From Behavior to Architecture and Back the Evolution of Social (‘so-shell’) Life in Social Hermit Crabs

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-11  Mon Jan 4 18:00 – 18:30  From Behavior to Architecture and Back: the Evolution of Social (‘so-shell’) Life in Social Hermit Crabs Laidre, ME; Dartmouth College mark.laidre@dartmouth.edu Architecture and social behavior might appear to occupy different worlds: one […]

Field studies of lizard copulation from physiological mechanisms of mating to behavioral correlates of paternity

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-3  Mon Jan 4 11:00 – 11:30  Field studies of lizard copulation: from physiological mechanisms of mating to behavioral correlates of paternity Johnson, MA*; Kirby, R; Fresquez, CC; Wang, S; Stehle, CM; Templeton, AR; Losos, JB; Kamath, A; Trinity […]

Exoskeleton weapons and defenses in crustacean conflicts

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-12  Mon Jan 4 18:30 – 19:00  Exoskeleton weapons and defenses in crustacean conflicts Taylor, JRA*; Lowder, K; deVries, M; University of California, San Diego; NOAA; San Jose State University j3taylor@ucsd.edu Contests in the crustacean world are fought with […]

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of flexible foraging behavior for bees and flowers

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-5  Mon Jan 4 14:00 – 14:30  Ecological and evolutionary consequences of flexible foraging behavior for bees and flowers Russell, AL; Missouri State University AveryRussell@MissouriState.edu https://therusselllab.net/ Flexibility in behavior is thought to enable evolutionary success and can shape the […]

Don’t touch The function and evolution of defensive spines in mammals

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-9  Mon Jan 4 16:30 – 17:00  Don’t touch! The function and evolution of defensive spines in mammals Stankowich, T; California State University Long Beach theodore.stankowich@csulb.edu https://www.csulb.edu/biological-sciences/mammal-lab Animals employ a wide array of defensive strategies to avoid being killed […]

Chance events and strategic behavior in the predator-prey interactions of fishes

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S3-7  Mon Jan 4 15:00 – 15:30  Chance events and strategic behavior in the predator-prey interactions of fishes McHenry, MJ*; Peterson, AN; Soto, AP; University of California, Irvine mmchenry@uci.edu https://mchenrylab.bio.uci.edu/ Predator-prey interactions are critical to the biology of a […]

Testing how broad physiological tolerances are shaped by selection transcriptomic variation in salinity, temperature, and hypoxia responses in the eastern oyster

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S2-7  Mon Jan 4 15:00 – 15:30  Testing how broad physiological tolerances are shaped by selection: transcriptomic variation in salinity, temperature, and hypoxia responses in the eastern oyster Kelly, MW*; Smith, HN; Sirovy, KA; LaPeyre, JF; List, SM; Johnson, […]

Phenotypic variation in energy metabolism across New Zealand snail populations

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S2-6  Mon Jan 4 14:30 – 03:00  Phenotypic variation in energy metabolism across New Zealand snail populations Matoo, OB*; Sharbrough, J; Neiman, M; Montooth, KL; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; […]

Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) dramatically recalibrate the model for the upper limit of the eukaryotic mutation rate

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S2-9  Mon Jan 4 16:30 – 17:00  Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) dramatically recalibrate the model for the upper limit of the eukaryotic mutation rate Churches, N; Chancellor, J; Chang, P; Nuzhdin , S*; Univ. Southern California; Univ. Southern California; […]

Multi-omic approaches to reveal interactions between the hard clam and its parasite QPX

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract S2-3  Mon Jan 4 11:00 – 11:30  Multi-omic approaches to reveal interactions between the hard clam and its parasite QPX Allam, B; Stony Brook University bassem.allam@stonybrook.edu https://you.stonybrook.edu/madl/ QPX is a protistan parasite that infects the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, […]

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