Meeting Abstract 23.1 Friday, Jan. 4 Insulin-like signaling and life history trade-offs in garter snakes with divergent life histories ADDIS, E.A.*; REDING, D.M.; SCHWARTZ, T.S.; PALACIOS, M.G.; BRONIKOWSKI, A.S.; Gonzaga University; Iowa State University; Iowa State University; CENPAT-CONICAT; Iowa State University addis@gonzaga.edu Life history theory, and specifically of the pace of life hypothesis, postulates the existence of […]
year: 2013
Humans are also mammals; using the human melanocortin-2 receptor as a model for analyzing the evolution of MC2Rs
Meeting Abstract 23.3 Friday, Jan. 4 Humans are also mammals; using the human melanocortin-2 receptor as a model for analyzing the evolution of MC2Rs. DORES, R.M.*; LIANG, L.; Univ. of Denver, Denver rdores@du.edu Studies on the human melanocortin-2 receptor indicate that: a) this MC2R can only be activated by ACTH, but not by any of the MSH-sized […]
Hormone-trait relationships for experimentally enlarged clutches continue to challenge the prolactin-based model for clutch-size determination
Meeting Abstract 23.2 Friday, Jan. 4 Hormone-trait relationships for experimentally enlarged clutches continue to challenge the prolactin-based model for clutch-size determination RYAN, C.P.*; DAWSON, A.S.; SHARP, P.J.; WILLIAMS, T.D.; Simon Fraser University, Canada; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh, U.K.; The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, U.K. ; Simon Fraser University calen_ryan@sfu.ca Clutch-size is a chief predictor […]
When and how do Tree Swallow chicks die during cold weather
Meeting Abstract 22.1 Friday, Jan. 4 When and how do Tree Swallow chicks die during cold weather? BOYLE, W.A.*; WINKLER, D.W.; GUGLIELMO, C.G.; Kansas State U.; Cornell; U. Western Ontario aboyle7@mail.ubc.ca Temperate-breeding altricial birds face strong selection to breed early with the consequence that chicks experience periods of inclement weather that both increase thermogenic stressors and reduce […]
Mechanisms of egg defense in Megapodes avoiding infection in a compost heap
Meeting Abstract 22.2 Friday, Jan. 4 Mechanisms of egg defense in Megapodes: avoiding infection in a compost heap D’ALBA, L*; JONES, D; BADAWY, H; SHAWKEY, MD; University of Akron; Griffith University; University of Akron; University of Akron ldalba@wooster.edu Interactions, over evolutionary time, between bacteria and vertebrate animals remain poorly understood. Infection is an important source of mortality […]
Immune challenge and terminal investment in female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
Meeting Abstract 22.3 Friday, Jan. 4 Immune challenge and terminal investment in female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) BOWERS, E.K.*; SAKALUK, S.K.; THOMPSON, C.F.; Illinois St. Univ. ekbowers@ilstu.edu The reproductive costs associated with up-regulation of the immune system have been well-documented and arise from a trade-off between reproductive effort and self-maintenance. However, some recent studies that activated the […]
Are two parents better than one Examining the effects of biparental care in a stomatopod crustacean
Meeting Abstract 22.4 Friday, Jan. 4 Are two parents better than one? Examining the effects of biparental care in a stomatopod crustacean WRIGHT, ML*; CALDWELL, RL; UC Berkeley; UC Berkeley wrightml@berkeley.edu Although social monogamy and biparental care have been extensively studied in birds, mammals, and fish, few studies have been conducted on invertebrate species. Social monogamy is […]
The effect of temperature on the growth rates and oxygen consumption of 6 cnidarian algal symbionts
Meeting Abstract 21.3 Friday, Jan. 4 The effect of temperature on the growth rates and oxygen consumption of 6 cnidarian algal symbionts MCGINTY, E.S.*; MCMAHON, R.F.; MYDLARZ, L.D.; Univ. of Texas at Arlington mcginty@uta.edu Algal symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium that form mutualistic relationships with many cnidarians are critical to coral reef maintenance, growth and persistence, but […]
Profiling gene expression responses of the symbiotic anemone, Aiptasia pallida, to elevated temperature and light conditions using RNA Seq
Meeting Abstract 21.1 Friday, Jan. 4 Profiling gene expression responses of the symbiotic anemone, Aiptasia pallida, to elevated temperature and light conditions using RNA Seq HANES, S D*; KEMPF, S C; MEYER, E; Auburn University; Auburn University; Oregon State University shanna.hanes@gmail.com Coral reefs have dramatically declined over the past few decades as a result of mass mortality […]
Photonic enhancement of symbiotic photosynthesis in giant clams
Meeting Abstract 21.4 Friday, Jan. 4 Photonic enhancement of symbiotic photosynthesis in giant clams HOLT, A.L.*; GAGNON, Y.; VAHIDINIA, S.; MORSE, D.E.; SWEENEY, A.M.; UCSB; Duke University; NASA-Ames; UCSB; Univ. of Pennsylvania holt@lifesci.ucsb.edu Giant Tridacnid clams, like reef-building corals, harbor and exchange nutrients with the photosynthetic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium. These clams are also notable for their bright color […]
