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Monday, July 23rd

Monday, July 23rd, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Grand Ballroom - Exhibit Hall/Mayo Civic Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Molecular Ecology
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PME001July 23rd 5:30 pmGrand Ballroom - Exhibit Hall/Mayo Civic CenterBoth climatic change and geographic isolation have driven the diversification of Amana in East Asia
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Molecular EcologyZhang, Yonghua; Cai, Minqi; Chen, Yao; Xie, Xinglv; Cameron, Kenneth; Fu, Chengxin; Li, Pan.
PME002July 23rd 5:30 pmGrand Ballroom - Exhibit Hall/Mayo Civic CenterMetagenomics of rhizobacterial community associated with the bryophyte, Funaria hygrometrica – A pioneer of burnt sites
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Molecular EcologyKumar, Sachin; Singh, Vibhuti; Uniyal, Prem Lal.Rhizobacteria
Funaria
burnt sites
Metagenomics
PME003July 23rd 5:30 pmGrand Ballroom - Exhibit Hall/Mayo Civic CenterIdentification of microsatellite loci for investigating bird-mediated genetic isolation by habitat in oak mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnst
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Molecular EcologyFlanders, Nicholas; Musselman, Lytton; Randle, Christopher; Barshis, Daniel; Walters, Eric.mistletoe
isolation by habitat
seed dispersal
Microsatellite
PME004July 23rd 5:30 pmGrand Ballroom - Exhibit Hall/Mayo Civic CenterUnderstanding the role of epigenetics and phenotypic plasticity in shaping variation in geographic range size in the geographically restricted genus, Leavenworthia
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Molecular EcologyWilliams, Brigette; Miller, Allison; Edwards, Christine.rarity
phenotypic plasticity
epigenetics
conservation epigenetics
Leavenworthia
DNA methylation
Quantitative Genetics
plant conservation
PME005July 23rd 5:30 pmGrand Ballroom - Exhibit Hall/Mayo Civic CenterThe tempo of floral gene expression in Canella winterana, a synchronously dichogamous species
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Molecular EcologyGarrett, Patrick; Moore, Rich.synchronous dichogamy
Differential Expression Analysis
RNAseq

Tuesday, July 24th

Tuesday, July 24th, 8:15 am to 11:45 am · 107/Mayo Civic Center
Session 22: Contributed Papers: Molecular Ecology
Presiding: Elizabeth Stunz, ; Norman Wickett, Chicago Botanic Garden
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22001July 24th 8:15 am107/Mayo Civic CenterOut of one, many: The biodiversity considerations and ecological consequences of polyploidy
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperLaport, Robert; Ng, Julienne.assortative mating
community phylogenetics
evolutionary ecology
pollinators
population biology
Speciation
species interactions
22002July 24th 8:30 am107/Mayo Civic CenterThe role of polyploidy in evolutionary niche divergence across the range of Geum triflorum Pursh
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperPuppo, Pamela; Di Santo, Lionel; Hamilton, Jill.whole genome duplication
Adaptation
allopolyploid
midwestern prairies
transcriptomics
22003July 24th 8:45 am107/Mayo Civic CenterImpact of suburban landscape features on gene flow of an invasive grass
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperArredondo, Tina; Cruzan, Mitchell.Biological invasion
landscape genetics
Isolation by resistance
Circuitscape
dispersal
22004July 24th 9:00 am107/Mayo Civic CenterGenome-wide search uncovers evidence for convergent and divergent responses to selection in a weedy species
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperVan Etten , Megan; Baucom, Regina.Adaptation
herbicide
exome resequencing
convergent evolution
22005July 24th 9:15 am107/Mayo Civic CenterCharacterizing ecological and genetic patterns of the colonizing species Dubautia scabra on The Big Island, Hawaii
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperNaibauer, Samanta; McGlaughlin, Mitchell.Hawaiian Silversword Alliance
microsatellites
colonization
gene flow
22006July 24th 9:30 am107/Mayo Civic CenterMolecular ecology of the arctic moist tundra sedge, tussock cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), in the context of local adaptation and climate change
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperStunz, Elizabeth; Mohl, Jonathan; Fetcher, Ned; Tang, Jim; Moody, Michael.evolutionary ecology
ecotypes
arctic plants
tussock cottongrass
Eriophorum vaginatum
population genetics
molecular ecology
moist tussock tundra
ddRAD
NGS
July 24th 9:45 am107/Mayo Civic CenterBreak
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22008July 24th 10:15 am107/Mayo Civic CenterDifferential gene expression associated with a floral scent polymorphism in the evening primrose Oenothera harringtonii (Onagraceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperBechen, Lindsey; Wickett, Norman; Johnson, Matthew; Levin, Rachel; Jogesh, Tania; Overson, Rick; Fant, Jeremie; Raguso, Robert; Skogen , Krissa Ann.Onagraceae
plant volatiles
RNA-Seq
Differential Expression Analysis
linalool
floral scent
transcriptomics
22009July 24th 10:30 am107/Mayo Civic CenterGenetic and physiological mechanisms of cold acclimation and local adaptation
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperOakley, Christopher.Freezing tolerance
Cold acclimation
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity
Winter annual
local adaptation
Fitness tradeoffs
22010July 24th 10:45 am107/Mayo Civic CenterRapid evolution in response to heavy metals: Evolutionary adaptation of Andropogon virginicus in abandoned mines
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperSharpe , Samantha Lipson; Johnson, Loretta; Galliart, Matt; Parrish, Olivia.local adaptation
divergence
phenotypic plasticity 
heavy metal tolerance
Genetic diversity
22011July 24th 11:00 am107/Mayo Civic CenterRNA-Seq analysis reveals novel insights into serpentine tolerance in Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. barbarae (Brassicaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperHawkins, Angela; Pepper, Alan.Serpentine
Caulanthus
RNA-Seq
Brassicaceae
22012July 24th 11:15 am107/Mayo Civic CenterMetagenomic Analysis of Giant Duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) Microbiota Suggests a Role for Rhizobia in Nutrient Sequestration
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperBaker, Stokes S.; Peeples, Keona; Shella, Sameh M.; Fijal, Savannah; Lopez, Sarah M.; Chames, Nicholas M.; Kooner, Taj P.; Mims, Mitchell A..16S rRNA
Aeromonadales
bacteria
Barcode
Giant duckweed
mesotrophic
Metagenomics
Nutrient uptake
oligotrophic
phosphate
phosphorus
Rhizobiales
Rhizobium
rhizobia
Spirodela polyrhiza
22013July 24th 11:30 am107/Mayo Civic CenterThe Development and Use of Microsatellite Markers for Investigating Clonal Diversity and Parental Origins in Complex Polyploid Species
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperThapa, Ramhari; Bayer, Randall; Mandel, Jennifer.Antennaria rosea
Microsatellite
Genetic diversity
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