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SEEPAGE 2003
Sept 19 - 21, Capm Sequoya, VA
Program
Saturday Sept 20
Breakfast:
8:00 - 9:00
Morning Session 1
9:00 - 10:30
Chair: Maria Servedio
9:00

9:15

Greetings from Coordinator, Announcements, etc.
9:15

9:30

Thomas Near

Molecular clocks and geographic patterns of speciation in North American freshwater fishes.
9:30

9:45

D. W. Weisrock and A. Larson

Phylogeography of the Plethodon jordani species complex in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
9:45

10:00

Robert Lachlan and Maria Servedio
Song learning and allopatric speciation

10:00

10:15

Maria Servedio

What weak selection approximations can and can't tell us about reinforcement 
10:15

10:30

Jennifer Modliszewski

Chloroplast DNA Variation and Gene Flow in a Broad Hybrid Zone of Aesculus (Dipsacales) in the Southeastern United States
Morning Session 2
11:00 - 12:30
Chair:
11:00

11:15

Margaret Ptacek

Mating signal divergence in the sailfin mollies (Poeciliidae: Poecilia: Mollienesia).
11:15
11:30
Gene McCarthy and Nick Priest
A wood warbler hybrid network
11:30

11:45

Beth Dakin and Dean Fletcher

The genetic mating system and spawning of the pirate perch, Aphredoderus sayanus
11:45

12:00

Maia Bailey

Spatial variation and the implications for inbreeding depression in Silene vulgaris
12:00

12:15

John Niedzwiecki

Genealogical comparisons of mitochondrial and nuclear markers within and between populations of the salamanders, Ambystoma barbouri and Ambystoma texanum
12:15

12:30

Wade E. Winterhalter and Timothy A. Mousseau
The Effects of Asymmetric Phenotypic Distributions on Rugged Fitness Landscapes
Lunch:
12:30-2:00

Afternoon Session 1
2:00 - 3:30
Chair: Lev Yampolsky
2:00

2:15

Nick Priest and Keith White

Sexual behavior and parent-offspring fitness tradeoffs
2:15

2:30

Patrick D. Lorch

Does sexual selection increase or decrease population mean fitness?
2:30

2:45

Michael J. Childress and Mark A. Lung
Behavioral sexual dimorphism and the evolution of elk vigilance
2:45

3:00

Lev Yampolsky and Jeffrey Stirman
Deleterious mutations, sperm competition and the evolution of mating system
3:00

3:15

Matthew D. Halfhill, Reginald J. Millwood, and C.N. Stewart Jr.
Transgenic Hybrids: Frequency, Fitness, and Competition
3:15

3:30

Jessica Minton and Lev Yampolsky

Sperm competition between lab and wild Drosophila males - did we find a perfect loser?
Afternoon Session 2
4:00 - 5:15
Chair:
4:00

4:15

Lynn Adler

Does nectar production and composition affect leaf herbivory?
4:15
4:30
Katie Provost
Multihost variability of Saprolegnia
4:30

4:45

Kenneth Kozak

Comparative phylogenetic analysis of ecomorphological diversification in dusky salamanders
4:45

5:00

Nadia A. Ayoub, Susan E. Riechert

Phylogeography of thedesert spider, Agelenopsis aperta: Testing predictions based on the fossil record and life
5:00

5:15

Joseph Bernardo

A Priori hypothesis testing in Comparative Phylogeography
Soccer games: 1/2 final
5:30 - 6:00
(assuming 4 teams sign up)
Dinner:
6:00 - 7:00
Poster Session
7:00 - 8:00
Soccer game: final
7:00 - 7:30
Business Meeting
7:30 - 8:00
Random Slides Talks
8:00 - Ö

Sunday Sept 21
Morning Session 1
9:00 - 10:30
Chair:
9:00

9:15

Mentewab Ayalew, Nrupai Patel, Vinitha Cardoza and Neal Stewart Jr. 
Genomic Analysis of the Response of Arabidopsis and Chlamydomonas to TNT as Revealed by Microarrays.
9:15

9:30

Naoki Takebayashi, Ed Newbigin, and Marcy K. Uyenoyama
Maximum-likelihood estimation of historical rates of recombination
9:30

9:45

Voss Randal

Enabling Genomics in Nonmodel Organisms: Tails from the Ambystoma Project
9:45

10:00

Elaine Walker and Frosty Levy

Antibiotic Resistance: Does it really disappear?
10:00
10:15
David Reed
Extinction in Fragmented Habitats
10:15

10:30

Kevin Smith

An experimental assessment of the impacts of two nonindigenous anurans on native species: competition among tadpoles
Morning Session 2
11:00 - 12:30
Chair:
11:00

11:15

Rachel Goodman

Spatial distribution of an endangered iguana, Cyclura nubila lewisi, in a disturbed habitat
11:15

11:30

Christian Sea McKeon and Kyle Summers
Tadpole deposition strategies of a Peruvian poison frog (Allobates femoralis)
11:30

11:45

Christopher Binckley and William Resetarits Jr.
Habitat selection of aquatic taxa across gradients of productivity
11:45

12:00

James T. Costa and Kenneth G. Ross
Fitness effects of group merging in eastern tent caterpillars
12:00

12:15

James A. Fordyce and Chris C. Nice

The significance of wing pattern variation in the Lycaenidae: mate signalling is in the details
12:15

12:30

William Resetarits

The logical application of fixed versus random effects models in ecology
Lunch:
12:30-2:00

Posters:
(Sat 7:00 - 8:00 pm)
Shala J. Hankison

The role of geography and sexual selection in explaining morphological divergence among populations of Mexican sailfin mollies
Michele Kittell

Morphological and genetic characterization of interspecific hybrids between shortfin and sailfin mollies
Catherine Aubee and Howard Whiteman

Breeding phenology in the polymorphic mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum, in western Kentucky
Gregory Ruthig

Infectious Disease and Egg Laying Behavior in Frogs
Carol Goodwillie

The distribution and genetic basis of variation in self-incompatibility in Leptosiphon jepsonii (Polemoniaceae)
Amy Samuels, David Weisrock, Srikrishna Putta, Jeramiah Smith, and S. Randal Voss
Comparitive Analysis of Three Complete Ambystomatid Salamander Mitochondrial Genomes
Jeramiah Smith and S. Randal Voss
Genetics of Metamorphosis and Sex Detemination in Ambystoma
Johanna Kraus

Resource subsidies and predator distribution at an aquatic-terrestrial boundary.
Chhandak Basu, Chris Main, Reginald J. Millwood, Tom Mueller and Neal C. Stewart Jr.
The molecular basis for the evolution of glyphosate tolerance in Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
Raghavendra Rao Murali and Suresh N Sondur

Estimation Of Genetic Diversity In Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) Using Molecular Markers
Subi Jacob snd G. L. Lentz

Survival And Development Of The Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, On Conventional, Bollgard I And Bollgard II Cottons
E. Cayenne Engel and Jake F. Weltzin

What factors drive the response of old-field plant communities to the interactive effects of CO2, temperature, and soil water availability?
LC Hudson and CN Stewart Jr.

The Use of Green Fluorescent Protein for Detection of Pollen Distribution and Gene Flow
Lucia F. Franchini, Eric W. Ganko and John F. McDonald

A high percentage of retrotransposon-gene associations are unique to the Drosophila melanogaster genome
Novak, B.E., Obafemi,A. and Remington, D.L. 

The DELLA Gene Family in Dubautia arborea and D. ciliolata: Gene Duplication or PCR Generated Recombination?
Fulcher, K.F., Obinma, D.O., Lacey, E.P. and Remington, D.L. 

Microsatellite Isolation and Genetic Mapping in Plantago Microsatellite Isolation and Genetic Mapping in Plantago
Mentewab Ayalew, Nrupai Patel, Vinitha Cardoza and Neal Stewart Jr. 
Genomic analysis of the response of Arabidopsis to Trinitrotoluene as Revealed by Microarrays