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Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st, 1:30 pm to 5:15 pm · 202/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 10: Contributed Papers: Macroevolution
Presiding: Pamela Kathleen Diggle, University Of Connecticut; John J. Schenk, Georgia Southern University
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10001August 1st 1:30 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterFruit evolution, lineage diversification, and biogeographical patterns in the circum-Pacific tribe Gaultherieae (Ericaceae)
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Oral PaperFritsch, Peter W; Lu, Lu; Peng, Ju; Bush, Catherine M; Wang, Hong; Zhang, Ming-Ying; Kron, Kathleen A; Li, De-Zhu.adaptation
anthocyanidin
fleshy fruit
Gaultherieae
UV protection
Ericaceae
Diplycosia
Gaultheria
10002August 1st 1:45 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAllometric relationships better explains seed coat microsculpture traits in Mentzelia section Bartonia (Loasaceae) than ecology or dispersal
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Oral PaperSchenk, John J.; Sullivan, Melissa; Washburn, George; Franta, Roxanne; Chambers, Malinda.character evolution
morphology
phylogenetic comparative methods
phylogenetic independent contrasts
Seed
testa
10003August 1st 2:00 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterMacroevolution of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Apocynaceae: a case of defense de-escalation?
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Oral PaperLivshultz, Tatyana; Kaltenegger, Elisabeth; Ober, Dietrich.Herbivory
gene duplication
secondary chemistry
defense
co-evolution
plant-insect interactions
genome evolution
Apocynaceae
10004August 1st 2:15 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterDisentangling the roles of ecological and historical processes in structuring plant communities across the United States
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Oral PaperNg, Julienne; Weaver, William; Laport, Robert.phylogenetic comparative methods
Community assembly
NEON
community ecology
phylogenetic community structure
10005August 1st 2:30 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterInferring rates of morphological evolution and their impact on ancestral state reconstruction: an empirical study based on floral traits
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Oral PaperSauquet, Herve; Reyes, Elisabeth; Nadot, Sophie; von Balthazar, Maria; Schoenenberger, Juerg.macroevolution
maximum likelihood
model selection
angiosperms
floral evolution
ancestral traits
ancestral character reconstruction
flower
eFLOWER
10006August 1st 2:45 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterTesting for ecological speciation in North American Paronychia (Caryophyllaceae)
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Oral PaperSchenk, John J.; Kontur, Sophie; Wilson, Hannah; Noble, McKayla.Sandhill
Sandridge
Ecological speciation
speciation
ecology
Paronychia
Caryophyllaceae
10007August 1st 3:00 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe repeated evolution of vertebrate pollination syndromes in the centropogonid clade (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), a recently diverged Andean plant clade
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Oral PaperLagomarsino, Laura; Forrestel, Elisabeth; Davis, Charles C..floral evolution
pollination syndrome
vertebrate pollination
phylogenetic comparative methods
diversification
August 1st 3:15 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterBreak
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10009August 1st 3:45 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe diversification of green plants (Viridiplantae)
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Oral PaperMagallón, Susana; Quandt, Dietmar; Krug, Michael; Lewis, Louise; Lutzoni, Francois.divergence time estimation
diversification
radiation
phylogeny
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophyta
10010August 1st 4:00 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Canceled
A community phylogenomics approach to the study of the origin and evolution of hyper-diverse SE Asian forests and implications for their conservation
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Oral PaperPokorny, Lisa; May, Livia; Dodsworth, Steven; Utteridge, Timothy M.; Baker, William J.; Leitch, Ilia J.; Forest, Félix.angiosperm trees
tropical forests
Southeast Asia
macroevolution
diversification
Community assembly
phylogenomics
conservation
10011August 1st 4:15 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe evolution of endocarp shape in relation to seed dispersal strategies in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)
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Oral PaperClement, Wendy L; Stammer, Theodore J; Donoghue, Michael.Fruit
Seed
Seed dispersal
morphometrics
character evolution
Dipsacales
10012August 1st 4:30 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA way forward for trait-dependent models of diversification
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Oral PaperBeaulieu, Jeremy M.; O'Meara, Brian C..diversification
speciation
extinction
fruit anatomy
campanulids
10013August 1st 4:45 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPolyploidy does not influence rates of diversification across the fern phylogeny
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Oral PaperTesto, Weston; Sundue, Michael A; Barrington, David.fern
evolution
polyploidy
phylogeny
diversity
BAMM
10014August 1st 5:00 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterNon-equilibrium dynamics and floral trait interactions shape extant angiosperm diversity
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Oral PaperDiggle, Pamela Kathleen; O'Meara, Brian C.; Smith, Stacey D.; Armbruster, Scott; Harder, Lawrence D; Hardy, Christopher; Hileman, Lena C; Hufford, Larry; Litt, Amy; Smith, Stephen; Stevens, Peter; Magallón, Susana; Fenster, Charlie.diversification
floral evolution
macroevolution
non-equilibrium
floral symmetry
pollination
speciation
Monday, August 1st, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Macroevolution Posters
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PME001August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterUnraveling the role of apomixis and polyploidization in the diversification of Neotropical Zygopetalum orchids
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Poster: MacroevolutionKoehler, Samantha; Gomes, Shaiany; Campacci, Thiago; Costa, Gleicyanne; Moura, Yohans; Mayer, Juliana; Viccini, Lyderson.polyploid diversification
asexual reproduction
Orchidaceae
rocky outcrops
DNA content

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