Meeting Abstract 25-8  Thursday, Jan. 5 15:15 – 15:30  The Developmental Origins of Diversity: Shell Patterning in a Slipper-Shell Snail ROSS, DL*; SHUBIN, NH; Univ of Chicago; Univ of Chicago DarcyLRoss@uchicago.edu Gastropods exhibit enormous extant diversity and have a rich fossil record, making them fertile ground for testing evolutionary theories. The regular coiling of the gastropod shell […]

Meeting Abstract 25-5  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45  Repeated Evolution of Incomplete Ear Development in Acoustically Communicating Toads STYNOSKI, JL*; WOMACK, M; TRAMA, FA; COLOMA, LA; HOKE, KL; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Centro de Capacitación en Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible, Oxapampa, Perú; Centro Jambatu for Research and Conservation […]

Meeting Abstract 25-3  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15  Genetic and developmental drivers of convergent ear loss in toads WOMACK, MC*; STYNOSKI, J; LEMMON, AR; LEMMON, EM; METZ, M; HOKE, KL; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Florida State University, Tallahassee; Florida State University, Tallahassee; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Colorado State University, […]

Meeting Abstract 25-4  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30  Evolution of the Animal Face: from Principles to Mechanisms. ABZHANOV, ARKHAT; Imperial College London and Natural History Museum a.abzhanov@imperial.ac.uk Understanding the origins of animal diversity is one of the chief challenges to the modern biological sciences. We aim to reveal molecular mechanisms underlying evolutionary processes that generate morphological […]

Meeting Abstract 25-7  Thursday, Jan. 5 15:00 – 15:15  Cell Proliferation and Segmental Patterning are Closely Linked During Posterior Segmentation in Spiders JAHN, C; LERCH, S; EIBNER, C*; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena cornelius.eibner@uni-jena.de Although segmentation has been studied in great detail in Drosophila melanogaster, the simultaneous formation of segments (long germ system), as found in […]

Meeting Abstract 25-6  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00  The Ultrastructure of Rotifer Secretion Tubes YANG, H*; HOCHBERG, R; Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell; Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell Hui_Yang@student.uml.edu Rotifers are some of the most common aquatic invertebrates in freshwater systems. Most rotifers are planktonic and easily recognized by their ciliated corona and hardened jaws called trophi, but […]

Meeting Abstract 25-1  Thursday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45  The Evolutionary and Developmental Bases of Adhesive Toepads in Caribbean Anolis Lizards SANGER, T*; BRAHMBHATT, P; Loyola University in Chicago; Loyola University in Chicago tsanger@luc.edu http://www.anolisevodevo.com Adhesive toepads are considered the key innovation that gave Anolis lizards, or anoles, unfettered access to arboreal habitats. Following their origin toepad […]

Meeting Abstract 25-8  Thursday, Jan. 5 15:15 – 15:30  The Developmental Origins of Diversity: Shell Patterning in a Slipper-Shell Snail ROSS, DL*; SHUBIN, NH; Univ of Chicago; Univ of Chicago DarcyLRoss@uchicago.edu Gastropods exhibit enormous extant diversity and have a rich fossil record, making them fertile ground for testing evolutionary theories. The regular coiling of the gastropod shell […]

Meeting Abstract 25-5  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45  Repeated Evolution of Incomplete Ear Development in Acoustically Communicating Toads STYNOSKI, JL*; WOMACK, M; TRAMA, FA; COLOMA, LA; HOKE, KL; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Centro de Capacitación en Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible, Oxapampa, Perú; Centro Jambatu for Research and Conservation […]

Meeting Abstract 25-3  Thursday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15  Genetic and developmental drivers of convergent ear loss in toads WOMACK, MC*; STYNOSKI, J; LEMMON, AR; LEMMON, EM; METZ, M; HOKE, KL; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Florida State University, Tallahassee; Florida State University, Tallahassee; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Colorado State University, […]