Meeting Abstract P2.60  Saturday, Jan. 5  New microsatellite analyses may confound current population models for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) LASALA, J.A.*; HARRISON, J.S.; FRICK, M.; WILLIAMS, K.; ROSTAL, D.C.; Florida Atlantic University; Georgia Southern University; Caretta Research Project; Caretta Research Project; Georgia Southern University jlasala1@fau.edu Mating systems play an important role in shaping life history evolution […]

Meeting Abstract P2.183  Saturday, Jan. 5  New insights into laryngeal motor patterns generating rat ultrasound vocalizations RIEDE, T; University of Utah, Salt Lake City t.riede@utah.edu Rodents produce highly variable ultrasound whistles as communication signals unlike many other mammals, who employ flow-induced vocal fold oscillations to produce sound. The function of the laryngeal valve in controlling fundamental frequency […]

Meeting Abstract P2.79  Saturday, Jan. 5  Neurotransmitter-Induced Multicellularity?: The Effects of a Biogenic Amine (Serotonin) on Colony Formation and Gene Transcription in Salpingoeca rosetta WAIN, A.R.*; MOORE, F.B.G.; The University of Akron; The University of Akron awain@zips.uakron.edu Past studies have demonstrated the ability of a chemical compound isolated from the bacterial species Algoriphagus machipongonensis to induce the […]

Meeting Abstract P2.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Female Reproductive Behavior in the Swordtail X. birchmanni SMITH, V.L.*; ROSENTHAL, G.G.; Texas A&M University victoria424242@gmail.com It is well accepted that animals integrate external environmental cues (predation, anthropogenic disturbance, social interactions) with information regarding their current physiological state to inform behavioral output. This is of particular importance with […]

Meeting Abstract P2.66  Saturday, Jan. 5  NSF Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in Biology at CSU Fullerton: Southern California Ecosystems Research Program HOESE, W.J.*; SANDQUIST, D.R.; California State University Fullerton bhoese@fullerton.edu The Southern California Ecosystems Research Program (SCERP) is a two-year undergraduate research training program funded by NSF – Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in Biology (previously Undergraduate Research […]

Meeting Abstract P2.137  Saturday, Jan. 5  Myostatin expression in the blackback land crab (Gecarcinus lateralis ) Y-organ during the molt cycle MUDRON, M.R.*; CHANG, E.S.; MYKLES, D.L.; Colorado State University; UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory; Colorado State University megan.mudron@gmail.com Ecdysteroids produced from the molting gland (Y-organ or YO) induce molting in decapod crustaceans. Reduction in molting-inhibiting hormone […]

Meeting Abstract P2.113  Saturday, Jan. 5  Mud versus sand: Morphological and behavioral comparison of two species of burrowing orbiniid polychaetes FRANCOEUR, A.A.*; DORGAN, K.M.; University of California, San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography afrancoe@ucsd.edu Both morphological and mechanical constraints affect how organisms interact with their environments and consequently their distributions and functional roles. For burrowing animals, the […]

Meeting Abstract P2.125  Saturday, Jan. 5  Mouthbrooding does not constrain craniofacial diversity in Lake Tanganyika cichlids BORSTEIN, SR*; MCGEE, MD; WAINWRIGHT, PC; California State University, Sacramento; University of California, Davis; University of California, Davis sam@borstein.com Mouthbrooding, the parental care strategy in which the eggs or larvae are incubated in the mouth, may constrain craniofacial diversity in teleost […]

Meeting Abstract P2.100  Saturday, Jan. 5  Morphological and behavioral sexual dimorphism in scorpions as compensation for locomotor costs of reproduction CARLSON, BE*; MCGINLEY, S; ROWE, MP; The Pennsylvania State University; The Pennsylvania State University; Sam Houston State University bec169@psu.edu Sexual dimorphism can result from sexual or ecological selective pressures, but the importance of alternative reproductive roles and […]

Meeting Abstract P2.134  Saturday, Jan. 5  Molecular Cloning of a cDNA Encoding a Putative Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase from Y-Organs of the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) CHEN, H.-Y.*; ROER, R.D.; WATSON, R.D.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of North Carolina at Wilmington; University of Alabama at Birmingham elgase@uab.edu Existing data indicate that a stage-specific increase in […]