Meeting Abstract 23-2 Saturday, Jan. 4 13:45 – 14:00 Sexual Selection and Adaptive Evolution in Variable Environments: Phenotypic Plasticity as a Good-Genes Effect KELLY, PW*; PFENNIG, DW; PFENNIG, KS; UNC Chapel Hill; UNC Chapel Hill patk@live.unc.edu http://patkellybiology.com What is the role of sexual selection in adaptive evolution? Theory, modeling, and data tell us that sexual selection can […]
year: 2020
Salinity mediated shape plasticity in oceancic threespine stickleback
Meeting Abstract 23-3 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:15 Salinity mediated shape plasticity in oceancic threespine stickleback KING, RW*; WUND, MA; FOSTER, SA; BAKER, JA; Rich King, Clark University, Worcester, MA; The University of New Jersey; Clark University, Worcester, MA; Clark University, Worcester, MA rking@clarku.edu Adaptive radiations offer unique insights into evolutionary processes and elucidating the processes […]
Genomic evidence of environmental specialization and cryptic speciation in two massive coral species on the Florida Keys Reef Tract
Meeting Abstract 23-4 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:15 – 14:30 Genomic evidence of environmental specialization and cryptic speciation in two massive coral species on the Florida Keys Reef Tract RIPPE, JP*; DIXON, GB; MATZ, MV; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin jpr6mg@gmail.com Broadcast-spawning coral species have wide geographic ranges, […]
Evolutionary Change in the Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Following an Experimental Low Salinity Event
Meeting Abstract 23-6 Saturday, Jan. 4 14:45 – 15:00 Evolutionary Change in the Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Following an Experimental Low Salinity Event GRIFFITHS, JS*; JOHNSON, KM; KELLY, MW; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University jgrif61@lsu.edu The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is known for its tolerance to a wide range of salinities, but evidence suggests […]
Variation in Animal Personality Across a Major Environmental Gradient
Meeting Abstract 22-3 Saturday, Jan. 4 11:00 – 11:15 Variation in Animal Personality Across a Major Environmental Gradient CULUMBER, ZW; University of Alabama in Huntsville zwc0001@uah.edu Theory indicates that animal personality should arise in association with predictable life history trade-offs. Environmental gradients are common in the wild and generate predictable trade-offs, yet we have limited knowledge of […]
The evolution of cognition and behavior during a natural biological invasion
Meeting Abstract 22-4 Saturday, Jan. 4 11:15 – 11:30 The evolution of cognition and behavior during a natural biological invasion BENSKY, MK*; BELL, AM; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign bensky2@illinois.edu Species invasions provide an opportunity to study how traits evolve as organisms move into novel environments. The invasion process might act as a filter […]
Testing cognitive flexibility in non-model organisms Poeciliid fishes vary by species, sex and context in detour performance
Meeting Abstract 22-5 Saturday, Jan. 4 11:30 – 11:45 Testing cognitive flexibility in non-model organisms: Poeciliid fishes vary by species, sex and context in detour performance SCHUMM, MR*; CUMMINGS, ME; RAMSEY, ME; UT; UT; UT mschumm13@gmail.com Cognitive performance varies between species, and differences in life history characteristics may explain much of that variation. We compare variation in […]
Leveraging Network Analysis to Study the Evolution of Sociality in Vertebrates
Meeting Abstract 22-2 Saturday, Jan. 4 10:45 – 11:00 Leveraging Network Analysis to Study the Evolution of Sociality in Vertebrates YOUNG, R/L*; HOFMANN, H/A; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin youngrl@utexas.edu https://devoevo.ccbb.utexas.edu/ Recent comparative studies of complex behavioral phenotypes find evidence that homoplasy, or the evolution of similar phenotypes in unrelated species, is […]
Genetic Background and Sexual Experience Jointly Determine Courtship Strategy
Meeting Abstract 22-1 Saturday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 10:45 Genetic Background and Sexual Experience Jointly Determine Courtship Strategy PHIPPS, N*; STEIN, LR; HOKE, K; Colorado State University; University of Oklahoma; Colorado State University Nathan.Phipps@colostate.edu Animal mating behavior is influenced by both genetic background and lifetime experience. We sought to investigate how genetic adaptations to environmental stressors interact […]
Doing more with less African giant pouched rats specialize in olfaction with a typical olfactory receptor repertoire
Meeting Abstract 22-6 Saturday, Jan. 4 11:45 – 12:00 Doing more with less: African giant pouched rats specialize in olfaction with a typical olfactory receptor repertoire FREEMAN, AR*; OPHIR, AG; SHEEHAN, MJ; Cornell University; Cornell University; Cornell University arf86@cornell.edu https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/742668v1 Rodents use their keen sense of smell to navigate their environment, find food and mates, recognize conspecifics, […]
