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Population and Conservation Genomics 1

Date: Saturday, January 14, 2017
Time: 4:00 PM-6:10 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 3
Organizer:
Om P. Rajora
4:00 PM
Introductory Remarks


4:05 PM
Using Comparative Population Genomics to Find the Genes Driving Convergent Local Adaptation
Sam Yeaman, University of Calgary; Kathryn A. Hodgins, Monash University; Katie Lotterho, Northeastern University; Haktan Suren, Virginia Tech University; Simon Nadeau, Natural Resources Canada; Jon Degner, UBC; Kristin Nurkowski, Monash University; Pia Smets, University of British Columbia; Tongli Wang, UBC; Laura Gray, University of Alberta; Katharina Liepe, University of Alberta; Andreas Hamann, University of Alberta; Jason Holliday, Virginia Tech University; Michael C. Whitlock, University of British Columbia; Loren H. Rieseberg, University of British Columbia; Sally N. Aitken, University of British Columbia

4:25 PM
Rapid Adaptation through Standing Genetic Variation
Marjorie F. Oleksiak, University of Miami

4:45 PM
Characterization of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Hatchery and Natural-Origin Steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Mackenzie Gavery, University of Washington; Krista M. Nichols, NOAA Fisheries; Giles Goetz, University of Washington; Mollie Middleton, University of Washington; Penny Swanson, NOAA Fisheries

5:05 PM
Population Genomics of Copy Number Variation in a Natural Population of Teosinte
Wenbin Mei, University of California, Davis; Simon Renny-Byfield, University of California; Anne Lorant, University of California, Davis; Nathan M. Springer, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota; John F. Doebley, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, University of California

5:25 PM
Genomics of Elephants and their Extinct Relatives
Eleftheria Palkopoulou, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

6:05 PM
Concluding Remarks


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