SUNDAY, APRIL 10 Across Societies – Experimental Biology

SUNDAY485. DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH: CRANIOFACIALPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:30 PM-2:00 PMC17 485.1 Early gene interactions that discriminate amongthe four ectodermal domains in the embryonic head. M.C.Peterson, J. Xu, K.M. Neilson, S.A. Moody and C.H. Sullivan.Penn State, George Washington Univ. and Grinnell Col., IA.C18 485.2 Deciphering microarray data provides insightinto intramembranous bone induction and patterning — buthow deep is it buried!. J. Jabalee and T.A. Franz-Odendaal.Mount Saint Vincent Univ., Canada.486. DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH: GENE ANDPROTEIN EXPRESSIONPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:30 PM-2:00 PMC19 486.1 Characterizing the nature of the Xst199mutation and the normal function of the TANGO1 protein introphoblast cells. A.C. Moore and A. Sutherland. Univ. ofVirginia.C20 486.2 Claudin expression in embryonic kidney tubules.I.R. Gupta, H. Khairallah, A. Baumholtz, M.M. Collins, J. ElAndalousi and A.K. Ryan. McGill Univ. Hlth. Ctr.C21 486.3 Zebrafi sh as a vertebrate model of ENOSF1function. S.M. Finckbeiner, P-J. Ko, K. Bishop, R. Sood, K.Gross, B. Dolnick, J. Sufrin and P. Liu. NHGRI, NIH andRoswell Park Cancer Inst.C22 486.4 Identifi cation of Pitx2c interaction partners.A.K. Ryan and D. Siontas. McGill Univ.487. DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH: LIMBSPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:30 PM-2:00 PMC23 487.1 The relationship between infl ammation andregeneration in larval Xenopus limbs. A.L. Mescher, A. Neffand M. King. Indiana Univ. Sch. of Med., Bloomington.C24 487.2 Disparate conservation of gene expression inLMX1B-directed limb dorsalization. M. Estes, J.M. Feenstra,C.U. Pira and K.C. Oberg. Loma Linda Univ.C25 487.3 Upregulation of Lef1 during Fgf2 mediatedinduction of Shh expression. G.L. Mattison, E.D. Steinman,C.U. Pira and K.C. Oberg. Loma Linda Univ.C26 487.4 Defi ning the mechanism of limb regeneration:a potential novel role for BAMBI in mediating Fgf-induced Shhupregulation. E.D. Steinman, G.L. Mattison, C.U. Pira andK.C. Oberg. Loma Linda Univ.C27 487.5 Sonic hedgehog promotes patternedregeneration in OZD mutants. D.G. Rudisaile, R.O. Woods,C.U. Pira, J.F. Fallon and K.C. Oberg. Loma Linda Univ. andUniv. of Wisconsin-Madison.488. BONES, CARTILAGE AND TEETH: EXERCISE,BIOMECHANICS, BIOENGINEERINGPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:30 PM-2:00 PMC28 488.1 The effects of manipulating the frequency andmagnitude of mastication on systemic skeletal robusticity inmice. L.E. Copes, A. Oldak, M.R. Brown and K. Whitmore.Sch. of Human Evol. and Soc. Change, Arizona State Univ.C29 488.2 The effect of exercise on the musculature andcurvature of the spine in dystrophin-defi cient mice. E. Simons,D. Brereton and J.H. Plochocki. Midwestern Univ., AZ.C30 488.3 Z joint gapping as assessed by piezoelectricaccelerometry and MRI. G. Cramer, K. Ross, P.K. Raju,J. Cambron, J. Cantu, J. Dexheimer, P. Bora, S. Selby, A.Habeck, D. Gregerson and R. McKinnis. Natl. Univ. of Hlth.Sci., IL, Canadian Mem. Chiropractic Col., Toronto and AuburnUniv.C31 488.4 Pelvic kinematics between healthy womenand women with ACL reconstruction during a drop jump. M.G.Rosario, A. Ortiz and M. Lopez. Univ. of Puerto Rico Med. Sci.Campus, Sch. of Hlth. Professions and Sch. of Med.C32 488.5 Force production during a counter movementjump in subjects with Parkinson disease. T. Haacker, K.B.Foreman, P.C. LaStayo, R.L. Marcus and L.E. Dibble. Univ.of Utah.C33 488.6 The effects of fatigue and gender on ankleligament laxity. K. Silke, J. Hertel and R. Wunderlich. JamesMadison Univ. and Univ. of Virginia.C34 488.7 Voluntary exercise, spontaneous physicalactivity, and systemic skeletal robusticity in high endurancerunningmice L.E. Copes, H. Schutz, E.M. Dlugsoz and T.Garland, Jr. Sch. of Human Evol. and Soc. Change, ArizonaState Univ., Univ. of California, Riverside and Cal Poly StateUniv., San Luis Obispo.C35 488.8 Regional variation in canal volume of the humantibial cortex. N.A. Hampson, K.J. Jepsen, S.R. Kalidindi, G.F.Duarte and H.M. Goldman. Drexel Univ., Mount Sinai Sch. ofMed. and Drexel Univ. Col. of Med.489. BONES, CARTILAGE AND TEETH: EVOLUTIONAND ANTHROPOLOGYPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALL ABCPresentation time: 12:30 PM-2:00 PMANATOMYC36 489.1 Morphology of invasion: 3D cranial morphologyof Florida’s Nile monitor population. S. Macks, M.B. Meers, T.Campbell and C. McHenry. Univ. of Tampa and Monash Univ.Sch. of Biomed. Sci., Australia.C37 489.2 Ontogenetic changes in the microarchitectureof sutures in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).U. Zapata, S. Liu, J. Sun, R.M. Elsey and Q. Wang. MercerUniv. Med. Sch., Eafi t Univ., Colombia, Indiana Univ. Sch. ofDent. and Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, GrandChenier.135SUN