2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Interacting Genomes in Bark Beetle Ecology

Pre- and post- genomic studies characterizing the regulation and enzymes involved in enantiomeric specific ipsdienol production in the pine engraver beetle, Ips pini
Gary J. Blomquist, University of Nevada, Reno; Anna Barbara Gilg, University of Nevada, Reno; Rubi Figueroa, University of Nevada, Reno; Pamela Sandstrom, University of Nevada, Reno; Claus Tittiger, University of Nevada, Reno

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0978

Functional genomics: Clues to mountain pine beetle biology
Claus Tittiger, University of Nevada, Reno; Tidane Aw, University of Nevada, Reno; Karen Schlauch, University of Nevada, Reno; Andrew Gorzalski, University of Nevada, Reno; Sharon Young, University of Nevada, Reno; Christopher I. Keeling, University of British Columbia; Gary J. Blomquist, University of Nevada, Reno

0979

Mountain pine beetle genomics
Christopher I. Keeling, University of British Columbia; Hannah Henderson, University of British Columbia; Maria Li, University of British Columbia; Erin Clark, University of Northern British Columbia; Dezene P. W. Huber, University of Northern British Columbia; Joerg Bohlmann, University of British Columbia

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0980

What we have learned from the draft genome of the pine pathogen G. clavigera, a fungal associate of the mountain pine beetle
Colette Breuil, University of British Columbia

0981

Dimorphism, hydrophobins and reproduction: A fungal hitchhiker’s guide to elms and elm bark beetles
Louis Bernier, Université Laval

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Break

0982

Defense without escape: Molecular mechanisms of chemical diversity of conifer defense against insects
Joerg Bohlmann, University of British Columbia; Christopher I. Keeling, University of British Columbia

0983

Genetics of bark beetle host choice and tree resistance: Possibilities for breeding, and the Red Queen running backwards?
Alvin D. Yanchuk, BC Ministry of Forests

0984

Microsatellite population genetics analyses of the western Canadian mountain pine beetle outbreak: Phylogeography and current dispersal patterns
Brent W. Murray, University of Northern British Columbia; Nicolas V. Bartell, University of Northern British Columbia; Staffan Lindgren, University of Northern British Columbia; Janice E. K. Cooke, University of Alberta; Karen Mock, Utah State University

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0985

Towards an integrated genetic landscape map in the mountain pine beetle system
Amanda D. Roe, University of Alberta; Adriance V. Rice, Northern Forestry Centre; Janice E. K. Cooke, University of Alberta; Corey Davis, University of Alberta; Sean Bromilow, University of Alberta; Patricia Crane, Northern Forestry Centre; Felix Sperling, University of Alberta

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Concluding Remarks