Meeting Abstract P2.111  Saturday, Jan. 5  Microstructure and cross-sectional shape of limb bones in Great Horned Owls and Red-tailed Hawks: how do these features relate to differences in flight and hindlimb usage? MARELLI, C.A.*; SIMONS, E.L.R.; Midwestern Univ.; Midwestern Univ. cmarelli64@midwestern.edu The Red-tailed Hawk (RTH) and Great Horned Owl (GHO) are two species of raptor that are […]

Meeting Abstract P2.16  Saturday, Jan. 5  MicroRNA regulation of alternative phenotypic development of the annual killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus ROMNEY, AMIE*; PODRABSKY, JASON; Portland State University; Portland State University arom2@pdx.edu The annual killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus, is capable of severe metabolic depression during embryonic development as a facultative phenotype termed diapause. However, a small percentage of genetically related individuals […]

Meeting Abstract P2.88  Saturday, Jan. 5  Metamorphosis in the Demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica NAKANISHI, N*; SOGABE, S; DEGNAN, B; University of Queensland n.nakanishi@uq.edu.au We examined the pattern of cell proliferation, differentiation, migration and death during metamophosis from a free-swimming larva into a juvenile in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Our experimental approach combined immunohistochemistry (e.g. anti-phosphorylated histone H3), dye […]

Meeting Abstract P2.14  Saturday, Jan. 5  Mechanisms underlying photorepair and photoprotection of Ultraviolet-C irradiated Austrofundulus limnaeus embryos and implications for a novel developmental stage WAGNER, J.T.*; PODRABSKY, J.E.; Portland State University; Portland State University josw@pdx.edu Populations of the annual killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus are able to persist in ephemeral pond habitats through production of drought and anoxia tolerant […]

Meeting Abstract P2.128  Saturday, Jan. 5  Mechanical design in fin whale mandibles SHADWICK, R.E.*; WHALE, J.C.; LIN, S.C.; GOLDBOGEN, J.A.; PYENSNON, N.D.; Univ of British Columbia; Univ of British Columbia; Univ of British Columbia; Cascadia Res. Collective; Smithsonian Inst. shadwick@zoology.ubc.ca Mandibles in large rorquals such as fin and blue whales are highly modified to function as load […]

Meeting Abstract P2.86  Saturday, Jan. 5  Maternal transfer of mercury and its redistribution in tissues of metamorphosing Xenopus laevis tadpoles ROCK, K.; BRADSHAW, E*; MAYER, M; SKEELS, M; SCHREIBER, A; St. Lawrence University; St. Lawrence University; St. Lawrence University; St. Lawrence University; St. Lawrence University aschreiber@stlawu.edu Mercury (Hg) from industrial pollution is converted into its toxic organic […]

Meeting Abstract P2.81  Saturday, Jan. 5  Macroevolutionary diversity of amniote limb proportions is congruent with predictions from developmental interactions YOUNG, N.M.; University of California, San Francisco nathan.m.young@gmail.com Mammals, birds, and reptiles exhibit remarkable diversity in limb proportions. These evolved differences are thought to principally reflect selection on variation in fetal and postnatal segmental growth. However, early conserved […]

Meeting Abstract P2.55  Saturday, Jan. 5  Looking at invisibility: anti-reflective structures and strategies in hyperiid amphipods BAGGE, L.E.*; JOHNSEN, S.; Duke University; Duke University laura.bagge@duke.edu Transparency is a common camouflage strategy for animals inhabiting marine pelagic environments. Transparent species are almost perfectly invisible when viewed under ambient light conditions in the mesopelagic zone; however, at shallower depths, […]

Meeting Abstract P2.185  Saturday, Jan. 5  Lateralization in aggressive behavior and brain morphology in the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) PATTON, M.S.*; MEGAHED, T.; JOHNSON, M.A.; Trinity University mpatton@trinity.edu Lizards are an ideal organism for studies of laterality in brain and behavior due to the lizard visual system; each eye is located on opposing sides of the […]

Meeting Abstract P2.48  Saturday, Jan. 5  Kinematics of Feeding in Sarcastic Fringeheads, Neoclinus blanchardi (Teleostei: Blenniiformes) BAETTIG, C. G.*; MILLER, L. B.; HASTINGS, P. A.; MEHTA, R. S.; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz cbaettig@ucsc.edu Suction feeding is the […]