Meeting Abstract S3-1.4  Saturday, Jan. 5  The deep homology of the tetrapod limb: Combining fossil and genetic datasets. DAVIS, Marcus C; Kennesaw State University mdavi144@kennesaw.edu The evolution of tetrapod limbs from fish fins was a significant functional shift. But how significant was this shift in terms of morphology and gene regulation? The fossil record provides insight into […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.7  Saturday, Jan. 5  Physiology in deep time: Using extant vertebrates to model behavioral and functional aspects of the Devonian land transition JEW, C.J.*; WEGNER, N.C.; GRAHAM, J.B.; University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.6  Saturday, Jan. 5  Metabolic and osmoregulatory challenges of emersion in fishes. WILSON, JM*; CHEW, SF; IP, YK; CIMAR, Porto, Portugal; Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore; National Univ. Singapore, Singapore wilson.jm.cimar@gmail.com The climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), combtooth blenny Lipophrys pholis, and weatherloach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus are three examples of teleost fishes that have adapted to terrestrial conditions. […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  Historical evolution of early tetrapod movement PIERCE, SP*; HUTCHINSON, JR; CLACK, JA; The Royal Veterinary College, UK; The Royal Veterinary College, UK; University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK spierce@rvc.ac.uk Conceptualizations of the evolution of tetrapod locomotion have changed drastically in the past 50 years. When early tetrapod fossils were first discovered, […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.2  Saturday, Jan. 5  Diversity and Disparity of the vertebrate feeding apparatus across the invasion of land ANDERSON, P*; FRIEDMAN, M; RUTA, M; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; Univ. of Oxford, UK; Univ. of Lincoln, UK panderson@bio.umass.edu When vertebrates first colonized land, about 370 Mya, they encountered a world full of new dietary resources requiring radical […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.5  Saturday, Jan. 5  Brave New Propagules: Terrestrial Embryos of Aquatic Fish MARTIN, K.L.*; MORAVEK, C.L.; CARTER, A.L.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ. ; Charleston Southern Univ. kmartin@pepperdine.edu Species within many lineages of teleost fishes reproduce terrestrially, despite lacking the key evolutionary innovation of the amniotic egg. In contrast with shelled eggs of reptiles and birds, […]

Meeting Abstract S2-2.2  Friday, Jan. 4  Personal and Population Level Epigenome Dynamics ECKER, Joseph; The Salk Institute for Biological Studies ecker@salk.edu Natural epigenetic variation provides a source for the generation of phenotypic diversity, but to understand its contribution to phenotypic diversity, its interaction with genetic variation requires further investigation. We have carried out population-wide analyses of genomes, […]

Meeting Abstract S2-2.3  Friday, Jan. 4  Epigenetic variation: a mechanism to overcome reduced diversity in novel environments? LIEBL, AL*; SCHREY, AW; RICHARDS, CR; MARTIN, LB; Univ S. Florida; Armstrong Atlantic State Univ; Univ S. Florida; Univ S. Florida aliebl@mail.usf.edu Many introduced populations experience reduced genetic diversity in their new areas, and house sparrows (Passer domesticus) in Kenya […]

Meeting Abstract S2-2.1  Friday, Jan. 4  Epigenetic mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity RICHARDS, CL*; BORUTA, Martyna; BOSSDORF, Oliver; COON, Courtney AC; FOUST, Christy M; HUGHES, A Randall; KILVITIS, Holly J; LIEBL, Andrea L; NICOTRA, Adrienne B; PIGLIUCCI, Massimo; ROBERTSON, Marta H; SCHREY, Aaron W; Univ. of South Florida; Univ. of South Florida; Univ. of Bern; Univ. of South […]

Meeting Abstract S2-1.7  Friday, Jan. 4  The role of learning in mediating transgenerational responses to nutrition SNELL-ROOD, EC; University of Minnesota emilies@umn.edu Understanding how organisms cope with variation in the quantity and quality of nutrition is relevant to predicting their responses to changing nutritional environments and may have implications for human health. In many species, parents gain […]