Meeting Abstract 36-3  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15  Genomic Evidence for a Crocodylian Nocturnal Bottleneck and Reinvention of Trichromatic Color Vision in Crocodiles EMERLING, CA; University of California, Berkeley caemerling@berkeley.edu http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/nachman/peoplechris.htm Vertebrate color vision has evolved through the modification of five ancestral visual opsin proteins via gene duplication, loss and shifts in spectral sensitivity. While many […]

Meeting Abstract 36-4  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30  Evolution and Conservation of Deuterostome Toll-like Receptor Pathways TASSIA, MG*; WHELAN, NV; HALANYCH, KM; Auburn University; Auburn University, US Fish & Wildlife Service; Auburn University mgt0007@auburn.edu Knowledge of immune systems is largely derived from work on well-established model species such as fruit fly, nematode, mouse, and human. These […]

Meeting Abstract 36-1  Thursday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45  Divergence in cis-regulatory elements and HSPB1 gene expression along a temperature cline in the copepod Tigriopus californicus TANGWANCHAROEN, S*; BURTON, RS; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD stangwan@ucsd.edu Conspecific populations may experience substantial variation in thermal environments across the species range and this may […]

Meeting Abstract 35-5  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45  The Sensory Mechanisms of Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) used in Detecting Predatory Threats CLARK, J. L.*; MOORE, P. A.; Bowling Green State University; Bowling Green State University jeslcla@bgsu.edu In order to survive organisms must be able to detect the presence of potential threats in their environment. Individuals rely on […]

Meeting Abstract 35-2  Thursday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00  Sensing prey in the dark improves with age in zebrafish CARRILLO, A*; BYRON, ML ; MCHENRY, MJ; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine an.carrillo@yahoo.com Fish forage in the dark by using the lateral line system to detect water flow generated by prey. […]

Meeting Abstract 35-1  Thursday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45  Sea Anemones Employ Hair Bundle Mechanoreceptors to Target Spirocyst Discharge to Swimming Appendages of Prey KRAYESKY-SELF, S; WATSON, G/M*; University of Louisiana Lafayette; University of Louisiana Lafayette gmw5722@louisiana.edu Hair bundle mechanoreceptors located on the surface of anemone tentacles are employed to detect swimming movements of prey. Proper functioning […]

Meeting Abstract 35-7  Thursday, Jan. 5 15:00 – 15:15  How Cool Is This?! Evaporative Heat Loss & the Snake Infrared Imaging System PLYLAR, H.B.*; GUTIERREZ, A; GRACE, M.S.; Florida Institute of Technology; Florida Institute of Technology; Florida Institute of Technology hplylar2015@my.fit.edu Respiratory evaporative heat loss generates a “cold-nose” effect in snakes, indicated by a stark difference in […]

Meeting Abstract 35-3  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15  Growth changes the escape response to visual looming stimuli in zebrafish MCKEE, A*; MCHENRY, MJ; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Irvine aamckee@uci.edu http://amberlemckee.weebly.com/ Fish rely on vision to detect and evade approaching predators with a fast-start escape response. It is unclear how this ability changes over […]

Meeting Abstract 35-6  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00  Effects of Hypoxia on Jet-Propelled Escape Behavior in Doryteuthis opalescens (California Market Squid) LI, DH*; GILLY, WF; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University lidh@stanford.edu Arguably the most athletic of marine invertebrates, squids can achieve a wide range of swimming speeds and maneuvers, […]

Meeting Abstract 34-6  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00  The evolution of parent–embryo interactions in glassfrogs DELIA, J*; WARKENTIN, KM; DELIA, Jesse; Boston University; Boston University jdelia82@gmail.com The evolution of family life is shaped by complex interactions between parents and offspring. Interactions may appear harmonious, but parent and offspring interests can differ. This conflict may generate co-evolution […]