Meeting Abstract 84-4 Saturday, Jan. 7 10:45 – 11:00 Arboreal Locomotor Performance in Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) and New World Monkeys: Implications for Primate Locomotor Evolution YOUNG, JW*; WOLFE, AN; CHADWELL, BA; Northeast Ohio Medical University; Northeast Ohio Medical University; Ohio University jwyoung@neomed.edu http://www.younglaboratory.org Decades of comparative research have established that the evolution of primate quadrupedalism is […]
year: 2017
A robophysical model for limbless locomotion in a heterogeneous environment
Meeting Abstract 84-7 Saturday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45 A robophysical model for limbless locomotion in a heterogeneous environment RIESER, JM*; SCHIEBEL, PE; GODDARD, Z; GOLDMAN, DI; Georgia Tech jennifer.rieser@physics.gatech.edu Snakes move gracefully through varied terrain, negotiating obstacles such as twigs, rocks, and grasses. Despite the seeming simplicity of this movement, the continuous interaction with the ground […]
Waxing and waning of wings during molt, growth, and secondary loss of flight in birds
Meeting Abstract 83-1 Saturday, Jan. 7 10:15 – 10:30 Waxing and waning of wings during molt, growth, and secondary loss of flight in birds. DIAL, K P; Univ. Montana, Missoula kdial@mso.umt.edu http://hs.umt.edu/dbs/flightlab/ Locomotor behavior and wing use among transitional forms of birds has only recently been evaluated. Recruitment of rudimentary and/or compromised wings appears common among extant […]
Male hummingbirds use kinematics to control sound signaling in diving courtship display
Meeting Abstract 83-5 Saturday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30 Male hummingbirds use kinematics to control sound signaling in diving courtship display MISTICK, EA*; CLARK, CJ; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of California, Riverside emilymistick@gmail.com Male hummingbirds produce loud sounds with their tail-feathers for females during a ‘dive display’ in which the male ascends then dives toward the […]
Jumping as a gap-bridging strategy in flying snakes
Meeting Abstract 83-6 Saturday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45 Jumping as a gap-bridging strategy in flying snakes GRAHAM, M*; WEISS, T; JAYNE, BC; SOCHA, JJ; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Univ. of Cincinnati; Virginia Tech grahmich@vt.edu To move most directly between two locations, arboreal animals often must cross gaps between branches or trees. Arboreal snakes have an impressive […]
High-Speed Surface Reconstruction of Flying Birds Using Structured Light
Meeting Abstract 83-4 Saturday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15 High-Speed Surface Reconstruction of Flying Birds Using Structured Light DEETJEN, M.E.*; BIEWENER, A.A.; LENTINK, D.; Stanford University; Harvard University; Stanford University mdeetjen@stanford.edu http://lentinklab.stanford.edu Birds fly effectively through complex environments, and in order to understand the strategies that enable them to do so, we need to determine the shape […]
Early behavioral, but late anatomical, maturation in precocial ground birds form-function relationships during the developmental acquisition of flight
Meeting Abstract 83-2 Saturday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45 Early behavioral, but late anatomical, maturation in precocial ground birds: form-function relationships during the developmental acquisition of flight HEERS, A/M*; BARTA, D/E; College of Sequoias; American Museum of Natural History ashmheers@gmail.com Precocial ground birds fledge and acquire locomotor capacity early in ontogeny, sometimes shortly after hatching. However, anatomical […]
Visual and Mechanosensory Integration by Descending Interneurons in Hawkmoths
Meeting Abstract 82-7 Saturday, Jan. 7 09:30 – 09:45 Visual and Mechanosensory Integration by Descending Interneurons in Hawkmoths MOHAN, U*; MAITRI, M; SANE, S P; National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, India; National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, India; National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, India umeshm@ncbs.res.in Flying insects use sensory cues from multiple modalities to control […]
Regressive evolution of the hagfish visual system blind but hopeful monsters
Meeting Abstract 82-1 Saturday, Jan. 7 08:00 – 08:15 Regressive evolution of the hagfish visual system: blind but hopeful monsters ALLISON, WT; Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada ted.allison@ualberta.ca http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/allison_lab/ We study the Pacific Hagfish in an evo-devo framework, with special attention to the first appearance of the vertebrate eye over evolutionary time. Other cyclostomes (lampreys) and all […]
Optic Lobe Metamorphosis in the Stomatopod Crustacean Alima pacifica
Meeting Abstract 82-6 Saturday, Jan. 7 09:15 – 09:30 Optic Lobe Metamorphosis in the Stomatopod Crustacean Alima pacifica LIN, C*; CRONIN, TW; University of Maryland Baltimore County linc@umbc.edu The compound eyes of stomatopod crustaceans have unusual ommatidial rows at the equator called the midband that are typically specialized for color and polarization vision. Beneath the retina, this […]
