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Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Molecular Ecology & Evolution Posters
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PML001August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterIdentifying the Factors Influencing Plant Communities Across the United States Using A Phylogenetic Framework
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Poster: Molecular Ecology and EvolutionGaynor, Michelle; Laport, Robert; Ng, Julienne.Phylogenetics 
PML002August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterTesting the Role of Historical Processes In Shaping Plant Communities Across the United States
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Poster: Molecular Ecology and EvolutionSanchez, Vivianna; Ng, Julienne; Laport, Robert.
PML003August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterHow do invasive plants move? The case of Brachypodium sylvaticum
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Poster: Molecular Ecology and EvolutionSchroyer, Tina; Thompson, Pam; Cruzan, Mitch.Isolation by Resistance
population genetics
local adaptation
range expansion
PML004August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterGiant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) gene expression response to phosphorus
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Poster: Molecular Ecology and EvolutionBaker, Stokes S; Fijal, Savannah; Kooner, Taj P.; Abdulrazzaq, Mustafa F.; Young, Ian T..Spirodela polyrhiza
Duckweed
Phosphate
Phosphorus
RNAseq
Next generation sequencing
Eutrophic
aquatic plants
Pollution
gene expression
PML005August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterUsing RAD-seq to infer phylogeny of a rapid radiation of a subalpine everygreen shrub (Berberis sect. Wallichianae, Berberidaeae) in Taiwan
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Poster: Molecular Ecology and EvolutionHuang, Yu-Lan; Chung, Kuo-Fang; Chen, Kai-Yi; Yu, Chih-Chieh.adaptive radiation
Berberis
Taiwan
Next generation sequencing
PML006August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterGene, gestalt and geography: a cooperative triumvirate for assessing biodiversity
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Poster: Molecular Ecology and EvolutionAdebowale, Adekunle; Nicholas, Ashley.conservation
biodiversity
integrated approach
PML007August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterComparing two Caulanthus amplexicaulis genomes in search of genes underlying serpentine tolerance
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Poster: Molecular Ecology and EvolutionGarza, Elyssa; Hawkins, Angela K.; Hawkins, W. Daryl; Pepper, Alan E..Serpentine
hyperaccumulation
Caulanthus
Brassicaceae
genome

Wednesday, August 3rd

Wednesday, August 3rd, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm · 102/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 40: Contributed Papers: Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Presiding: Ingrid Jordon-Thaden, University of California - Berkeley
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40001August 3rd 8:00 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterCorrelated substitution rates across genomic compartments in Annonaceae
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Oral PaperHoekstra, Paul; Carvalho Lopes, Jenifer de; Brandão, Rita; Mello-Silva, Renato; Smets, Erik; Chatrou, Lars.Next generation sequencing
Annonaceae
Substitution rates
Molecular evolution
40002August 3rd 8:15 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEvolutionary variations of chloroplast genome structure in Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae)
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Oral PaperYu, Wen-Bin; Wang, Hong; Jin, Jian-Jun; Ree, Richard; Li, De-Zhu; dePamphilis, Claude W..Pedicularis
Orobanchaceae
Chloroplast Genome
phylogeny
phylogenomics
40003August 3rd 8:30 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPopulation genetics, molecular phylogeny and bogeography of the genus Lallemantia (Lamiaceae)
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Oral PaperSheidaei, Masoud; Koohdar, Fahimeh; Nourmohammadi, Zahra.Genetic diversity
Biogeography
Cp-DNA
ISSR
Lallemantia
phylogeny
40004August 3rd 8:45 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterDistribution and Genetic Diversity of Lebanese Populations of Campanula stellaris Boiss. (Campanulaceae: Campanuloideae)
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Oral PaperAl-Zein, Mohammad S.; Itani, Moustapha A.; Yazbek, Mariana M.; Karam, Nisrine.habitat fragmentation
conservation
urbanization
Bellflower
endemic
Start codon Targeted markers
40005August 3rd 9:00 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPhylogenetic Signal of Invasion and Rarity in Florida’s Imperiled Pine Rockland Flora
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Oral PaperTrotta, Lauren; Baiser, Benjamin; Possley, Jennifer; Sessa, Emily Butler.community phylogeny
Pine Rocklands
plant invasion
Rare Plants
40006August 3rd 9:15 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterOcean currents consistent with contrasting genetic patterns of West and East Florida red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) range expansion
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Oral PaperKennedy, John Paul; Garavelli, Lysel; Truelove, Nathan K.; Devlin, Donna J.; Box, Stephen J.; Chérubin, Laurent M.; Feller, Ilka C..biophysical model
climate change
Genetic diversity
genetic discontinuity
mangrove
Microsatellite
ocean current transport
range edge
40007August 3rd 9:30 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA Genomics Investigation of the Evolution of the Eastern Asia – Eastern North America Floristic Disjunction
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Oral PaperMelton, Anthony; Wong, Gane Ka-Shu; Soltis, Pamela  S.; Soltis, Douglas; Gitzendanner, Matthew.Floristic disjunction
genome evolution
August 3rd 9:45 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterBreak
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40009August 3rd 10:30 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterChoosy natives and industrious immigrants: Genome duplication and pollinator discrimination in an ecologically dominant southwestern desert shrub (Larrea tridentata; Zygophyllaceae)
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Oral PaperLaport, Robert; Pilson, Diana.polyploidy
native bees
speciation
plant-insect interactions
genetic structure
40010August 3rd 10:45 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe effect of landscape features on fine-scale seed dispersal in upland prairie plants
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Oral PaperGrasty, Monica; Cruzan, Mitch; Thompson, Pam.Seed dispersal
population genomics
ecology
molecular ecology
fine-scale dispersal
40011August 3rd 11:00 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterCaulanthus amplexicaulis: An emerging genetic model for the evolution of serpentine tolerance
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Oral PaperPepper, Alan E.; Hawkins, Angela K.; Garza, Elyssa; Ivalu, Cacho; Adrian, Platts; Sharon, Strauss.Genomics
Transcriptome
edaphic endemism
QTL
adaptation
Metal
Nutrient
40012August 3rd 11:15 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterTranscriptome comparisons reveal signatures of selection, small population size, and reticulate evolution in the evolutionary history of Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. barbarae
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Oral PaperHawkins, Angela K.; Garza, Elyssa; Hawkins, W. Daryl; Pepper, Alan E..Brassicaceae
Caulanthus
endemism
selection
Serpentine
Transcriptome
40013August 3rd 11:30 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterOn the presence of nosF gene in the four aquatic and terrestrial Nostoc strains revealing antifungal and trypsin inhibitor activity
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Oral PaperNowruzi, Bahareh; Khavari-Nejad, Ramezan-Ali; Nejadsattari, Taher.Natural bioactive compound; Toxicity; nosF gene
Wednesday, August 3rd, 1:30 pm to 3:15 pm · 102/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 44: Contributed Papers: Molecular Ecology and Evolution II
Presiding: Christopher D Tyrrell, Milwaukee Public Museum
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44001August 3rd 1:30 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPopulation genetics meets ecological genomics and community ecology in Cornus florida
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Oral PaperPais, Andrew Label; Xiang, Qiu-Yun (Jenny); Wadl, Phillip.Cornus florida
flowering dogwood
RAD-seq
molecular ecology
44002August 3rd 1:45 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe importance of the reproductive assurance in the maintenance of flower color polymorphism in Lysimachia arvensis
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Oral PaperJiménez López, Francisco Javier; Ortiz Ballesteros, Pedro L.; Arista Palmero, Montserrat.Lysimachia
microsatellites
Flower color polymorphism
imbreeding depression
reproductive assurance
August 3rd 2:00 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterBreak
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44004August 3rd 2:15 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPatterns of reproductive isolation are not consistent across cytotypes within a polyploid complex
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Oral PaperSutherland, Brittany; Galloway, Laura.polyploidy
reproductive isolation
polyploid diversification
Campanulaceae
polyploid complex
44005August 3rd 2:30 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Canceled
Genome-wide patterns of microhabitat-driven divergence in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea L
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Oral PaperCortés, Andrés; Wheeler, Julia; Sedlacek, Janosch; Lexer, Christian; Karrenberg, Sophie.Porous genome
Divergence continuum
Divergent selection
Snowmelt timing
Association mapping
Genomic scan for selection
44006August 3rd 2:45 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterRelatedness among rare native species and invasive exotics quantified with a molecular community phylogeny of the Wisconsin flora: implications for plant conservation
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Oral PaperCameron, Ken; Kriebel, Ricardo; Spalink, Daniel; Pace, Matthew Charles; Li, Pan; Drummond, Chloe; Rose, Jeffrey; Zaborsky, John; Alverson, Bil; Givnish, Thomas J; Waller, Don; Sytsma, Ken.community phylogeny
flora
herbarium
Invasive
rare
Wisconsin
DNA barcoding
44007August 3rd 3:00 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterTrait versus niche conservatism in aquatic plant microhabitat preference
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Oral PaperTyrrell, Christopher D; Chambers, Patricia.aquatic plants
phylogenetic signal
Phenotypic traits
biogeochemistry

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