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Sunday, July 31st

Sunday, July 31st
8:00 am to 10:00 am · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session WS05: Workshop: Using Visual Learning to Improve Comprehension
Presiding: Bruce K Kirchoff, University Of North Carolina At Greensboro
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WS05001July 31st 8:00 amUsing Visual Learning to Improve Comprehension
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Conference WideWorkshopKirchoff, Bruce K.teaching
learning
education
visual learning
evaluation
life cycles
terminology
Sunday, July 31st
10:15 am to 12:15 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session WS10: Workshop: Tools for the International Botanist: Navigating the Nagoya Protocol
Presiding: Rachel Meyer, New York University
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WS10001July 31st 10:15 amTools for the International Botanist: Navigating the Nagoya Protocol
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Conference WideWorkshopMeyer, Rachel.genetic resources
germplasm
economic botany
fieldwork
international research
ethnobotany
intellectual property
human rights
biodiversity
Sunday, July 31st
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session WS13: Workshop: Making a Visual Key: A Lab Exercise with Practical Consequences)
Presiding: Bruce K Kirchoff, University Of North Carolina At Greensboro
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WS13001July 31st 1:00 pmMaking a Visual Key: A Lab Exercise with Practical Consequences
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Conference WideWorkshopKirchoff, Bruce K.keys
visual learning
teaching
learning
laboratory exercise
plant identification
imaging
pictures
Quercus
Oaks
identification guides
Sunday, July 31st
5:15 pm to 7:00 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session WS16: Workshop: The U.S. Virtual Herbarium Project
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July 31st 5:15 pmThe U.S. Virtual Herbarium Project
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Conference Wide

Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st
1:30 pm to 5:30 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 11: Contributed Papers: Genetics
Presiding: Jaime A Schwoch, Portland State University
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11001August 1st 1:30 pmDomestication history and geographic adaptation inferred from a SNP map of African rice
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GeneticsPaperMeyer, Rachel.Abiotic Stress
rice
Poaceae
Africa
subsistence farm
domestication
local adaptation
11002August 1st 1:45 pmExploring apple domestication genetics
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GeneticsPaperGross, Briana.apple
domestication
perennial crop
11003August 1st 2:00 pmAdaptive Ecotypic Variation and Genetic Divergence of an Ecologically Dominant Prairie Grass across the Great Plains’ Precipitation Gradient
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GeneticsPaperJohnson, Loretta; Galliart, Matthew; Bello, Nora; Poland, Jesse; St Amand, Paul; Knapp, Mary; Maricle, Brian; Baer, Sara; gibson, David.ecotypes
grassland
genotype
RNA Seq
Genotyping by sequencing (GBS)
11004August 1st 2:15 pmGenetic assessment of management and restoration practices of the federally threatened orchid, Platanthera leucophaea (The eastern prairie fringed orchid)
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GeneticsPaperEllwanger, Claire; Steger, Laura; Fant, Jeremie.endangered species
Conservation genetics
herbarium specimen DNA extraction
population genetics
Genetic rescue
11005August 1st 2:30 pmVariation, heritability, and correlated selection in Phlox petal number
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GeneticsPaperMickley, James; Schlichting, Carl.merosity
pentamery
floral selection
floral evolution
correlated selection
Phlox
subindividual variation
pentapetalous
Polemoniaceae
petal number
flower petals
11006August 1st 2:45 pmClonal Adaptation in Mimmulus guttatus
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GeneticsPaperSchwoch, Jaime A.
11007August 1st 3:00 pmMicrosatellites as tuning knobs of adaptation: A study on the enrichment of microsatellites in differentially expressed genes across latitudinal populations of common sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)
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GeneticsPaperRanathunge, Chathurani; Wheeler, Gregory; Perkins, Andy; Welch, Mark.RNA Seq
Sunflower
Microsatellite
gene expression
differential expression
adaptation
August 1st 3:15 pmBreak
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Genetics
11009August 1st 3:45 pmInterspecific hybridization between two divergent Ruellia species yields first-generation hybrids that express novel Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway genes
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GeneticsPaperTripp, Erin A; Zhuang, Yongbin; Stone, Heather.genetics
novel
Hybrids
anthocyanin
floral evolution
Acanthaceae
11010August 1st 4:00 pmThe impact of RNA editing and position of N-terminus on MatK maturase activity
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GeneticsPaperBarthet, Michelle Marie; Pierpont, Christopher Logan.MatK
maturase
plastid
splicing
RNA editing
11011August 1st 4:15 pmPopulation Genetics and Association Mapping of Nutritional Traits in the Vegetable Crop Brassica rapa
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GeneticsPaperBird, Kevin; Baseggio, Matheus; Gore, Michael; Robertson, Larry; Pires, Joseph Chris; Labate, Joanne.population genetics
GWAS
nutrition
Brassicaceae
genetics
11012August 1st 4:30 pmEvaluating species differentiation in endangered rush lilies using population genetics
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GeneticsPaperWarner, Monica; Theiss, Kathryn; Kephart, Susan.integrative taxonomy
Hastingsia
Asparagaceae
Microsatellite
11013August 1st 4:45 pmPopulation genetics and geographic patterns among varieties of Penstemon scariosus
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GeneticsPaperRodriguez-Pena, Rosa A.; Wolfe, Andrea D.; Robbins, M.D.; Johnson, Robert; L.A, Johnson; C.D., Anderson; N.J., Ricks; K.M., Farley; M.R., Steven.Plantaginaceae
Penstemon
Conservation genetics
population genetics
taxa delimitation

Tuesday, August 2nd

Tuesday, August 2nd
8:00 am to 12:00 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 19: Contributed Papers: Genomics & Proteomics I
Presiding: Norm Wickett, Chicago Botanic Garden
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19001August 2nd 8:00 amTranscriptome sequencing and marker development in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Leguminosae)
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperEgan, Ashley N.; Vatanparast, Mohammad; Shetty, Prateek; Chopra, Ratan; Doyle, Jeff; Sathyanarayana, N..Fabaceae
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Transcriptomics
Roche 454 pyrosequencing
genetic resources
19002August 2nd 8:15 amComparative transcriptomics of Crassulacean acid metabolism in Yucca
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperHeyduk, Karolina; Ray, Jeremy; Leebens-Mack, Jim.photosynthesis
Transcriptomics
comparative transcriptome
RNAseq
19003August 2nd 8:30 amComparative transcriptomics of the genus Cuscuta
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperMcNeal, Joel R..Cuscuta
Transcriptome
polyploidy
Molecular evolution
19004August 2nd 8:45 amDe novo transcriptome assembly and gene expression profiling of the desiccation-tolerant desert green alga Scenedesmus rotundus during desiccation and rehydration
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperPeredo, Elena L; Cardon, Zoe; Thomas, Suzanne; Bruce, Douglas.desiccation tolerance
Transcriptomics
green algae
land colonization
photoprotection
19005August 2nd 9:00 amThe Story of Stresses: A look at transcriptomic variation of a single cultivated sunflower genotype across five abiotic stresses
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperMasalia, Rishi R.; Burke, John.Transcriptomics
Abiotic Stress
Cultivated Sunflower
drought
Salt
differential expression
RNAseq
19006August 2nd 9:15 amOrgan-specific transcriptomes of Oenothera harringtonii (Onagraceae) and associated variation in floral scent
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperBechen, Lindsey; Overson, Rick; Johnson, Matthew; Fant, Jeremie; Levin, Rachel; Robert, Raguso; Skogen, Krissa; Wickett, Norm.transcriptomes
differential expression
Genomics
gene expression
floral volatiles
pollination
RNA-seq
onagraceae
19007August 2nd 9:30 amSexual dimorphic expression patterns in the transcriptome of juvenile tissue of Ceratodon purpureus
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperLandis, Jacob Brian; Carey, Sarah B.; Payton, Adam C.; Woodruff, Emily D.; Conrad, Roth E.; Barry, Kerrie; Jenkins, Jerry; Grimwood, Jane; Schmutz, Jeremy; McDaniel, Stuart F..comparative transcriptome
RNAseq
de novo
Trinity
moss
sex-specific expression
August 2nd 9:45 amBreak
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Genomics / Proteomics
19009August 2nd 10:15 amGenome-wide Identification of the CNL Disease Resistance Genes in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and Their Evolutinary Divergence
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperAndersen, Ethan J.; Nepal, Madhav P.; Ali, Shaukat; Yen, Yang; Reese, R. Neil; Neupane, Surendra.Grass Phylogenetics
Disease Resistance GenesĀ 
Coiled-coil Nucleotide-binding site
NBS-LRRs
gene duplication
Purifying Selection
19010August 2nd 10:30 amWeighted Gene Correlation Network Analysis of Morphine Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperLane, Amanda; Kerry, John; Augustin, Megan; Kutchan, Toni; Leebens-Mack, Jim.Transcriptomics
Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids
network analysis
RNAseq
Papaver somniferum
19011August 2nd 10:45 amPatterns of cyto-nuclear disequilibrium and the influence of heteroplasmy in wild carrot, Daucus carota (Apiaceae)
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperRamsey, Adam Joseph; Mandel, Jennifer R.Genetic diversity
Genomes
Mitochondria
SNPs
SSRs
Paternal Leakage
plastid
19012August 2nd 11:00 amA de novo detection pipeline for alternative splicing based on single-molecule long-read isoforms using Amborella trichopoda
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperLiu, Xiaoxian; Barbazuk, William B.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Soltis, Douglas E..RNA alternative splicing
de novo pipeline
Amborella trichopoda
Transcriptome
19013August 2nd 11:15 amTremendous Transfer – Intracellular Gene Transfer in the Basal Angiosperm Amborella trichopoda
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperNaumann, Julia; Wafula, Eric K.; Palmer, Jeffrey D.; dePamphilis, Claude W..Mitochondrial DNA
Plastid DNA
Nuclear Genome
Gene Transfer
Intracellular Gene Transfer
genome evolution
19014August 2nd 11:30 amComplete mitochondrial genomes from the ferns Ophioglossum californicum and Psilotum nudum are highly repetitive with the largest organellar introns
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperGuo, Wenhu; Mower, Jeff.ferns
mitochondrial genome
repetitive DNA
introns
RNA editing
Ophioglossum
Psilotum
19015August 2nd 11:45 amThe Mitochondrial Genome of Eleusine indica
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperHall, Nathan; Zhang, Hui; McElroy, J. Scott; Goertzen, Leslie.Mitochondria
Eleusine indica
Poaceae
Tuesday, August 2nd
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 27: Contributed Papers: Genomics & Proteomics II
Presiding: Jeremy Coate, Reed College
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27001August 2nd 1:30 pmTesting hypotheses on the repeated origination of polyploidy in plants
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperWitherup, Colby; Johnson, Matthew; Wickett, Norm.polyploidy
meiosis
27002August 2nd 1:45 pmThe origin and diversity of Brassica napus
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperAn, Hong; Qi, Xinshuai; Barker, Michael S; Pires, Joseph Chris.Brassica napus
genetic structure
RNA-seq
Allopolyploidy
27003August 2nd 2:00 pmSignificant genetic structure and variation among domesticated Brassica rapa subspecies uncovered by transcriptomics
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperQi, Xinshuai; An, Hong; Hall, Tara; Pires, Joseph Chris; Barker, Michael S.domestication
Transcriptomics
phylogenomics
Phylogeography
polyploidy
27004August 2nd 2:15 pmA functional genomics approach (PIPE, Protein-protein Interaction Prediction Engine) to identify new early maturity alleles in soybean for Western Canada
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperSamanfar, Bahram; Cober, Elroy; Charette, Martin; Schoenrock, Andrew; Dehne, Frank; Golshani, Ashkan; Molnar, Steve.Soybean
Early maturity
Flowering pathway
E10
SSR
SNP
Bioinformatics
PPI
PIPE
Functional genomics
27005August 2nd 2:30 pmPatterns of homoeologue usage within and among three Glycine allopolyploid species
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperCoate, Jeremy; Powell, Adrian; Koenig, Max; Doyle, Jeff.polyploidy
Homoeologue-specific expression
RNA-seq
gene duplication
Gene loss
27006August 2nd 2:45 pmComparative genomics of Parasitaxus usta, a podocarp conifer with a unique form of heterotrophy
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperGerelle, Wesley; Lam, Vivienne K. Y.; Graham, Sean W..mycoheterotrophy
heterotrophy
Transcriptome
evolution
1kp
gene ontology
Gene loss
27007August 2nd 3:00 pmThe phylogenies and evolutionary history of the Portullugo Clade (Caryophyllales)
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperMoore, Abigail J; Hancock, Lillian Pine; De Vos, Jurriaan; Edwards, Erika.Portulacineae
Caryophyllales
Portullugo
sequence capture
gene family evolution
27008August 2nd 3:15 pmFunctional and spatial heterogeneity of gene family evolution in non-model species: three strategies using Caryophyllales as an example
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperYang, Ya; Moore, Michael; Brockington, Samuel; Smith, Stephen.Transcriptome
genome
Caryophyllales
betalain
August 2nd 3:30 pmBreak
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Genomics / Proteomics
27010August 2nd 4:00 pmDifferences in population genetic structure of hawkmoth- and bee-pollinated species of Oenothera (Onagraceae)
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperLewis, Emily Marie; Fant, Jeremie; Moore, Michael; Skogen, Krissa.gene flow
pollination biology
fragmentation
27011August 2nd 4:15 pmKaryotypic Diversity and Pollen Viability in Resynthesized allopolyploids Tragopogon mirus and T. miscellus.
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperSpoelhof, Jonathan; Chester, Micahel; Rodriguez, Roseana; Geraci, Blake; Heo, Kweon; Mavrodiev, Evgeny; Soltis, Douglas E; Soltis, Pamela  S..polyploidy
chromosomal rearrangement
Tragopogon
fertility
27012August 2nd 4:30 pmChanges in DNA methylation and the domestication of tomato
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperLira-Medeiros, Catarina; Voloch, Carolina; Litt, Amy.epigenetcs
cytosine methylation
tomato
domestication
27013August 2nd 4:45 pmLectins (haemagglutinins) from the Red Alga Acanthophora spicifera (vahl)Boergesen: Isolation, partial purification and characterization
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperRavirajan, Mangaiyarkarasi; Natesanpayer, Nadimuthu.Seaweeds
Acanthophora spicifera
Haemagglutinin
Lectin
Column Chromatography
Tuesday, August 2nd
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session M28: Meeting: Ecology Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Eric C Morgan, Farmingdale State College
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August 2nd 5:00 pmEcology Section Business Meeting
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Ecology

Wednesday, August 3rd

Wednesday, August 3rd
7:00 am to 8:00 am · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session BR13: Breakfast: University of Wisconsin Breakfast
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August 3rd 7:00 amUniversity of Wisconsin Breakfast
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Wednesday, August 3rd
5:45 pm to 6:45 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session M33: Meeting: ABLS Business meeting
Presiding: Catherine La Farge, University of Alberta
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August 3rd 5:45 pmABLS Business meeting
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Bryology and Lichenology

Thursday, August 4th

Thursday, August 4th
8:00 am to 12:00 pm · 105/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session M35: Meeting: BSA Board Meeting
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August 4th 8:00 amBSA Board Meeting
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