Meeting Abstract 79-4 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:45 The mechanosensory lateral line system activates socially relevant brain regions during territorial interactions in an African cichlid fish BUTLER, J.M.*; MARUSKA, K.P.; Louisiana State University jbutl48@lsu.edu Fish must integrate information from multiple senses during social interactions to make appropriate behavioral decisions. We recently demonstrated that the lateral line system is […]
year: 2016
Sex and seasonal differences in hippocampal volume and neurogenesis in brood-parasitic brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater)
Meeting Abstract 79-6 Wednesday, Jan. 6 09:15 Sex and seasonal differences in hippocampal volume and neurogenesis in brood-parasitic brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) GUIGUENO, MF*; MACDOUGALL-SHACKLETON, SA; SHERRY, DF; University of Western Ontario; University of Western Ontario; University of Western Ontario melanie.guigueno@mcgill.ca Brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater; hereafter “cowbirds”) show a reversal of sex-typical space use often seen in […]
Photoreceptor Cell Sensitivity and Sexual Dimorphism in the Compound Eye of the Butterfly Heliconius erato
Meeting Abstract 79-2 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:15 Photoreceptor Cell Sensitivity and Sexual Dimorphism in the Compound Eye of the Butterfly Heliconius erato MCCULLOCH, KJ*; OSORIO, D; BRISCOE, AD; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of Sussex; Univ. of California, Irvine mccullok@uci.edu Butterflies are colorful insects with diverse color visual systems. The diversity found in this group relies primarily […]
Molecular organization of Octopus brains First insights into unique memory center signaling
Meeting Abstract 79-5 Wednesday, Jan. 6 09:00 Molecular organization of Octopus brains: First insights into unique memory center signaling WINTERS, GC*; KOHN, AB; LAUX, R; STERN, N; BOSTWICK, C; DI COSMO, A; HOCHNER, B; MOROZ, LL; Whitney Lab, Dept of Neuroscience U. Florida; Whitney Lab, U. Florida; Humbolt State U.; Hebrew U. Jerusalem; Whitney Lab, Dept of […]
Influence of female orientation and pigmentation on male positioning during courtship
Meeting Abstract 79-3 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:30 Influence of female orientation and pigmentation on male positioning during courtship AGRAWAL, S*; DICKINSON, MH; Univ. of Washington; Caltech sagrawal@uw.edu Despite its emergence as a premier model for visual processing, little is known about object recognition in Drosophila. One possible explanation for this deficit is that Drosophila do not display […]
Airflow mediated antennal positioning in flying hawkmoths
Meeting Abstract 79-1 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:00 Airflow mediated antennal positioning in flying hawkmoths NATESAN, D*; SAXENA, N; EKEBERG, Ö; SANE, S P; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore; NCBS, Bangalore; KTH, Stockholm; NCBS, Bangalore dinesh@ncbs.res.in During flight, most insects hold their antennae at fixed positions relative to their head. This position depends on information from multiple […]
XROMM visualization of pelvic girdle mobility in turtles implications for locomotion in aquatic and terrestrial environments
Meeting Abstract 78-2 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:15 XROMM visualization of pelvic girdle mobility in turtles: implications for locomotion in aquatic and terrestrial environments MAYERL, C.J.*; BRAINERD, E.L.; BLOB, R.W.; Clemson University; Brown University; Clemson University cmayerl@clemson.edu Many tetrapods can increase the length of hind limb strides by bending the body axis, and/or by rotating the pelvis in […]
Towards an understanding of the relation between body morphology, kinematics, and swimming performance in neotropical cichlids
Meeting Abstract 78-4 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:45 Towards an understanding of the relation between body morphology, kinematics, and swimming performance in neotropical cichlids FEILICH, KL; Harvard University kfeilich@fas.harvard.edu Fishes exhibit a range of body shapes, with each different shape having its own hydrodynamic effect on swimming performance. However, morphology alone does not drive performance; rather, performance emerges […]
Ecomorphology and Swimming Energetics of Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis in Turbulent Flow
Meeting Abstract 78-6 Wednesday, Jan. 6 09:15 Ecomorphology and Swimming Energetics of Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis in Turbulent Flow FAVATA, CA*; COLOMBO, RE; MAIA, A; Eastern Illinois University; Eastern Illinois Univeristy; Eastern Illinois University cafavata@eiu.edu Anthropogenic habitat alteration disturbs fishes at the community and organismal levels, but effects are seldom related to the physiological processes. Metabolism is […]
Determinants of Energetic Costs of Climbing in Humans
Meeting Abstract 78-1 Wednesday, Jan. 6 08:00 Determinants of Energetic Costs of Climbing in Humans KOZMA, E.E.*; RAICHLEN, D.A.; WOOD, B.M.; PONTZER, H.; The Graduate Center, CUNY and New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology; University of Arizona; Yale University; Hunter College, CUNY and New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology kozma.elaine@gmail.com The factors that influence the metabolic cost […]
