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A Century Of Wood Anatomy and 75 Years Of IAWA
A tribute to Lawrence R. Blinks: Ions, light, and algae
Botanical Cyberinfrastructure: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities, and Initiatives
Bringing Together the Living and Dead: Integrating Extant and Fossil Biodiversity in Evolutionary Studies
Deep Time Colloquium
Ecological Responses of Bryophytes to Changing Climate
Ecology and Floristics in Northern California - Current Knowledge and Unexplored Realms
Flora of North America: Synergy with other Botanical Projects
Human Transformation of California: Botany, History, and Sociology
Hybridization as a Stimulus for the Evolution of Invasiveness in Plants
Land Plant Evolution: Phylogenetics and Beyond
Lichens as Bioindicators of Air Quality
New Advances in Fern Ecology
Paleobotany in the Post-Genomics Era
Plenary Symposium: New Directions in Molecular and Organismal Botany
The Comparative - Phylogenetic Method of Reconstructing Evolutionary History
The Evolution of Ericales: Recent Insights using both Morphology and Molecules

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Tuesday, August 1st

Tuesday, August 1st
8:15 am to 12:00 pm · 350/Holt
Session 34: Contributed Papers: Molecular Evolution, Ecology and Population Genetics II
Presiding: Kevin M. Potter, North Carolina State University
34-1August 1st
8:15 am
350/HoltValidating internal controls for gene expression studies in Coffea arabica
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PaperBarsalobres-Cavallari, C.F., Maluf, M.P., Maia, I.G..Coffea arabica
gene expression
housekeeping genes
34-2August 1st
8:30 am
350/HoltMolecular evolution of the GapC gene family in Conradina and other New World Mentheae (Lamiaceae)
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PaperEdwards, Christine E., Lefkowitz, David, Soltis, Douglas E., Soltis, Pamela S..Lamiaceae
molecular evolution
Conradina
GapC
gene duplication
phylogenetic utility
34-3August 1st
8:45 am
350/HoltEvolution of matK, a conserved plastid intron maturase, in the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta
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PaperMcNeal, Joel R., Kuehl, Jennifer V., Boore, Jeffrey L., dePamphilis, Claude W..matK
intron-splicing
Cuscuta
Epifagus
chloroplast
parasitic plants
34-4August 1st
9:00 am
350/HoltEvolutionary Dynamics and Phylogenetic Utility of Single Copy Nuclear Genes in Flowering Plants
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PaperDuarte, Jill, Beckmann, Kevin G., Wall, P. Kerr, Landherr, Lena, Leebens-Mack, Jim, Ma, Hong, dePamphilis, Claude W..phylogeny
low-copy nuclear marker
molecular evolution
Angiosperm
34-5August 1st
9:15 am
350/HoltMultiple origins and widespread distribution of coexisting polyploids
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PaperHufft, Rebecca.polyploidy
minority cytotype exclusion theory
Arnica cordifolia
Apomixis
habitat differentiation
34-6August 1st
9:30 am
350/HoltPhylogeography of the mistletoe Tristerix corymbosus (Loranthaceae) inferred from chloroplast DNA sequences
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PaperAmico, Guillermo C., Nickrent, Daniel.atpB-rbcL
trnT-L-F region
glacial refugia
South America
chloroplast DNA
34-7August 1st
9:45 am
350/HoltPhylogeography of the Eastern North American firs (Abies): A microsatellite study
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PaperPotter, Kevin M., Josserand, Sedley, Frampton, John, Nelson, C. Dana.Pleistocene refugia
introgression
post-glacial migration
August 1st
10:00 am
350/HoltBreak
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34-8August 1st
10:15 am
350/HoltInbreeding depression, outbreeding depression, and evolution in founding populations of an invasive plant
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PaperDlugosch, Katrina, Parker, Ingrid M..invasive species
rapid evolution
founder effect
breeding system
inbreeding
34-9August 1st
10:30 am
350/HoltNatural variation and its genetic basis in Arabidopsis thaliana in response to soil nutrients
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PaperByers, Diane.Arabidopsis thaliana
heterogeneous environments
genetic architecture
QTL
34-10August 1st
10:45 am
350/HoltGenetic structure of a dominant forest tree, Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.)Nutt.
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PaperGordon, Sarah, Whitkus, Richard.Umbellularia californica
landscape genetics
AFLP
population genetics
34-11August 1st
11:00 am
350/HoltGenetic variation in two native grasses in the ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona: implications for restoration
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PaperZhang, Huarong, DeWald, Laura, Smith, Steven.native plants
restoration
genetic variation
phenotypic variation
climate
geographic distance
34-12August 1st
11:15 am
350/HoltExamination of plant community-level genetic diversity across a chronosequence in the Hawaiian Islands
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PaperRamp Neale, Jennifer M., Ranker, Tom A., Guralnick, Robert.Hawaiian Islands
ISSR
Multi-species Assessment
chronosequence
Conservation
GIS
34-13August 1st
11:30 am
350/HoltHybrids between weedy and cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam exhibit heterosis: implications for rapid evolution in weedy rice
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PaperSnow, Allison, Sweeney, P. M., Lang, Nguyen, Buu, Bui.gene flow
introgression
weedy rice
cultivated rice
fecundity
transgene
Vietnam
August 1st
11:45 am
350/HoltDiscussion
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Tuesday, August 1st
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm · Auditorium/Bell Memorial Union
Session 48: Contributed Posters: Genetics
Presiding: Unknown,
48-73August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionConservation genetics of Scutellaria taiwanensis and S. austrotaiwanensis, two rare species in Taiwan
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Poster: Genetics SectionChiang, Yu-Chung, Shen, Tzu-Hsiu, Hsu, Tsai-Wen, Chiang, Tzen-Yuh, Hung, Kuo-Hsaing, Tsai, Chi-Chu, Chou, Chang-Hung.Scutellaria taiwanensis
S. austrotaiwanensis
population genetics
conservation genetics
endemic species
48-74August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionEvolution of the AP3/DEF K-domain and C-terminal domain in Impatiens
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Poster: Genetics SectionJanssens, Steven, Geuten, Koen, Huysmans, Suzy, Smets, Erik.Impatiens
C-terminal domain
K-domain
Balsaminaceae
Ericales
molecular evolution
class B MADS-box genes
48-75August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionUse of fluorescent proteins to monitor the interaction of transcription factors in Arabidopsis
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Poster: Genetics SectionGilding, Edward, Marks, M. David, Sanders, Mark.trichome
Transcription factor
protein interaction
48-76August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionMicroarray profiling of Persea americana flowers: in search of organ-specific gene expression and developmental pathways.
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Poster: Genetics SectionChanderbali, Andre, Altman, Naomi, Leebens-Mack, Jim, Soltis, Pamela S., Soltis, Douglas E..Microarray
Persea
Floral development
gene expression
Developmental Pathways
48-78August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionIdentifying the genes involved in gender differentiation in Populus trichocarpa
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Poster: Genetics SectionTemmel, Nyssa A..Dioecy
Populus trichocarpa
Gender differentialtion
Microarrays
48-79August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionIdentification of 5.8S nrRNA pseudogenes in Mammillaria (Cactaceae)
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Poster: Genetics SectionHarpke, Doerte, Peterson, Angela.Mammillaria
pseudogenes
5.8S rDNA
polymorphism
secondary structure
cDNA
Cactaceae
48-80August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionProduction of Recombinant Maize Ubiquiting Conjugating Enzyme in E.coli
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Poster: Genetics SectionLopez, Harry, Gillikin, Jeff, Holmes, Robert, Boston, Rebecca.Maize, ER, Ubiquitin, plasmid vector
48-81August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionReal-Time PCR analysis of fruit-specific genes from Coffea arabica
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Poster: Genetics SectionBarsalobres-Cavallari, C.F., Maluf, M.P., Maia, I.G..Coffea arabica
fruit-specific genes
quantitative PCR
48-82August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionPatterns of genetic variation at the rbcL-atpB spacer of chloroplast DNA and S-adenosyl Methionine Synthase Locus in Asian Wild and Cultivated Rice
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Poster: Genetics SectionChiang, Yu-Chung, Londo, Jason, Hung, Kuo-Hsaing, Chiang, Tzen-Yuh, Ge, Xue-Jun, Schaal, Barbara A..Asian common wild rice
landrace rice
cultivated rice
genetic loss
Oryza rufipogon
O. sativa
bottleneck effect
48-83August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionInter-Simple Sequence Repeat Diversity of Astragalus crassicarpus var. trichocalyx in Illinois and Missouri Populations
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Poster: Genetics SectionRogenski, Christina, Smith, Marian, Esselman, Elizabeth.endangered
Astragalus
Illinois
48-85August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionIdentification of Ty1-copia retrotransposon families in Lupinus by isolation and phylogenetic analysis of reverse transcriptase sequences
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Poster: Genetics SectionMahé, Frédéric, Sinou, Carole, Pasquet, Rémy, Misset, Marie-thérèse, Ainouche, Abdelkader.Lupinus
Ty1-copia retrotransposon
Reverse Transcriptase
evolution
48-86August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionEffect of pollinator on haploid induction in potato
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Poster: Genetics SectionJansky, Shelley.Solanum
ploidy manipulation
haploidization
Tuesday, August 1st
2:00 pm to 4:15 pm · 268/Holt
Session 55: Contributed Papers: Genomics
Presiding: Randall Small, University of Tennessee
55-1August 1st
2:00 pm
268/HoltTranscriptional profiling and gene expression of flowering plant sperm cells
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PaperGou, Xiaoping, Wei, Xiaoping, Yuan, Tong, Russell, Scott D..transcriptional profiling
Microarray
Plumbago zeylanica
Oryza sativa
sperm cell biology
fertilization
55-2August 1st
2:15 pm
268/HoltRapid changes in genome structure, gene expression, and phenotype in resynthesized Brassica napus allopolyploids
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PaperPires, J. Chris, Gaeta, Robert, Iniguez Luy, Federico, Rehman, Maqsood, Xiong, Zhiyong.polyploidy
Genome Evolution
Brassica
55-3August 1st
2:30 pm
268/HoltComparisons of three Apiaceae chloroplast genomes – coriander, dill and fennel
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PaperPeery, Rhiannon, Kuehl, Jennifer V., Boore, Jeffrey L., Raubeson, Linda A..inverted repeat
genome rearrangements
gene duplication
comparative genomics
55-4August 1st
2:45 pm
268/HoltStriking convergence of plastid genomes in independent nonphotosynthetic lineages
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PaperZhang, Yan, McNeal, Joel R., Smith, Alan R., Kuehl, Jennifer V., Boore, Jeffrey L., dePamphilis, Claude W..nonphotosynthetic plant
plastid genome
Genome Evolution
55-5August 1st
3:00 pm
268/HoltPatterns of nucleotide diversity in five thigmomorphogenetic-responsive loci in Arabidopsis thaliana
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PaperSmall, Randall, Lickey, Edgar, Baxter, Holly, Osborne, Katie.Arabidopsis thaliana
nucleotide diversity
tch gene
calmodulin
Tuesday, August 1st
4:45 pm to 5:30 pm · 304/Bell Memorial Union
Meeting: Genetics Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Randall Small, University of Tennessee
August 1st
4:45 pm
304/Bell Memorial UnionGenetics Section Business Meeting
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