Meeting Abstract 111.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  Maternal effects on cloning frequency, larval development and juvenile size in the sea star Asterias forbesi BLACKBURN, HN*; ALLEN, JD; College of William and Mary hnblackburn@email.wm.edu A fundamental life-history trade-off occurs between the size and number of offspring that a female produces. Traditionally, biologists have assumed that there is a species-specific […]

Meeting Abstract 111.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Color vision in coral larvae? Insights into settlement behavior and possible function of fluorescent proteins STRADER, ME*; MATZ, MV; University of Texas at Austin strader@utexas.edu Corals express multiple GFP-like fluorescent proteins (FPs) that result in an array of phenotypes within and between species. The suggested functions of fluorescent proteins range from […]

Meeting Abstract 111.4  Sunday, Jan. 6  Assessing effects of starvation-induced morphological variations on swimming of larval sand dollars with a novel biomechanical model and video motion analysis CHAN, KYK*; GRUNBAUM, D; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington kychan@uw.edu Morphologies of planktonic larvae of many marine invertebrates are complex and highly variable. Larval morphologies impose biomechanical constraints on […]

Meeting Abstract 110.3  Sunday, Jan. 6  Wnt-signaling and the evolvability of cichlid craniofacial diversity PARSONS, KJ; POWDER, KE; ALBERSTON, RC*; Univ. of Glasgow; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst rcraigalbertson@gmail.com Evolvability refers to a population or clade’s ability to evolve in space or time. It deals with both constraint and opportunity, and has profound implications […]

Meeting Abstract 110.4  Sunday, Jan. 6  The evolution and development of the archosaurian head and the origin of the bird skull BHULLAR, B.-A.S*; MARUGAN-LOBON, J.; RACIMO, F.; BEVER, G.S.; ROWE, T.B.; NORELL, M.A.; ABZHANOV, A.; Harvard; Univ. Auton. de Madrid; Max Planck Inst. Evol. Anthro.; NYCOM; Univ. Tex, Aus.; Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.; Harvard bbhullar@fas.harvard.edu The bird […]

Meeting Abstract 110.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Mouse Jaw Ontogeny in Tres Partes Divisa Est SWIDERSKI, D. L.*; ZELDITCH, M. L.; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor dlswider@umich.edu The mouse mandible is a popular model system that continues to be the focus of studies in evo-devo and other fields. Yet, little attention has been […]

Meeting Abstract 110.1  Sunday, Jan. 6  Genomic and developmental basis of diversity in the domestic pigeon DOMYAN, ET; KRONENBERG, Z; VICKREY, AI; YANDELL, M; SHAPIRO, MD*; Univ. of Utah; Univ. of Utah; Univ. of Utah; Univ. of Utah; Univ. of Utah shapiro@biology.utah.edu Domestic pigeons are spectacularly diverse and exhibit variation in more traits than any other bird […]

Meeting Abstract 110.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  Evolvability of the cichlid jaw: New insight into the genetic basis of phenotypic integration HU, Y.*; PARSONS, K.J.; ALBERTSON, R.C.; Univ. of Massachusetts; Univ. of Glasgow; Univ. of Massachusetts Yinan@cns.umass.edu Phenotypic integration refers to the pattern and magnitude of covariation among a set of traits, and is thought to substantially influence […]

Meeting Abstract 110.6  Sunday, Jan. 6  Craniofacial ontogeny in turtles: the role of bone morphogenetic protein in the loss of palatal shelves ABRAMYAN, J.*; LEUNG, K. J.; MERCHANT-LARIOS , H.; RICHMAN, J.M.; The University of British Columbia; The University of British Columbia; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; The University of British Columbia abramyan@dentistry.ubc.ca Turtles are an enigmatic […]

Meeting Abstract 109.3  Sunday, Jan. 6  It’s Complicated: Testosterone Production, Aggression, and Parental Care in Male Northern Cardinals DEVRIES, MS*; WINTERS, CP; HOLBROOK, AL; JAWOR, JM; University of Southern Mississippi margaret.devries@eagles.usm.edu Interrelationships of testosterone (T), male aggression, and paternal care have received much investigative attention. Many studies have focused on examining such relationships with avian species characterized […]