Meeting Abstract S8.2-2  Monday, Jan. 6 11:00  Plasticity and constraints on the evolution of body shape: Phenotypic integration in locally adapted Trinidadian guppy populations HANDELSMAN, Corey A*; WALKER, Jeffrey A; GHALAMBOR, Cameron K; Colorado State University; University of Southern Maine; Colorado State University chandelsman@gmail.com A major problem in evolutionary biology is to understand the dual nature of […]

Meeting Abstract S8.3-2  Monday, Jan. 6 14:00  Physiological mediation of integrated phenotypes: From plasticity to evolution SWANSON, E.M.*; SNELL-ROOD, E.C.; Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities eliswanson@gmail.com Hormones are important mediators of phenotypic responses to environmental variation at both the developmental and the population level. In addition, hormones commonly influence multiple traits simultaneously; […]

Meeting Abstract S8.3-3  Monday, Jan. 6 14:30  Ecological variation and hormone-mediated plasticity in Death Valley’s pupfishes: Insights into the dynamics and distinctiveness of phenotypic diversity LEMA, S.C.; CalPoly, San Luis Obispo slema@calpoly.edu Phenotypic variation is generated via the complex orchestration of interacting factors that an organism experiences during development. Studies of hormone signaling systems can play a […]

Meeting Abstract S8.3-1  Monday, Jan. 6 13:30  Early-Life Programming of Neuroendocrine Function by the Immune System: Plasticity or Autoimmunity due to Biome Depletion? BILBO, S.D.*; WILLIAMSON, L.L.; PARKER, W.; Duke University; Duke University; Duke University staci.bilbo@duke.edu Immune molecules have a powerful impact on neuroendocrine function during health as well as sickness. Microglia are the primary immunocompetent cells […]

Meeting Abstract S8.3-4  Monday, Jan. 6 15:00  Diversity of Phenotypic Plasticity CREWS, David; Univ of Texas, Austin crews@mail.utexas.edu Developmental plasticity has the potential to generate novel phenotypes. These may be nuances or wholesale transformations, adaptive or maladaptive. The environment dictates such outcomes. The generation of phenotypes is usually in the dimension of epigenetics and not by traditional […]

Meeting Abstract S8.2-3  Monday, Jan. 6 11:30  Developmental plasticity in amphibians: mechanisms, adaptations and constraints CRESPI, Erica J; Washington State Univ. erica.crespi@wsu.edu It is well known that environmental conditions during early life stages can alter specific developmental processes that influence phenotypic expression and performance throughout the life of an animal. Fluctuating levels of environment-responsive hormones, such as […]

Meeting Abstract S8.1-1  Monday, Jan. 6 08:00  Developmental and maternal effects on behavioral plasticity MATEO, Jill M.; The University of Chicago jmateo@uchicago.edu Social, hormonal and genetic processes interact reciprocally, and differentially affect behavior depending on ecological and social contexts. Multiple developmental processes would be expected when individual differences are favored either between or within environments. Parental effects […]

Meeting Abstract S7.2-1  Monday, Jan. 6 10:00  Wasp Voodoo Rituals, Venom-Cocktails and the Zombification of Cockroach host. LIBERSAT, F.*; GAL, R; Ben Gurion University libersat@bgu.ac.il Much like humans, animals may choose to initiate behavior based on their “internal state” rather than as a response to external stimuli alone. The neuronal underpinnings responsible for generating this ‘internal state’, […]

Meeting Abstract S7.1-2  Monday, Jan. 6 08:30  The impact of Toxoplasma gondii on host behaviour: can this parasite play a role in some cases of human schizophrenia? WEBSTER, J.P.*; KAUSHIK, M; Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine; Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine joanne.webster@imperial.ac.uk Recognition of the role of infectious agents in a range of both acute […]

Meeting Abstract S7.3-1  Monday, Jan. 6 13:30  Reconstructing the evolutionary history of behavioral manipulation HUGHES, DP; Penn State dhughes@psu.edu In this talk I will consider when parasites evolved the ability to manipulate behavior. It is a rare phenomenon when we recall that half of all life is parasitic and that only a few of them manipulate behavior. […]