Evolution of Genome Size

Date: Saturday, January 12, 2013
Time: 8:00 AM-10:10 AM
Room: Golden West
Organizer:
Daniel G. Peterson
8:00 AM
The smallest Gossypium genome as a reference for the genus
Andrew H. Paterson, University of Georgia

8:25 AM
The Expanding Universe Of Genome Size(s) -- New Light and Black Holes
Michael Bennett, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

8:50 AM
Genome Size Evolution In Gossypium (Cotton): Progress and Prospects
Corrinne Grover, Iowa State University; Andrew H. Paterson, University of Georgia; Daniel G. Peterson, Mississippi State University; William S. Sanders, Mississippi State University; Jeremy Schmutz, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Simon Renny-Byfield, Iowa State University; Jonathan F. Wendel, Iowa State University

9:15 AM
Architecture and Evolution of a Minimal Plant Genome
Eric Lyons, University of Arizona; Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Laboratorio Nacional de Genomica para la Biodiversidad; Gustavo Hernandez, Departimento de Alimentos, Universidad de Guanajuato; Anahi Perez-Torres, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet, University at Buffalo; Tien-Hao Chang, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo; Tianying Lan, University at Buffalo; Andreanna Welch, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo; Maria Jazmin Abraham Juarez, Departamento de Genetica, CINVESTAV; June Simpson, Departamento de Genetica, CINVESTAV; Araceli Fernandez-Cortez, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Mario Arteaga-Vazquez, Instituto de Biotecnologia y Ecologia Aplicada; Elsa Gongora-Castillo, Dept of Plant Biology, Michigan State University; Gustavo Acevedo-Hernandez, Centro Universitario de la Cienega; Stephan C. Schuster, Pennsylvania State University; Heinz Himmelbauer, Center for Genomic Regulation, CRG; Andre E. Minoche, Center for Genomic Regulation, CRG; Sen Xu, Department of Biology; Michael Lynch, Department of Biology; Araceli Oropeza-Aburto, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Sergio Alan Cervantes-Perez, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Maria de Jesus Ortega-Estrada, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Jacob Israel Cervantes-Luevano, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Todd P. Michael, Rutgers University; Todd C. Mockler, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; Doug Bryant, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Victor A. Albert, University of Buffalo; Luis Herrera-Estrella, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV

9:40 AM
Genome Size Evolution in Theobroma cacao: Recent Sequencing of Two Cacao Genomes of Different Size
David N. Kuhn, USDA ARS SHRS; Jianxin Ma, Purdue University; Ping Zheng, Washington State University; Dorrie Main, Washington State University; Niina Haiminen, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center; Laxmi Parida, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center; Omar Cornejo, Stanford University; Seth David Findley, Mars, Inc.; Donald Livingstone III, Mars, Inc.; Guiliana Mustiga, Mars, Inc.; Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.; Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University; Juan Carlos Motamayor Arias, MARS Inc.

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