Meeting Abstract S10-1.4  Saturday, Jan. 7  Metamorphosis in balanomorphan, pedunculated and parasitic barnacles: A video based analysis HOEG, JT*; CHAN, BKK; GLENNER, H; MARUZZO, D; OKANO, K; University of Copenhagen; Academia Sinica; Bergen University; University of Padova; Akita Prefectural University jthoeg@bio.ku.dk All barnacles pass a profound metamorphosis between the larval phase and the attached juvenile. We use […]

Meeting Abstract S10-1.3  Saturday, Jan. 7  Genetic variation: are barnacles so strange? WARES, J.P.*; EWERS, C.; University of Georgia jpwares@uga.edu Environmental heterogeneity, both spatial and temporal, is likely to leave indicators in the patterns of nucleotide variation across genomes. These patterns are often assessed with statistical tests that rely on assumptions about the mechanisms of natural selection, […]

Meeting Abstract S10-1.1  Saturday, Jan. 7  Costs and benefits of alternative defensive morphologies and population variation in phenotypic plasticity of the barnacle Chthamalus fissus JARRETT, JN; Central Connecticut State University jarrettj@ccsu.edu The barnacle Chthamalus fissus resides in the high intertidal along the coast of Southern California and Northern Baja California. Juvenile C. fissus exposed to the spine […]

Meeting Abstract S10-1.5  Saturday, Jan. 7  Barnacles and biofouling – a brief history and summary of current research approaches and results HOLM, E.R.; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division eric.holm@navy.mil Biofouling, the accretion of organisms on submerged surfaces, has been the bane of ship operators for at least 2500 years. Accumulation of biofouling increases the frictional resistance […]

Meeting Abstract S10-1.6  Saturday, Jan. 7  Barnacle Glue, is curing like blood clotting? RITTSCHOF, D.*; DICKINSON, G.H.; WAHL, K.J.; BARLOW, D.; ORIHUELA, B.; VEGA, I.E.; EVERETT, R.; Duke University; University of Pittsburgh; Naval Research Laboratory; Naval Research Laboratory; Duke University Marine Laboratory; University of Puerto Rico; Naval Research Laboratory ritt@duke.edu We hypothesized that barnacle glue curing is […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.2  Saturday, Jan. 7  The Genome of the Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi: Insights into the Origins of Morphological Complexity RYAN, J.F.; PANG, K.; SCHNITZLER, C.E.; NGUYEN, A.-D.; MORELAND, R.T.; HAVLAK, P.; PUTNAM, N.H.; NISC, ; WOLFSBERG, T.G.; MULLIKIN, J.C.; MARTINDALE, M.Q.; BAXEVANIS, A.D.*; NHGRI/NIH; Univ. of Hawaii; NHGRI/NIH; NHGRI/NIH; NHGRI/NIH; Rice Univ.; Rice Univ.; NHGRI/NIH; NHGRI/NIH; […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.1  Saturday, Jan. 7  Polyploidy in Plants and Animals BARKER, MS; RUNDELL, RJ*; University of Arizona; University of Arizona msbarker@email.arizona.edu Polyploidy, or whole genome duplication, is recognized as an important feature of eukaryotic genome evolution. Among eukaryotes, polyploidy has arguably had the largest evolutionary impact on vascular plants where many contemporary species are of recent […]

Meeting Abstract S9-2.3  Saturday, Jan. 7  Evolution of Developmental Gene Regulatory Networks SMITH, J; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole joelsmith@mbl.edu The Gene Regulatory Network approach to Evo-Devo promises the discovery of mechanisms of evolutionary innovation as well as of deeply conserved “cassettes” governing fundamental developmental processes. However, defining regulatory interactions on a network scale remains a formidable […]

Meeting Abstract S9-1.4  Saturday, Jan. 7  The evolution of a hox code: evidence from a basal metazoan MARTINDALE, Mark, Q.*; DUBUC, Tim; SIMMONS, Dave K.; Univ. Hawaii; Univ. Hawaii; Univ. Hawaii mqmartin@hawaii.edu Hox genes have played an important role in re-galvanizing a modern understanding of the role of development and body plan evolution. Comparative genomics have revealed […]

Meeting Abstract S9-1.1  Saturday, Jan. 7  The Cambrian Conundrum: Early divergence and later ecological success in the early history of animals SPERLING, Erik*; ERWIN, Douglas; LAFLAMME, Marc; TWEEDT, Sarah; PISANI, Davide; PETERSON, Kevin; Harvard University; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; National University of Ireland, […]