Meeting Abstract 66.2 Friday, Jan. 6 A comparative approach to animal regeneration SRIVASTAVA, Mansi*; REDDIEN, Peter W; Whitehead Institute; Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, HHMI mansi@wi.mit.edu Members of most animal phyla are able to replace damaged or missing tissue. A comparative approach can reveal whether the genetic mechanisms underlying regeneration in different animal species are shared […]
year: 2012
Rates of hybridization, introgression, and formation of chimaeric lineages in Darters
Meeting Abstract 65.4 Friday, Jan. 6 Rates of hybridization, introgression, and formation of chimaeric lineages in Darters. KECK, BP; University of Tennessee bkeck@utk.edu It is currently accepted that hybridization and introgression can influence the evolutionary trajectory of a lineage and affect patterns of diversification. Whether it is the capture of a heterospecific mitochondrial genome or the formation […]
Genome-wide ultraconserved elements exhibit higher phylogenetic informativeness than traditional fish markers
Meeting Abstract 65.3 Friday, Jan. 6 Genome-wide ultraconserved elements exhibit higher phylogenetic informativeness than traditional fish markers GILBERT, P.S.*; CHANG, J.; FAIRCLOTH, B.; ALFARO, M.E.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles ps.gilbert@ucla.edu We have recently developed a phylogenomic approach for fishes based upon […]
Comparative Species Delimitation and Patterns of Cryptic Diversity in an Island Radiation of Fossorial Lizards
Meeting Abstract 65.5 Friday, Jan. 6 Comparative Species Delimitation and Patterns of Cryptic Diversity in an Island Radiation of Fossorial Lizards SILER, CD; University of Kansas camsiler@ku.edu The transition from quadrapedal to limbless body plans has occurred repeatedly in numerous independent lineages of squamates. However, only four genera of lizards possess both fully limbed and limbless species. […]
A New Species of Hemidactylus Gecko Endemic to the Gulf of Guinea A Story of Transoceanic Colonization Events
Meeting Abstract 65.1 Friday, Jan. 6 A New Species of Hemidactylus Gecko Endemic to the Gulf of Guinea: A Story of Transoceanic Colonization Events MILLER, EC*; DREWES, RC; University of California, San Diego; California Academy of Sciences ecmiller@ucsd.edu The Gulf of Guinea islands São Tomé and Príncipe are home to a poorly-known endemic herpetofauna. Native and non-native […]
A 500-locus phylogenomic study of ray-finned fishes
Meeting Abstract 65.2 Friday, Jan. 6 A 500-locus phylogenomic study of ray-finned fishes ALFARO, ME*; FAIRCLOTH, B; SORENSON, L; CHANG, J; SANTINI, F; UCLA; UCLA; UCLA; UCLA; UCLA michaelalfaro@ucla.edu Genomic approaches have helped resolve some of higher-level relationships on the fish tree of life. One key challenge that remains is to create phylogenomic techniques that easily, efficiently, […]
Systematics and Phylogenetics of the Arks (Arcoida Bivalvia) A combined analysis of morphology and molecular data
Meeting Abstract 64.4 Friday, Jan. 6 Systematics and Phylogenetics of the Arks (Arcoida: Bivalvia): A combined analysis of morphology and molecular data. CROWLEY, Louise M.; American Museum of Natural History, New York crowley@amnh.org The Arcoida is a large group of mostly marine bivalves, with a global distribution and includes arks, bittersweets and dog cockles. In this study, […]
Paternal mitochondrial inheritance is widespread in dioecious bivalves and may have multiple origins
Meeting Abstract 64.6 Friday, Jan. 6 Paternal mitochondrial inheritance is widespread in dioecious bivalves and may have multiple origins KAPPNER, Isabella; American Museum of Natural History, New York ikappner@amnh.org Unusual mtDNA inheritance is seen in some bivalve taxa, with male germlines inheriting paternal mitochondria genetically distinct from those in somatic cells and female germlines. The full extent […]
Large, common and variable re-assessing the monophyly and diversity of Cerithiidae (Cerithioidea, Caenogastropoda)
Meeting Abstract 64.1 Friday, Jan. 6 Large, common and variable: re-assessing the monophyly and diversity of Cerithiidae (Cerithioidea, Caenogastropoda) STRONG, E.E.; Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. stronge@si.edu The gastropod family Cerithiidae is a primarily shallow-water, marine group, comprising one of 17 families in the superfamily Cerithioidea. The family contains ~185 species currently recognized as valid and accounts for […]
Evolution of jaw-morphology and kinematics in ponerine trap-jaw ants
Meeting Abstract 64.3 Friday, Jan. 6 Evolution of jaw-morphology and kinematics in ponerine trap-jaw ants SPAGNA, J.C.*; LARABEE, F.J.; SUAREZ, A.V.; William Paterson University; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign spagnaj@wpunj.edu Trap-jaw ants in the genus Odontomachus and Anochetus are known for their oversized jaws that can be cocked and rapidly released in the form […]
