Meeting Abstract P1-72 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Attractiveness Of The Dark Central Floret In Wild Carrots In Western Turkey CRUZ, P*; FOLKS, N; ANDERSON, S; TRAVIS, D; GONZALEZ, VH; HRANITZ, JM; BARTHELL, JF; Montclair State University; University of Texas at El Paso; University of Kansas; Boston University ; University of Kansas; Bloomsburg University; University of […]
year: 2017
Assessing the impacts of environmental contaminants on escape behavior in the migratory stream goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni
Meeting Abstract P1-246 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Assessing the impacts of environmental contaminants on escape behavior in the migratory stream goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni RUBIN, AM*; DIAMOND, KM; SCHOENFUSS, HL; BLOB, RW; Clemson Univ; Clemson Univ; St Cloud State Univ; Clemson Univ amrubin@clemson.edu Environmental contaminants such as agricultural runoff and pharmaceutical pollutants in freshwater systems have […]
Assessing the convergence of feeding kinematics in labrid cleaner fishes
Meeting Abstract P1-272 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Assessing the convergence of feeding kinematics in labrid cleaner fishes BERNSTEIN, Z*; SUNDARAM, S; BALIGA, VB; MEHTA, RS; Pacific Collegiate High School; Monta Vista High School; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz zeevbern10@gmail.com Convergent evolution is the process by which distantly-related taxa independently evolve […]
Anatomy and flexural stiffness of shark pectoral fins in an ecomorphological context
Meeting Abstract P1-210 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Anatomy and flexural stiffness of shark pectoral fins in an ecomorphological context TESTAGROSE, CT*; HOFFMANN, SL; PORTER, ME; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University shoffmann2014@fau.edu Shark pectoral fins are comprised proximally of basal cartilaginous elements that articulate with the coracoid and distally of radial cartilaginous […]
Analysis of the 5’ regulatory region of the goosecoid gene between sea urchins with widely divergent early developmental modes
Meeting Abstract P1-95 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Analysis of the 5’ regulatory region of the goosecoid gene between sea urchins with widely divergent early developmental modes RICE, D.*; WILSON, K.A.; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College keen.wilson@uc.edu In addition to a high degree of conservation in the use of major effect genes […]
Analysis of Neuroinflammatory Genes using Human Cerebral Organoids
Meeting Abstract P1-21 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Analysis of Neuroinflammatory Genes using Human Cerebral Organoids ORTEGA, J. M.*; TOTH, C. M.; Providence College; Providence College jortega@friars.providence.edu Stem cells have the unique potential to differentiate into tissues with specific functional attributes. One of the major questions in developmental biology is to understand what environmental and genetic […]
Analysis of Evolutionary Patterns and Rates of Sexual Size Dimorphism and Sexual Shape Dimorphism in Turtles
Meeting Abstract P1-180 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Analysis of Evolutionary Patterns and Rates of Sexual Size Dimorphism and Sexual Shape Dimorphism in Turtles HLESCIAK, MT*; STAYTON, CT; Bucknell University; Bucknell University mth015@bucknell.edu We investigated large-scale patterns of the evolution of sexual shape dimorphism (SShD) and sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in turtles, through the following hypotheses: […]
An acute rise in glucocorticoids reduces antioxidant levels and contributes to oxidative stress in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Meeting Abstract P1-136 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 An acute rise in glucocorticoids reduces antioxidant levels and contributes to oxidative stress in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) LITWA, HP*; TINDLE, KC; FASANELLO, VJ; GEDULDIG, JE; TRICOLA, GM; PAITZ, RT; HAUSSMANN, MF; Bucknell Univ.; Bucknell Univ.; Bucknell Univ.; Bucknell Univ.; Bucknell Univ.; Illinois State Univ.; Bucknell Univ. hpl002@bucknell.edu […]
Allometry and Reaction Norms Wing-Body Scaling in Manduca sexta
Meeting Abstract P1-97 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Allometry and Reaction Norms: Wing-Body Scaling in Manduca sexta MCKENNA, KZ*; NIJHOUT, HF; Duke University; Duke University kzm@duke.edu Allometry, the proportional growth of the body and body parts, gives rise to the characteristic forms of species. Most studies concerned with allometry have focused on its role as a […]
Aerodynamic Imaging by Nocturnal Mosquitoes
Meeting Abstract P1-256 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Aerodynamic Imaging by Nocturnal Mosquitoes PHILLIPS, N; NAKATA, T; WALKER, SM; BOMPHREY, RJ*; Royal Veterinary College; Chiba University; Oxford University; Royal Veterinary College rbomphrey@rvc.ac.uk Nocturnal mosquitoes exhibit a behavioural response to divert away from surfaces despite visual cues being unavailable, indicating a short-range, non-visual collision avoidance mechanism. We […]
