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  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM US PDT
    BioAnthro Platform Session
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Chair: Habiba Chirchir – Ohio State University
    Evolution/Anthropology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    8:30 AM - 8:45 AM US PDT
    Cranial Suture Complexity and Function in Mammals Is Driven by Diverse Biomechanical Demands
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Alana C. Sharp, PhD – University of Liverpool
    Evolution/Anthropology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    8:45 AM - 9:00 AM US PDT
    The Impact of Footwear on Human Talar Trabecular Architecture
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Hannah N. Farrell, PhD – University of Chicago
    Evolution/Anthropology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    9:00 AM - 9:15 AM US PDT
    Patterns of Inter-specific Variation in the Architecture of Primate Lips and the Unique Structure of Hominin Lips
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Liat Rotenstreich, MD – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Medicine
    Evolution/Anthropology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    9:15 AM - 9:30 AM US PDT
    Evolvability and Constraint in Human Mandible and Hyoid
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Kelsey D. O'Neill – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Evolution/Anthropology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    9:30 AM - 9:45 AM US PDT
    Sexual Dimorphism of Long Bone Mineral Density and Growth in the Free-ranging Rhesus Macaques of Cayo Santiago
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: George N. Francis, PhD – East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
    Presenting Co-Author: Qian Wang – Texas A&M School of Dentistry
    Evolution/Anthropology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    9:45 AM - 10:00 AM US PDT
    Comparative Analysis of Aye-aye Incisor Curvature and Morphology in Relation to Rodents and Lagomorphs
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Sacha Sides – University of Florida
    Evolution/Anthropology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Gone to the Dogs: Anatomical and Physiological Adaptations in Canid Evolution
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Co-Chair: Anne M. Burrows, Ph.D – Duquesne University
    Co-Chair: Heather F. Smith, PhD – Midwestern University/ The Anatomical Record
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
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  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM US PDT
    Nature and Nurture in Canine Brain Organization
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Erin Hecht, PhD – Harvard University
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM US PDT
    Changes of the Oxidative Stress System in the Domestic Dog: Aging, Phylogeny, and Welfare Impacts
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Ana Jimenez, PhD – Colgate University
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Evolutionary Comparative Anatomy of Canid Musculature
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Heather F. Smith, PhD – Midwestern University/ The Anatomical Record
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Form & Function Platform Session
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Chair: Casey M. Holliday, Ph.D – University of Missouri
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 10:45 AM US PDT
    Fleshed-out Mass Properties and Accelerations of the Head of Tyrannosaurus Rex
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Eric Snively – Oklahoma State University
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:45 AM - 11:00 AM US PDT
    Osteological Correlates and Developmental Origins of the Palatal Soft Tissues and Nasal Passage in Amniotes
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Zachary S. Morris, PhD – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    11:00 AM - 11:15 AM US PDT
    The Snout and Nasal Cavity of the Basal Mammal Fruitafossor: Regional Anatomy and Ecological Implications
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Brigid Connelly, MS – University of Louisville, Department of Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    11:15 AM - 11:30 AM US PDT
    Enthesis Surface Complexity in Varanids Differ with Species, Body Size, and Ecology
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Brian L. Beatty – New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    11:30 AM - 11:45 AM US PDT
    What Good Is a Halfway Ear? Auditory Biomechanics in Thrinaxodon
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Alec T. Wilken, BS, MS – University of Chicago
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    11:45 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Effects of Non-linear Locomotion on Bone Structure in Mice: Insights from a Whole-bone Approach
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Sarah Bergren – Keck School of Medicine of USC
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Just Another Hole in the Wall: The Origin, Function and Loss of Temporal Fenestrae in Sauropsida
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Chair: Tomasz Owerkowicz – California State University, San Bernardino
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    Are Dorsal Temporal Fenestrae Thermal Windows for Brain Temperature Control in Crocodylians?
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Breanna S. Ramirez, Master's of Science – California State University, San Bernardino
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM US PDT
    Turtle Skull Development Unveils a Molecular Basis for Amniote Cranial Diversity
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Masayoshi Tokita – Toho University
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    The Lepidosaurian Lower Temporal Region - Losses or Gains?
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Susan E. Evans, PhD – University College London
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Each One More Heritable Than the Last: Quantitative Genetics of Homologous Structures
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Co-Chair: Anna M. Hardin, PhD – Western University of Health Sciences
    Co-Chair: Catherine Llera Martin – Western University of Health Sciences
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Heritability and Evolution in the Primate Vertebral Column: Insights from the Cayo Santiago Macaques
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Catalina I. Villamil, MS PhD – University of Puerto Rico – Medical Sciences Campus
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM US PDT
    Computer Vision and the Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Arthur Porto, PhD – University of Florida
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of the Genetic Architecture of Homologous Characters
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Alan C. Love, MA, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Deep Time Perspectives on Bone Remodeling and Regeneration
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Chair: Thomas Stewart – Penn State University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    Evolutionary Origin of Bone Remodeling
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Yara Haridy – The University of Chicago
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM US PDT
    Skeletal Plasticity in Fish Fins: How Swimming Shapes Bone
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Thomas Stewart – Penn State University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Shared Molecular Mechanisms of Fin and Limb Regeneration
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Igor Schneider – Louisiana State University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Comparative Anatomy Platform Session
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Chair: Matthew Vickaryous, BSc, MSc, PhD – University of Guelph
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:30 PM - 3:45 PM US PDT
    The Cribriform Region Is a Source of CSF Loss in Crocodilians
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Bruce A. Young – Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:45 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    The Impacts of Obesity on the Avian Respiratory System
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Aracely Martinez, MS – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US PDT
    Anatomical Homologies of Body Wall Layers in the Python Bivittatus and Other Tetrapods
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Jordan Golden – Midwestern University
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:15 PM - 4:30 PM US PDT
    The Practical Utility of UV Biofluorescence in the Casques of Cassowaries
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Todd L Green – NYITCOM
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:30 PM - 4:45 PM US PDT
    Face to Face: Insights on the New Homotherium Cub Mummy and Smilodon Fatalis
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Misty Haji Sheikh – Northern Illinois University
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Changes in Neural Structure as a Result of Endocranial Shape Variation
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Samantha E. Yawitz – University of California, Berkeley
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology