Meeting Abstract 60-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30 Evolutionary Convergence and Constraints on the Skull Shape of Burrowing Wrasses EVANS, KM*; SPERSTAD, ZE; WESTNEAT, MW; Brown University; University of Minnesota; University of Chicago kory_evans@brown.edu https://koryevans.weebly.com/ The evolution of behavioral and ecological specialization can have marked effects of the tempo and mode of phenotypic evolution. Head‐first burrowing […]
year: 2020
A bioinspired compressible soft robot for studying terrestrial crawling
Meeting Abstract 60-8 Sunday, Jan. 5 15:15 – 15:30 A bioinspired compressible soft robot for studying terrestrial crawling SCIBELLI, AE*; TRIMMER, BA; Tufts University, Department of Biology, Medford, MA; Tufts University, Department of Biology, Medford, MA; Tufts University; Tufts University; Tufts University; Tufts University anthony.scibelli@tufts.edu Here we describe a bioinspired crawling soft robot that is capable of […]
Thermal Sensitivity of Early Life History Stages of Antarctic Invertebrates
Meeting Abstract 59-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45 Thermal Sensitivity of Early Life History Stages of Antarctic Invertebrates TOH, MWA*; LOBERT, GT; MORAN, AL; University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; University of Hawai’i at Mānoa tohmw@hawaii.edu A paradigm of Antarctic biology is that Southern Ocean ectotherms are highly stenothermal, owing to millions […]
Phylogenomic resolution of sea spider relationships via integration of phylogenetic data classes
Meeting Abstract 59-8 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00 Phylogenomic resolution of sea spider relationships via integration of phylogenetic data classes SHARMA, PP*; ARANGO, CP; BALLESTEROS, JA; BRENNEIS, G; DILLY, GF; SETTON, EVW; WHEELER, WC; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Queensland Museum; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Greifswald; California State University-Channel Islands; University of Wisconsin-Madison; American Museum of Natural […]
Foraging Behavior and Movement Patterns of the Leopard Seal in the Antarctic Peninsula
Meeting Abstract 59-6 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30 Foraging Behavior and Movement Patterns of the Leopard Seal in the Antarctic Peninsula COSTA, D.P*; KIENLE, S.S; TRUMBLE, S.S; KANATOUS, S.; GOEBEL, M.E; BORRAS, R; CROCKER, D.E; University of California at Santa Cruz; University of California at Santa Cruz; Baylor University; Colorado State University; National Marine Fisheries Service-NOAA; […]
Feast and Famine Copepod metabolic condition during summer along the West Antarctic Peninsula
Meeting Abstract 59-5 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15 Feast and Famine: Copepod metabolic condition during summer along the West Antarctic Peninsula TARRANT, AM*; BERGER, C; STEINBERG, DK; Woods Hole Oceanogr. Inst.; Woods Hole Oceanogr. Inst.; Virginia Inst. Marine Sci. atarrant@whoi.edu https://www2.whoi.edu/site/tarrantlab/ Within the surface waters of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), copepods are the dominant component […]
Dwarf minke whales along the Antarctic Peninsula Evidence of climate migration or historic misidentification
Meeting Abstract 59-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00 Dwarf minke whales along the Antarctic Peninsula: Evidence of climate migration or historic misidentification? BIERLICH, KC*; DALE, JD; FRIEDLAENDER, AS; GOLDBOGEN, JA; JOHNSTON, DJ; Duke University; Duke University; University of California, Santa Cruz; Stanford University; Duke University kcb43@duke.edu The global distribution of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostra subspecies) […]
Characterizing the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 Pathway in Response to Acute Thermal Stress and Hypoxia in Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes
Meeting Abstract 59-7 Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45 Characterizing the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 Pathway in Response to Acute Thermal Stress and Hypoxia in Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes RIX, AS*; O’BRIEN, KM; University of Alaska Fairbanks and Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK; University of Alaska Fairbanks and Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK asrix@alaska.edu The master regulator of […]
Phylogenetic Principles and Morphogenetic Mechanisms for Evolvability in Adaptive Radiations
Meeting Abstract 58-5 Sunday, Jan. 5 11:00 – 11:15 Phylogenetic Principles and Morphogenetic Mechanisms for Evolvability in Adaptive Radiations ABZHANOV, A; Imperial College London and Natural History Museum, United Kingdom a.abzhanov@imperial.ac.uk Understanding the origins of morphological variation is one of the chief challenges to the modern biological sciences. Cranial diversity in vertebrates is a particularly inviting research […]
How Maternal Genetic Effects Shape Developmental Evolution
Meeting Abstract 58-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 – 10:45 How Maternal Genetic Effects Shape Developmental Evolution ZAKAS, C*; ROCKMAN, M; North Carolina State University; New York University czakas@ncsu.edu Phenotypic evolution in animals is constrained by the mechanics of early development. Large-scale evolutionary changes are initially shaped by developmental program, where simple trade-offs can ultimately result in a […]
