Meeting Abstract 106.2 Sunday, Jan. 6 Ctenophore photocytes express a light-sensing opsin as well as bioluminescent photoproteins during development SCHNITZLER, CE*; PANG, K; POWERS, ML; REITZEL, AM; RYAN, JF; SIMMONS, D; TADA, T; YOKOYAMA, S; HADDOCK, SHD; MARTINDALE, MQ; BAXEVANIS, AD; NHGRI/NIH; Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; Woods Hole Oceanographic […]
year: 2013
Building a Lens from a Single Protein Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Squid Eyes
Meeting Abstract 106.4 Sunday, Jan. 6 Building a Lens from a Single Protein: Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Squid Eyes CAI, J*; HEINEY, P.A.; SWEENEY, A.M.; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania caij@sas.upenn.edu Throughout evolution, camera-type animal eyes developed spherical, graded refractive index lenses which eliminate spherical aberration. The graded refractive index is achieved […]
Visual ecology of two ephemeral pool crustaceans phototaxis and light-orientation behavior of Triops (Branchiopoda Notostraca) and Streptocephalus (Branchiopoda Anostraca)
Meeting Abstract 105.3 Sunday, Jan. 6 Visual ecology of two ephemeral pool crustaceans: phototaxis and light-orientation behavior of Triops (Branchiopoda: Notostraca) and Streptocephalus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) LESSIOS, N*; RUTOWSKI, RL; COHEN, JH; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; University of Delaware nicolas.lessios@asu.edu Triops and Streptocephalus are branchiopod crustaceans that are often found within the same ephemeral freshwater pools. […]
Spectral tuning and foreign egg rejection in American robins (Turdus migratorius)
Meeting Abstract 105.2 Sunday, Jan. 6 Spectral tuning and foreign egg rejection in American robins (Turdus migratorius) CROSTON, R.*; HAUBER, M.E.; CUNY Graduate Center; CUNY Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center RCroston@gc.cuny.edu By laying their eggs in the nests of other birds, avian brood parasites impose the cost of rearing their young upon the hosts. Recognition and rejection […]
No pain, big gain coevolution between bark scorpion pain-inducing toxins and grasshopper mouse nociceptors
Meeting Abstract 105.6 Sunday, Jan. 6 No pain, big gain: coevolution between bark scorpion pain-inducing toxins and grasshopper mouse nociceptors ROWE, A.*; XIAO, Y.; ROWE, M.; CUMMINS, T.; ZAKON, H.; The Univ. of Texas at Austin; Indiana Univ. School of Medicine; Sam Houston State Univ.; Indiana Univ. School of Medicine; The Univ. of Texas at Austin ahrowe@utexas.edu […]
Luminescence reduces mortality of the scale worm Harmothoe imbricata when attacked by crustacean predators
Meeting Abstract 105.1 Sunday, Jan. 6 Luminescence reduces mortality of the scale worm Harmothoe imbricata when attacked by crustacean predators. RIVERS, TJ*; LIVERMORE, JC; PERREAULT, TR; Bowdoin College; Bowdoin College; Bowdoin College trivers@bowdoin.edu The luminescent scale worm Harmothoe imbricata is found in abundance in the intertidal and subtidal habitats of coastal Maine. Luminescence occurs in the elytra […]
Convergence and Divergence of Eye Morphology in Mimetic Butterflies
Meeting Abstract 105.4 Sunday, Jan. 6 Convergence and Divergence of Eye Morphology in Mimetic Butterflies SEYMOURE, B. M.*; MCMILLAN, W. O.; RUTOWSKI, R. L. ; Arizona State University; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Arizona State University brett.seymoure@gmail.com Within the animal kingdom there are many groups of mimetic organisms that have converged on phenotypes. Within the tropical butterfly genus […]
Are you positive Discrimination between poles of electric fields by elasmobranch fishes
Meeting Abstract 105.5 Sunday, Jan. 6 Are you positive? Discrimination between poles of electric fields by elasmobranch fishes. SICILIANO, AM*; PORTER, ME; KAJIURA, SM; Vassar College; Vassar College; Florida Atlantic University avsiciliano@vassar.edu Elasmobranch fishes use electroreception to detect cryptic prey at close range. Behavioral assays demonstrate that they respond to prey-simulating dipole electric fields by sharply turning […]
The younger games flies compete for oviposition sites that benefit their young
Meeting Abstract 104.6 Sunday, Jan. 6 The younger games: flies compete for oviposition sites that benefit their young BORCHERT, JD*; ANGILLETTA, MJ; Arizona State University; Arizona State University jdborche@asu.edu We used game theory to predict how fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) should compete for oviposition sites. Although flies prefer to lay their eggs within a particular range of […]
The goldenrod gall fly’s liquid little secret 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols are associated with natural survival of intracellular freezing in Eurosta solidaginis
Meeting Abstract 104.4 Sunday, Jan. 6 The goldenrod gall fly’s liquid little secret: 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols are associated with natural survival of intracellular freezing in Eurosta solidaginis MARSHALL, K.E.*; THOMAS, R.H.; ROXIN, A.; CHEN, E.K.Y.; BROWN, J.C.L.; GILLIES, E.R.; SINCLAIR, B.J.; University of Western Ontario; University of Western Ontario; University of Toronto; University of Western Ontario; University of Western […]
