Meeting Abstract 14.5 Friday, Jan. 4 Multiple fitness peaks on the adaptive landscape drive the evolution of novel ecological niches within a recent sympatric adaptive radiation of Cyprinodon pupfishes MARTIN, CH*; WAINWRIGHT, PC; University of California, Davis; University of California, Davis chmartin@ucdavis.edu Multiple fitness peaks corresponding to ecological opportunities are thought to be the major force driving […]
year: 2013
Long and strong Mechanical limits to maximum weapon size in a giant rhinoceros beetle
Meeting Abstract 14.4 Friday, Jan. 4 Long and strong? Mechanical limits to maximum weapon size in a giant rhinoceros beetle MCCULLOUGH, E.L.*; TOBALSKE, B.W.; EMLEN, D.J.; University of Montana; University of Montana; University of Montana mccullough.e@gmail.com In the Japanese horned beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus), males have a long, branched head horn that they use to compete for access […]
Food, Nuptial Gifts and Vaginae Dentatae Phenotypic Plasticity and Sexual Conflict in a Gift-Giving Butterfly
Meeting Abstract 14.3 Friday, Jan. 4 Food, Nuptial Gifts and Vaginae Dentatae: Phenotypic Plasticity and Sexual Conflict in a Gift-Giving Butterfly MOREHOUSE, NI*; BARTOCH, CM; LUNA, EN; ROBERTS, NS; SALEH, NW; University of Pittsburgh nim@pitt.edu Considerable recent effort has been devoted to understanding the roles of conflict and cooperation in sexual interactions. Gift-giving insects such as crickets […]
Reproduction and the evolution of endothermy-Increased homeothermy in reproductively active female Greater hedgehog tenrecs (Setifer setosus)
Meeting Abstract 13.7 Friday, Jan. 4 Reproduction and the evolution of endothermy-Increased homeothermy in reproductively active female Greater hedgehog tenrecs (Setifer setosus) LEVESQUE, D.L.*; LOVEGROVE, B.G.; University of KwaZulu-Natal; University of KwaZulu-Natal danielle.l.levesque@gmail.com There is increasing evidence that the level of homeothermy observed in most modern endotherms was derived from an ancestral heterothermic state. One of the […]
Ontogeny of oxygen storage capacity and diving ability in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Meeting Abstract 13.8 Friday, Jan. 4 Ontogeny of oxygen storage capacity and diving ability in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) THOMETZ, N.M.*; WILLIAMS, T.M.; University of California, Santa Cruz ; University of California, Santa Cruz nthometz@ucsc.edu As the smallest members of the smallest marine mammal species, immature sea otters face extraordinary physiological challenges as they transition […]
Information theory illuminates the evolution of homeostasis
Meeting Abstract 13.10 Friday, Jan. 4 Information theory illuminates the evolution of homeostasis WOODS, H.A.*; WILSON, J.K.; Univ. of Montana; Univ. of Montana art.woods@mso.umt.edu A common view among physiologists is that homeostasis evolves to protect organisms from the damaging extremes of variation in physiological factors. Here we propose that homeostasis also evolves to minimize noise in physiological […]
Global metabolite profiles as predictors of physiological traits in bivalve larvae with genetically-determined differential growth rates
Meeting Abstract 13.3 Friday, Jan. 4 Global metabolite profiles as predictors of physiological traits in bivalve larvae with genetically-determined differential growth rates APPLEBAUM, S.L.*; LEE, J.W.; MANAHAN, D.T.; Univ. Southern California, Los Angeles sappleba@usc.edu High variance in growth rates is typical for larvae of marine organisms, even when reared under similar environmental conditions. Part of this phenotypic […]
Evidence that high pCO2 affects coral recruits through perturbed protein metabolism
Meeting Abstract 13.4 Friday, Jan. 4 Evidence that high pCO2 affects coral recruits through perturbed protein metabolism EDMUNDS, PJ*; FAN, TY; California State University, Northridge; National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan, Republic of China peter.edmunds@csun.edu The recruitment of larvae to benthic surfaces is critical for scleractinian corals, for the outcome determines where adults will live […]
Effects of Dietary n6 and n3 Fatty Acids on Zebrafish Total Body Composition
Meeting Abstract 13.6 Friday, Jan. 4 Effects of Dietary n6 and n3 Fatty Acids on Zebrafish Total Body Composition POWELL, M/L*; D’ABRAMO, L/R; WATTS, S/A; The Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Mississippi State Univ.; The Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham mpowell@uab.edu In 2003, the WHO identified diet and lifestyle as contributing factors to the growing epidemic of […]
Differential energy allocation for protein synthesis is genetically determined during marine larval development
Meeting Abstract 13.1 Friday, Jan. 4 Differential energy allocation for protein synthesis is genetically determined during marine larval development LEE, J.W.*; APPLEBAUM, S.L.; MANAHAN, D.T.; Univ. Southern California, Los Angeles jimmylee@usc.edu Many studies have demonstrated that physiological processes change in response to environmental perturbations. Less is known, however, about the genetic bases that might establish physiological potentials […]
