Meeting Abstract 138-3 Sunday, Jan. 8 14:00 – 14:15 Shape variation of the neurocranium and anterior vertebrae related to the auditory system in piranhas and pacus (Otophysi: Serrasalmidae) BOYLE, KS*; COUILLAUD, P; HERREL, A; Univ. of West Florida; MNHN, Paris; MNHN/CNRS, Paris kellyboyle.info@gmail.com http://www.kellyboyle.info/ Otophysan fishes possess a number of unique morphological features associated with enhanced hearing. […]
year: 2017
Histology and Ultrastructure of Mental Glands and Caudal Courtship Glands in Three Genera of Plethodontid Salamanders
Meeting Abstract 138-7 Sunday, Jan. 8 15:00 – 15:15 Histology and Ultrastructure of Mental Glands and Caudal Courtship Glands in Three Genera of Plethodontid Salamanders RUPP, AR*; SEVER, DM; Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette; Southeastern Louisiana Univ. aer0838@louisiana.edu Salamanders in the family Plethodontidae exhibit a unique tail-straddle walk during courtship that can include the use of sexually dimorphic […]
Evolution of the Proboscis-Armature in Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes; Kalyptorhynchia) Multiple origins and losses
Meeting Abstract 138-5 Sunday, Jan. 8 14:30 – 14:45 Evolution of the Proboscis-Armature in Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes; Kalyptorhynchia): Multiple origins and losses? SMITH III, JPS*; GOBERT, S; ARTOIS, T; BRAND, J; SCHARER, L; WINTHROP UNIV; HASSELT UNIV; HASSELT UNIV; UNIV OF BASEL; UNIV OF BASEL smithj@winthrop.edu http://www.birdnest.org/smithj/ Schizorhynchia includes approximately 150 species of predators that use an anterior […]
3D Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to Investigate Crocodylian Phallic Functional Morphology
Meeting Abstract 138-4 Sunday, Jan. 8 14:15 – 14:30 3D Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to Investigate Crocodylian Phallic Functional Morphology MOORE, BC*; DOES, MD; KELLY, DA; Sewanee: The University of the South; Vanderbilt University; UMass Amherst Bcmoore@sewanee.edu Animal phalluses use tissues with different material properties for a variety of functional roles, such as structural stiffness, tissue expansion, […]
3D Imaging Reveals the Functional History of the Ophiuroid Arm
Meeting Abstract 138-6 Sunday, Jan. 8 14:45 – 15:00 3D Imaging Reveals the Functional History of the Ophiuroid Arm CLARK, EG; Yale University elizabeth.g.clark@yale.edu Brittle stars (Class Ophiuroidea), the most motile group of echinoderms, have evolved a quick, agile and effective form of locomotion in which coordinated arm movements are executed by powerful musculature and complex joint […]
What strategies do plants use in stress environments
Meeting Abstract 137-7 Sunday, Jan. 8 15:00 – 15:15 What strategies do plants use in stress environments? ASAMOAH, A; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology asamoah38@icloud.com Plants survive all manner of stress environments to perform the functions they do in the biosphere. They rely on and develop all manner of strategies to enable them to do […]
Relatedness and differential disease resistance in eastern Pacific Haliotids
Meeting Abstract 137-4 Sunday, Jan. 8 14:15 – 14:30 Relatedness and differential disease resistance in eastern Pacific Haliotids BRACISZEWSKI, AR*; GERMAN, DP; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine alyssarb@uci.edu http://alyssabraciszewski.weebly.com/ Many marine host-pathogen systems are poorly understood, and even less is known about how global climate change will affect the mechanisms of these systems. In […]
Do gonadotropin-releasing hormone-induced testosterone levels predict reproductive success in eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)
Meeting Abstract 137-3 Sunday, Jan. 8 14:00 – 14:15 Do gonadotropin-releasing hormone-induced testosterone levels predict reproductive success in eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)? AMBARDAR, M*; GRINDSTAFF, JL; MEDHAVI, Ambard; Oklahoma State University; Oklahoma State University medhavi.a@gmail.com http://medhavia.wixsite.com/turdidae Hormones, such as testosterone, are integral in mediating physiological processes and behaviors that facilitate reproduction. Thus, an understanding of the relationships […]
Cold and Diluted Evidence for Evolution in Response to the Interactive Effects of Temperature and Salinity in Threespine Stickleback
Meeting Abstract 137-6 Sunday, Jan. 8 14:45 – 15:00 Cold and Diluted: Evidence for Evolution in Response to the Interactive Effects of Temperature and Salinity in Threespine Stickleback GIBBONS, TC*; RUDMAN, SM; SCHULTE, PM; University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia gibbons@zoology.ubc.ca Colonization of new environments exposes organisms to novel combinations of […]
Characterization of peroxiredoxins in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Meeting Abstract 137-5 Sunday, Jan. 8 14:30 – 14:45 Characterization of peroxiredoxins in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis HELM, R/R*; MARTíN DíAZ, M/L ; THABET, A/A; TARRANT, A/M; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Universidad de Cádiz; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Al-Azhar University in Assiut; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution rrhelm@gmail.com Peroxiredoxins (Prx) are proteins found […]
