Oral Presentations

Comparative Genomics

David Lawrence Hall, Room 107

11:00 Identifying genes associated with longevity in mammals using patterns of convergent evolution

Amanda E Kowalczyk, University of Pittsburgh


11:15 Changes throughout a Hox-regulated network drive body plan evolution in Drosophila

Yang Liu, University of Pittsburgh


11:30 Environmental adaptation in Douglas squirrels (Tamiasciurus douglasii) in a forest ecotone

Andreas S Chavez, The Ohio State University


11:45 Extensive genomic variability within populations of the tick endoparasite, Rickettsia buchneri

Victoria I Verhoeve, West Virginia University

12:00 Investigating the molecular basis of convergent adaptation to herbivorous diets in mammals

Wynn K Meyer, University of Pittsburgh