Meeting Abstract S4-2.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  A “forward genomics” approach links genomic and phenotypic evolution in a clade of related species HILLER , M; BEJERANO , G*; Stanford University; Stanford University bejerano@stanford.edu Genotype to phenotype association is a holy grail of the genomic era, hampered by the lack of clear mappings between the millions of genomic changes […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.6  Saturday, Jan. 5  Tools and pipelines for comparative genomics with application to evolution in Fungi STAJICH, JE*; JONESON, S; ABRAMYAN, J; AHRENDT, S; RAMAMURTHY, R; SAIN, D; SHIU, SH; ROSENBLUM, EB; Univ of California, Riverside; Univ of Wisconsin – Waukesha; Univ of British Columbia; Univ of California, Riverside; Univ of California, Riverside; Univ of […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.1  Saturday, Jan. 5  RNAseq on draft genomes; perils and pitfalls JONES, Corbin; University of North Carolina cdjones@email.unc.edu High throughput genomic sequencing is revolutionizing biological research and is rapidly expanding the number of organisms with genomic and trancriptomic (RNAseq) data. These new sequencing technologies produce large numbers of short (<100 bp) reads, which are best […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.4  Saturday, Jan. 5  RNA-seq for ecologists – fundamentals and practicalities WHEAT, Christopher W; Univ. of Helsinki, Finland chris@christopherwheat.net Recent advances in DNA sequencing now provide unprecedented access to the transcriptome of any species. However, extracting informative quantitative expression insights is challenging, especially for the ecological researcher. Why? 1) The studied organism is not likely […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.5  Saturday, Jan. 5  Evolutionary and ecological genomics in a changing world: integrating Next-Gen data with environmental variation to reveal local adaptation PESPENI, M.H.; Indiana University mpespeni@indiana.edu Understanding how populations respond to and are shaped by their environment is of fundamental importance to revealing the mechanisms of local adaptation in general and for predicting the […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.4  Saturday, Jan. 5  How is a morphology that is under strong selection for swimming performance “repurposed” for terrestrial locomotion? GIBB, A.C.*; ASHLEY-ROSS, M.A.; HSIEH, S.T.; Northern Arizona University; Wake Forest University; Temple University alice.gibb@nau.edu Non-amphibious teleost fish spend the vast majority of their lives in the water. Yet, individuals may become stranded during efforts […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.2  Saturday, Jan. 5  Gait transitions between swimming and walking in salamander: lessons from numerical modeling and robotics KNUESEL, Jeremie*; KARAKASILIOTIS, Konstantinos; CRESPI, Alessandro; RYCZKO, Dimitri; CABELGUEN, Jean-Marie; IJSPEERT, Auke Jan; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Groupe de Recherche sur le Système […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.1  Saturday, Jan. 5  Feeding and swallowing on land VAN WASSENBERGH, S.*; MICHEL, K.; Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium; Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium sam.vanwassenbergh@ua.ac.be An important step towards understanding the evolution of terrestriality in vertebrates is to identify how the aquatic ancestors of tetrapods were able to access ground-based prey. Since several extant lineages of bony fishes show […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  Comparative appendicular function during terrestrial locomotion: implications for the invasion of land KAWANO, S.M.*; BLOB, R.W.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ. skawano@clemson.edu The invasion of land was a pivotal event in vertebrate evolution that was associated with major appendicular modifications. Although fossils indicate that the evolution of fundamentally limb-like appendages may have […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.1  Saturday, Jan. 5  Vertebrate diversity and phylogeny across the fish-to-tetrapod transition COATES, M. I.; Univ. of Chicago, Chicago mcoates@uchicago.edu The popular idea of the fish-to-tetrapod transition covers a series of changes to the gnathostome body plan: mid-line fins are lost; digited limbs replace paired fins; a sacrum links vertebrae to hips; gills are reduced; […]