Meeting Abstract 15.5  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:30  The effect of evolutionary transitions to diurnality on scleral ring and orbit morphology in birds NIEDERMEYER, P/M*; SHIH, C; HALLEY, M/A; OSBORN, J/L; SCHMITZ, L; Pitzer College niedermeyer1023@gmail.com Diel activity pattern is considered one of the major axes of the morphological and functional diversity of vertebrate eyes. When examined in […]

Meeting Abstract 15.6  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:45  Oxygen, ecology, and the Cambrian radiation of animals SPERLING, E.A.*; FRIEDER, C.A.; RAMAN, A.V.; GIRGUIS, P.R.; LEVIN, L.A.; KNOLL, A.H.; Harvard University; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Andhra University; Harvard University; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Harvard University sperling@fas.harvard.edu The Proterozoic-Cambrian transition records the appearance of essentially all animal body plans (phyla), […]

Meeting Abstract 15.2  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:45  Evolution of the Skeleton in Chondrichthyan Fishes CRAWFORD, C.H.*; BALANOFF, A.M.; MAISEY, J.G.; NAYLOR, G.J.P.; College of Charleston; American Museum of Natural History; American Museum of Natural History; College of Charleston crawford.callie@gmail.com Current understanding of Chondrichthyan phylogeny lags behind that of most vertebrate classes. Of the studies conducted to date, […]

Meeting Abstract 12.3  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:45  Interacting effects of light and temperature on the transcriptome of Madracis auretenra GUERMOND, SM*; BEAZLEY, M; MEYER, E; Oregon State University; Oregon State University; Oregon State University sarah.guermond@science.oregonstate.edu Coral reefs are in decline globally, in part because of bleaching-induced mortality resulting from multiple stressors including temperature and light. To enable […]

Meeting Abstract 12.2  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:30  Fundamental molecular components of coral immunity revealed through comparative analysis of gene coexpression networks WRIGHT, R.M.*; MATZ, M.V; University of Texas, Austin rachelwright8@gmail.com Understanding innate immunity in reef-building corals would benefit conservation efforts to restore rapidly declining reefs worldwide. Here, we took a gene coexpression networks approach to compare the […]

Meeting Abstract 12.6  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:30  Estimating the Frequency of Sex in Symbiodinium WHAM, DC*; LAJEUNESSE, TC; Penn State; Penn State wham@psu.edu The amount of sexual recombination in the genealogy of partially clonal organisms can be highly variable. This rate, however, can have a large effect on the tempo and mode of evolution in these organisms. […]

Meeting Abstract 12.1  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:15  Coral transcriptome-wide gene expression patterns at noon and midnight in a coral reef: insights into coral physiology RUIZ-JONES, GJ*; PALUMBI, SR; Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station; Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station gjrj@stanford.edu In coral reefs there are many environmental fluctuations from day to night. Circadian gene expression studies on corals […]

Meeting Abstract 12.4  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:00  All set for adaptation: high heritability of heat tolerance and associated gene expression in a reef-building coral BAY, L. K.; DAVIES, S. W.; MATZ, M .V.*; Australian Institute of Marine Science; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin matz@utexas.edu Reefs along the length of the Great Barrier […]

Meeting Abstract 12.5  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:15  A genetic linkage map of the coral Orbicella faveolata produced by 2bRAD genotyping of single larvae SNELLING, J; MEYER, E*; Oregon State University; Oregon State University eli.meyer@science.oregonstate.edu Scleractinian corals are acutely sensitive to elevated temperatures, prompting widespread concern over their fate during global climate change. Genetic variation in corals’ responses […]

Meeting Abstract 11.4  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:00  Thermal Performance Curves: Modeling and Detecting Patterns of Individual Variation ADOLPH, SC; Harvey Mudd College adolph@g.hmc.edu Thermal performance curves depict how physiological performance varies with temperature. The evolution of performance curves depends on the pattern of selection and on the quantitative genetic basis of individual variation. In principle, we should […]