Meeting Abstract 44-6 Saturday, Jan. 5 09:15 – 09:30 Why Are Some Marmots Black? The Genetics and Persistence of a Seemingly Harmful Trait in the North American Marmots MILLS, KK*; BOWLING, BC; GUNDERSON, AM; OLSON, LE; University of Alaska Museum; University of Alaska Fairbanks; University of Alaska Museum; University of Alaska Museum kkmills@alaska.edu The hoary marmot (Marmota […]
year: 2019
Quantifying Phenotypic Variation in a Tooth-Bearing Bone in Spelerpinae Salamanders
Meeting Abstract 44-3 Saturday, Jan. 5 08:30 – 08:45 Quantifying Phenotypic Variation in a Tooth-Bearing Bone in Spelerpinae Salamanders DARCY, HE*; ANDERSON, PSJ; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hdarcy2@illinois.edu The vomer is an important tooth-bearing cranial bone in the lungless salamanders (Plethodontidae) that displays different morphologies according to the feeding environment of the adult. […]
Lethal Phenotypes and Cryptic Consequences from Extreme Developmental Conditions in Sea Turtles
Meeting Abstract 44-4 Saturday, Jan. 5 08:45 – 09:00 Lethal Phenotypes and Cryptic Consequences from Extreme Developmental Conditions in Sea Turtles WYNEKEN, J*; LOLAVAR, A; LASALA, J; Florida Atlantic Univ.; Florida Atlantic Univ.; Florida Atlantic Univ. jwyneken@fau.edu http://biology.fau.edu/directory/wyneken/index.php Reptile species that lay their eggs and leave them unattended to incubate depend upon nest environments to be benign […]
Influence of laying an egg on bird bone
Meeting Abstract 44-5 Saturday, Jan. 5 09:00 – 09:15 Influence of laying an egg on bird bone LOUIS, LD*; KEAVENY, TM; BENTLEY, GE; DUDLEY, R; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley llouis@berkeley.edu A female bird must mobilize an enormous amount of calcium over a short time to […]
Costs of adaptive plastic responses to stressors genetic variation in hormetic responses to heavy metals in a butterfly
Meeting Abstract 44-1 Saturday, Jan. 5 08:00 – 08:15 Costs of adaptive plastic responses to stressors: genetic variation in hormetic responses to heavy metals in a butterfly SHEPHARD, AM*; SNELL-ROOD, EC; Univ. of Minnesota; Univ. of Minnesota sheph095@umn.edu Organisms today face a range of stressful environments unknown in their evolutionary pasts. Understanding the mechanisms that promote population […]
A comparative study of behavioral, morphological, and molecular reaction norms of locust phase polyphenism
Meeting Abstract 44-7 Saturday, Jan. 5 09:30 – 09:45 A comparative study of behavioral, morphological, and molecular reaction norms of locust phase polyphenism FOQUET, B.*; SONG, H.; Texas a&m University; Texas a&m University Bertfoquet@tamu.edu Locusts are grasshoppers (Acrididae) that form large migratory swarms or marching bands, and show density-dependent phase polyphenism. This polyphenism consists of two phases, […]
A Tale of Two Colors How Structural and Pigmented Wing Colors Share a Developmental Mechanism in the Seasonally Polyphenetic Southern Dogface Butterfly
Meeting Abstract 44-2 Saturday, Jan. 5 08:15 – 08:30 A Tale of Two Colors: How Structural and Pigmented Wing Colors Share a Developmental Mechanism in the Seasonally Polyphenetic Southern Dogface Butterfly FENNER, JL*; COUNTERMAN, BA; Mississippi State University; Mississippi State University Jls1393@msstate.edu The vast array of biodiversity and natural variation that we see around us has been […]
Tiny heads the evolution of microcephalic sea snakes
Meeting Abstract S7-9 Sunday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 14:00 Tiny heads: the evolution of microcephalic sea snakes SHERRATT, E*; SANDERS, KL; The University of Adelaide, Australia; The University of Adelaide, Australia emma.sherratt@adelaide.edu.au https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/emma.sherratt Snakes exhibit a diverse array of body sizes and shapes, contrary to common belief that they have a simplified body plan. Among living snakes, […]
The fish shapes project Harnessing the power of data science, museum collections and undergraduate researchers to quantify body shape evolution across teleost fishes
Meeting Abstract S7-11 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 15:00 The fish shapes project. Harnessing the power of data science, museum collections and undergraduate researchers to quantify body shape evolution across teleost fishes. PRICE, SA*; CORN, KA; FRIEDMAN, ST; LAROUCHE, O; MARTINEZ, CM; ZAPFE, K; WAINWRIGHT, PC; Clemson University; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Clemson […]
Scaling Up Kinematics A Geometric Approach for Studying the Evolution of Biological Motions
Meeting Abstract S7-5 Sunday, Jan. 6 09:30 – 10:00 Scaling Up Kinematics: A Geometric Approach for Studying the Evolution of Biological Motions MARTINEZ, CM*; MCGEE, MD; BORSTEIN, SR; SPARKS, JS; WAINWRIGHT, PC; University of California, Davis; Monash University; University of Tennessee; American Museum of Natural History; University of California, Davis cmimartinez@ucdavis.edu https://fishmorph.com The study of kinematics explicitly […]
