Meeting Abstract 11.6  Friday, Jan. 4  Zero-click, Automatic Assembly, Annotation and Visualization Workflow for Comparative Analysis of Transcriptomes: The quest for novel signaling pathways GIRARDO, D.O.*; CITARELLA, M; KOHN, A.B.; MOROZ, L.L.; Univ of Florida; Univ of Florida; Univ of Florida; Univ of Florida dogirardo@wpi.edu The rapid growth of genomic datasets is an enormous technical and conceptual […]

Meeting Abstract 11.5  Friday, Jan. 4  Tissue specific gene expression in the fresh water snail Biomphalaria glabrata: implications for biominerlization and shell formation HANNA, B.SK*; CHANG, PK; MEDINA, MM; University of California, Merced; University of California, Merced; University of California, Merced bkamel@ucmerced.edu The lack of good manipulatable models to study biomineralization in molluscs led us to investigate […]

Meeting Abstract 11.3  Friday, Jan. 4  RNA-seq as a Tool to Understand the Evolution and Development of the Single-Chambered Eye: Transcriptomics of the Long-finned Squid, Doryteuthis (Loligo) pealeii KOENIG, KM*; MEYER, E; GROSS, JM; Univ. of Texas, Austin; Oregon State University; Univ. of Texas, Austin kmkoenig@utexas.edu Cephalopods (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) are a group of highly […]

Meeting Abstract 11.7  Friday, Jan. 4  Quest for Muscle Specific Genes in Pleurobrachia bachei : Had mesoderm independently evolved in Ctenophores? FODOR, A*; KOHN, A.B.; SWALLA, B.J.; MOROZ, L.L.; Univ of Florida; Univ of Florida; Univ of Washington; Univ of Florida zebinini@gmail.com The nature and development of a mesoderm in basal metazoans has been questioned for over […]

Meeting Abstract 11.1  Friday, Jan. 4  Genetic accommodation and behavioral evolution: insights from genomic studies RENN, S.C.P.; Reed College, Portland renns@reed.edu We know that gene expression level, a first order phenotype, underlies much behavioral variation. Using a genomic approach we can ask “how many and which genes show expression level variation related to plastic behaviors?” and “how […]

Meeting Abstract 11.2  Friday, Jan. 4  Comparative transcriptomics of cnidarian freshwater parasites CHANG, E.S.*; SHCHEGLOVITOVA, M.; CARTWRIGHT, P.; University of Kansas; University of Kansas; University of Kansas eschang1@gmail.com The myxozoan Myxobolus cerebralis and the enigmatic Polypodium hydriforme are both parasites with extremely unique life cycles and aberrant body plans specialized to parasitize certain economically relevant fish species. […]

Meeting Abstract 10.3  Friday, Jan. 4  RNA-Seq uncovers extensive differential expression of metabolic genes in symbiotic versus aposymbiotic cnidarians LEHNERT, EM*; MOUCHKA, ME; BURRIESCI, MS; SCHWARZ, J; PRINGLE, JR; Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94025; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14817 ; Department of Genetics, Stanford University […]

Meeting Abstract 10.1  Friday, Jan. 4  Parallel molecular signatures underlie convergent evolution in two bioluminescent squid PANKEY, MS*; OAKLEY, TH; Univ of California, Santa Barbara; Univ of California, Santa Barbara sabrina.pankey@lifesci.ucsb.edu The phenomenon of convergent phenotypic evolution fascinates biologists, largely because the extent to which convergent molecular processes drive convergence at the phenotypic level remains unclear. Natural […]

Meeting Abstract 10.5  Friday, Jan. 4  Genomic Bases for Independent Origins of Neurons and Complex Brains: New Insights from RNA-seq and genomic sequencing of basal metazoans, basal deuterostomes and molluscs MOROZ, L.L.; University of Florida moroz@whitney.ufl.edu The origin of neurons and complex centralized brains are two major evolutionary transitions in the history of animals. How many times […]

Meeting Abstract 10.2  Friday, Jan. 4  Gene expression signatures of local adaptation in reef-building corals MATZ, MV*; KENKEL, CD; BAY, LK; Univ. of Texas at Austin; Univ. of Texas at Austin; Australian Institute of Marine Science matz@utexas.edu The role of algal symbionts (Symbiodinium sp.) in adaptation of corals to local environmental conditions is well established, but little […]