2693Population and Conservation Genomics
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2015
Time: 4:00 PM-6:10 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 3
4:15 PM
Genomics of Population Divergence and Species Cohesion in an Ecologically Important Species Complex
Kai N. Stölting, University of Fribourg;
Margot Paris, University of Fribourg;
Cecile Meier, University of Fribourg;
Berthold Heinze, Austrian Federal Research Centre for Forests (BFW);
Stefano Castiglione, University of Salerno;
Denes Bartha, West-Hungarian University;
David Macaya Sanz, Center of Forest Research, CIFOR-INIA;
Santiago Gonzalez-Martinez, Center of Forest Research, CIFOR-INIA;
Christian Lexer, University of Fribourg
4:30 PM
The Koala Genome Consortium - the Utilization of de novo Genome and Transcriptome Sequencing for Applied Conservation Genomics of an Iconic Australian Marsupial
Rebecca N. Johnson, Australian Museum Research Institute;
Matthew Hobbs, Australian Museum Research Institute;
Zhiliang Chen, Systems Biology Initiative, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences,;
Don J. Colgan, Australian Museum Research Institute;
Mark D.B. Eldridge, Australian Museum Research Institute;
Andrew G. King, Australian Museum Research Institute;
Adam Polkinghorne, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering,;
Marc R. Wilkins, Systems Biology Initiative, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences,;
Peter Timms, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering,
5:00 PM
Genome-Wide Analysis of Long-Term Evolutionary Domestication in Drosophila melanogaster
Mark A Phillips, University of Calirfornia, Irvine;
Anthony D. Long, University of Calirfornia, Irvine;
Lee F. Greer, University of Calirfornia, Irvine;
Molly K. Burke, University of Calirfornia, San Diego;
Laurence D. Mueller, University of Calirfornia, Irvine;
Michael R. Rose, University of Calirfornia, Irvine
5:30 PM
Genetic Differentiation, Transcriptome Variation, and Local Adaptation of Dominant Prairie Grass Androspogon gerardii along the Climate Gradient of the US Midwest: Implications for Climate Change and Restoration
Loretta C Johnson, Kansas state university;
Miranda M Gray, Cornell University;
Paul St Amand, USDA-ARS-Small Grain Genotyping Lab;
Matthew Galliart, Kansas State University;
Susan Brown, Kansas State University, KSU Bioinformatics Center;
Jesse Poland, Kansas State University;
Karen Garrett, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology;
Eduard Akhunov, Kansas State University;
Nora Bello, Kansas State University, Department of Statistics;
Theodore Morgan, Kansas State University, Department of Biology;
Sara G Baer, Southern Illinois University;
Brian Maricle, Biology Department,
5:45 PM
Exploring Origins, Invasion History and Genetic Diversity of Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. (Cogongrass) using Genotyping by Sequencing
Millie Burrell, Texas A&M University;
Alan E. Pepper, Texas A&M University;
George Hodnett, Texas A&M University;
John Goolsby, ARS-USDA;
William A. Overholt, University of Florida;
Alexis Racelis, University of Texas Pan American;
Rodrigo Diaz, University of Florida;
Patricia E. Klein, Department of Horticulture,Texas A&M University