of evolution in complex characters such as feeding and locomotor mechanisms often reveal a strikingly high frequency of independent origin or reversal across large phylogenetic trees. In this study […]