Meeting Abstract P2.193 Saturday, Jan. 5 Seasonal changes in neurogenesis in red-sided garter snakes: Neurons or glial cells? MAINE, AR*; POWERS, SD; LUTTERSCHMIDT, DI; Portland State University, Oregon; Portland State University, Oregon; Portland State University, Oregon Amaine@pdx.edu Seasonal rhythms in physiology and behavior may be regulated by neuroplasticity, including the generation of new cells. In the current […]
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Seasonal Timing and Gene Expression in the Blue Orchard Bee Osmia lignaria
Meeting Abstract P2.72 Saturday, Jan. 5 Seasonal Timing and Gene Expression in the Blue Orchard Bee Osmia lignaria TORSON, A/S*; KEMP, W/P; RINEHART, J/P; YOCUM, G/D; BOWSHER, J/H; North Dakota State University; USDA-ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center; USDA-ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center; USDA-ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center; North Dakota State Univeristy […]
STEP into Science at Medgar Evers College, a Successful Strategic Plan
Meeting Abstract P2.67 Saturday, Jan. 5 STEP into Science at Medgar Evers College, a Successful Strategic Plan CARROLL, M.A.*; SKEETE, D.; CATAPANE, E.J.; Medgar Evers College; Medgar Evers College; Medgar Evers College catapane@mec.cuny.edu STEP into Science was designed to increase the number of students earning BS degrees in Biology and Environmental Science. The program goals are to: […]
Response of Prey to Evolutionarily Novel Predators with a Constraint-Breaking Adaptation What do gerbils think of sidewinder rattlesnakes
Meeting Abstract P2.43 Saturday, Jan. 5 Response of Prey to Evolutionarily Novel Predators with a Constraint-Breaking Adaptation: What do gerbils think of sidewinder rattlesnakes? BLEICHER, S.S*; KOTLER, B.P; BROWN, J.S; University of Illinois at Chicago; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; University of Illinois at Chicago bleicher.s.s@gmail.com We investigated three evolutionary concepts: 1.Convergent evolution between North American and […]
Reproductive Skew in a hybrid population of swordtail fish
Meeting Abstract P2.106 Saturday, Jan. 5 Reproductive Skew in a hybrid population of swordtail fish SQUIRE, M K*; ROSENTHAL, G G; Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University squiremk@gmail.com Understanding the myriad processes by which speciation may occur is a central goal in evolutionary biology. Natural hybrid zones, where the genomes of two different species collide, afford researchers […]
Relative brain size decreases with limb loss in squamates
Meeting Abstract P2.189 Saturday, Jan. 5 Relative brain size decreases with limb loss in squamates HEESY, C.P.*; KAMILAR, J.M.; Midwestern University; Midwestern University and Arizona State Univ. cheesy@midwestern.edu Most variance in vertebrate brain size is explained by its relationship to body size. However, the underlying biological mechanism that relates brain to body size in vertebrates continues to […]
Reduced Irradiance Alters Cyanobacterial Symbiont Abundance and Growth Rate of three Tropical Sponges
Meeting Abstract P2.109 Saturday, Jan. 5 Reduced Irradiance Alters Cyanobacterial Symbiont Abundance and Growth Rate of three Tropical Sponges MATTERSON, K.M.*; THACKER, R.T.; FREEMAN, C.J.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama at Birmingham Kenanm@uab.edu Tropical sponges can host cyanobacterial symbionts that supply essential, photosynthetically fixed nutrients. In such species, symbioses […]
Quantifying hemocyte population changes in Manduca sexta larvae after x-ray irradiation damage
Meeting Abstract P2.144 Saturday, Jan. 5 Quantifying hemocyte population changes in Manduca sexta larvae after x-ray irradiation damage HONG, T.*; MIRY, S.; CISNEROS, B.; FUSE, M.; San Francisco State University; San Francisco State University; San Francisco State University; San Francisco State University tiffanyihong@yahoo.com Hemocytes, or insect blood cells, are comprised of about five classes of cells that […]
Programmed cell death by reactive oxygen species in tail of tadpoles, Xenopus laevis
Meeting Abstract P2.82 Saturday, Jan. 5 Programmed cell death by reactive oxygen species in tail of tadpoles, Xenopus laevis MANZO, W.J.*; GARDNER, E.; MENON, J.; William Paterson University; William Paterson University; William Paterson University menonj@wpunj.edu During metamorphosis, anuran tadpoles undergo morphological, biochemical and physiological changes in order to adapt to a different habitat. The process involves reorganization […]
Presence of Octopamine and Octopamine Receptors in Ganglia and Tissues of Crassoatrea virginica
Meeting Abstract P2.133 Saturday, Jan. 5 Presence of Octopamine and Octopamine Receptors in Ganglia and Tissues of Crassoatrea virginica WELSH, C.*; BESS, F.; CATAPANE, E.J.; CARROLL, M.A.; Medgar Evers College; Medgar Evers College; Medgar Evers College; Medgar Evers College catapane@mec.cuny.edu Octopamine (OA) biogenic amine first identified in octopus has been well studied in arthropods and gastropods being […]
