Meeting Abstract S8-1.6 Sunday, Jan. 6 Towards an Evolutionary Classification of Mycalina and Latrunculina (Poecilosclerida) HAJDU, E.*; LôBO-HAJDU, G.; COSME, B.; DE PAULA, T.; REDMOND, N.E.; COLLINS, A.G.; THACKER, R.W.; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; […]
year: 2013
The integrative phylogeny approach applied to Porifera a case-study the Homoscleromorpha
Meeting Abstract S8-1.3 Sunday, Jan. 6 The integrative phylogeny approach applied to Porifera: a case-study the Homoscleromorpha BOURY-ESNAULT, N.*; LAVROV, D.; PéREZ, T.; IMBE-UMR7263, CNRS, Université d’Aix-Marseille, Station Marine d’Endoume, Marseille, France; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA; IMBE-UMR7263 CNRS, Université d’Aix-Marseille, Station Marine d’Endoume, Marseille, France nicole.boury-esnault@orange.fr The two […]
New 18S rDNA Sequence Data Suggest Exciting New Hypotheses for Internal Relationships of Demospongiae (Phylum Porifera)
Meeting Abstract S8-1.2 Sunday, Jan. 6 New 18S rDNA Sequence Data Suggest Exciting New Hypotheses for Internal Relationships of Demospongiae (Phylum Porifera). REDMOND, NE*; MORROW, CC; THACKER, RW; DIAZ, MC; BOURY-ESNUALT, N; CáRDENAS, P; HAJDU, E; LôBO-HAJDU, G; PICTON, BE; COLLINS, AG; NMNH, Smithsonian Institution ; Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Museo […]
Molecular phylogenies support homoplasy of multiple morphological characters used in the taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera Demospongiae)
Meeting Abstract S8-1.4 Sunday, Jan. 6 Molecular phylogenies support homoplasy of multiple morphological characters used in the taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae) MORROW, C.C.*; REDMOND, N.E.; PICTON, B.E.; ALLCOCK, A.L.; SIGWART, J.D.; MAGGS, C.A.; Queen\’s University Belfast; NMNH, Smithsonian Institution ; National Museums Northern Ireland; Dept. of Zoology, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway; Queen\’s University […]
Managing and sharing the escalating sponge “unknowns” the SpongeMaps project
Meeting Abstract S8-1.7 Sunday, Jan. 6 Managing and sharing the escalating sponge “unknowns”: the SpongeMaps project HOOPER, J.N.A.*; HALL, K.A.; EKINS, M.; ERPENBECK, D.; WÖRHEIDE, G.; JOLLEY-ROGERS, G.; Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia; Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia; Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia; Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia john.hooper@qm.qld.gov.au Collections of […]
Calcarea evolution morphology and molecules
Meeting Abstract S8-1.5 Sunday, Jan. 6 Calcarea evolution: morphology and molecules KLAUTAU, M.*; AZEVEDO, F.; CóNDOR LUJáN, B.; RUSSO, C.A.M.; COLLINS, A.; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History mklautau@biologia.ufrj.br One great challenge for taxonomists is how to integrate morphological and molecular data, especially for groups with few morphological characters and virtually […]
Assembling the Poriferan Tree of Life Integrative Taxonomy and Systematics Reveal New Patterns of Sponge Evolution
Meeting Abstract S8-1.1 Sunday, Jan. 6 Assembling the Poriferan Tree of Life: Integrative Taxonomy and Systematics Reveal New Patterns of Sponge Evolution THACKER, R.W.*; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham thacker@uab.edu The highly collaborative research sponsored by the NSF-funded Assembling the Porifera Tree of Life (PorToL) project is providing insights into some of the most difficult questions in […]
The monarch butterfly reveals the prototype ancestral TTFL clock of insects a focus on cryptochromes
Meeting Abstract S7-2.4 Sunday, Jan. 6 The monarch butterfly reveals the prototype ancestral TTFL clock of insects: a focus on cryptochromes REPPERT, SM; UMass Medical School, Worcester Steven.Reppert@umassmed.edu In Drosophila and mammals, the classic clock mechanism is comprised of a core negative transcriptional/translational feedback loop (TTFL), which drives self-sustaining rhythms of essential clock components. The monarch butterfly […]
The Role of Circadian Clock Genes in the Overwintering Diapause of the Northern House Mosquito, Culex pipiens
Meeting Abstract S7-2.3 Sunday, Jan. 6 The Role of Circadian Clock Genes in the Overwintering Diapause of the Northern House Mosquito, Culex pipiens MEUTI, Megan E.*; DENLINGER, David L.; The Ohio State University; The Ohio State University meuti.1@osu.edu Diapause is an arrested state of development that allows insects and other arthropods to survive adverse seasonal conditions, such […]
Symbiont luminescence entrains daily host-tissue rhythms through direct regulation of a host cryptochrome gene
Meeting Abstract S7-2.2 Sunday, Jan. 6 Symbiont luminescence entrains daily host-tissue rhythms through direct regulation of a host cryptochrome gene HEATH-HECKMAN, Elizabeth A.C.*; PEYER, Suzanne M.; MCFALL-NGAI, Margaret J.; University of Wisconsin – Madison; University of Wisconsin – Madison; University of Wisconsin – Madison heathheckman@wisc.edu All animals exist in the presence of beneficial microbial symbionts, however the […]
