Meeting Abstract P3.149  Friday, Jan. 6  Unique mechanosensory adaptation to extreme environments in cavefish. HASPEL, G*; SCHWARTZ, A; SOARES, D; NINDS; Univ of Maryland College Park; Univ of Maryland College Park daphne.soares@gmail.com Extant cavefishes can be viewed as replicate experiments in adaptation to an extreme environment. Various surface dwelling fishes have independently invaded caves throughout evolutionary time. […]

Meeting Abstract P3.151  Friday, Jan. 6   UV opsin is expressed in Limulus lateral, median and ventral eyes and is coexpressed with a visible light sensitive opsin HARRISON, A*; KEMPLER, K.E.; DUGGER, JR., D; BATTELLE, B-A.; Whitney Lab., Univ.of Florida, St. Augustine and Spelman College, Atlanta, GA; Whitney Lab., Univ. of Florida, St. Augustine; Dept. of Ophthalmology, […]

Meeting Abstract P3.162  Friday, Jan. 6  UV and mate choice in the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna PALMER, MS; HANKISON, SJ*; Ohio Wesleyan University; Ohio Wesleyan University sjhankis@owu.edu There is growing evidence that the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum plays an important role in social communications for numerous vertebrates. Prior studies have demonstrated that UV characteristics in some fishes are […]

Meeting Abstract P3.159  Friday, Jan. 6  Transcriptome analysis of the regulatory mechanisms of intestinal response for the Burmese python SECOR, Stephen M.*; CASTOE, Todd A.; POLLOCK, David D.; University of Alabama; University of Colorado School of Medicine; University of Colorado School of Medicine ssecor@biology.as.ua.edu Snakes that feed relatively infrequently in the wild experience unprecedented magnitudes of regulatory […]

Meeting Abstract P3.80  Friday, Jan. 6  Transcriptome Analysis of Embryogenesis in Nematostella vectensis TULIN, S*; SMITH, J ; Marine Biological Laboratory stulin@mbl.edu Gene Regulatory Networks are a powerful tool to elucidate the important regulatory events of embryogenesis. We are studying the embryonic Gene Regulatory Network for the cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis, because its pivotal position in the tree […]

Meeting Abstract P3.61  Friday, Jan. 6  Towards the automatic animation of a virtual 3D Bullfrog skeleton UYENO, T.A.*; GILLES, B.; LEE, D.V.; BARBANO, D.L.; WILKINSON, K.C.; PAI, D.K.; GISZTER, S.F.; NISHIKAWA, K.C.; Valdosta State Univ.; INRIA, Montpellier, FR; Univ. of Nevada – Las Vegas; N. Arizona Univ.; N. Arizona Univ.; Univ. of British Columbia; Drexel Univ.; N. […]

Meeting Abstract P3.48  Friday, Jan. 6  Time Course of Protein Expression Changes in Response to Acute Heat Stress in the Mussel Geukensia demissa COX, Kelly M.*; FIELDS, Peter A.; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin and Marshall College kelly.cox@fandm.edu Little is known about the time course of change in protein expression following stress because proteomic changes are usually […]

Meeting Abstract P3.135  Friday, Jan. 6  Three-dimensional escape trajectories in larval fish RYAN, D S*; BERG, O; FEITL, K E; MCHENRY, M J; MULLER, U K; Wageningen University; California State University Fresno; University of California Irvine; University of California Irvine; California State University Fresno david.ryan@wur.nl Fish execute C starts when they escape from a threat. The neural […]

Meeting Abstract P3.131  Friday, Jan. 6  The very high metabolic costs of engulfment by lunge-feeding Rorquals, as revealed by computer simulations POTVIN, J.*; GOLDBOGEN , J. A.; SHADWICK, R. E.; Saint Louis University; Cascadia Research Collective; Univ. of British Columbia potvinj@slu.edu Lunge feeding by rorqual whales represents one of the most extreme feeding methods among aquatic vertebrates. […]

Meeting Abstract P3.105  Friday, Jan. 6  The spectral sensitivity of stomatopod larvae FELLER, Kathryn D*; CRONIN, Thomas W.; Kathryn D. Feller UMBC kfeller1@umbc.edu Adult stomatopods possess exceedingly complex visual systems with unique structural adaptations, unusual spectral filters, and a myriad of expressed visual pigments. Larval visual systems of these marine crustaceans, by comparison, are much simpler in […]