Molecular Characterization of Skeletal Muscle Plasticity in Non-Model Organisms
Sponsored by the APS Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section

Mon. April 3—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Chaired:	Amanda Szucsik, Univ. of California, Irvine Bryan Rourke, California State Univ., Long Beach

Abstract not available at this time.

10:30 AM	Thermal plasticity of muscle phenotype in fish. Ian Johnston, Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland
11:00 AM	Phenotypic diversity of crustacean skeletal muscle. Donald Mykles, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins
11:20 AM	The adaptable avian skeletal muscle fiber: A useful model for the examination of plasticity. Benjamin Rosser, Univ. of Saskatchewan
11:40 AM	Maintenance of slow type I myosin in hibernating mammals: Effects of torpor or intrinsic regulation? Bryan Rourke, California State Univ., Long Beach
12:10 PM	Absence of plasticity in Varanus exanthematicus skeletal. Amanda Szucsik, Univ. of California, Irvine