2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Phylogenomics: Trends and Innovative Techniques

Phylogenomics and the sister-group of hexapods
Hervé Philippe, Université de Montréal

Genomic methods for resolving deep phylogenetic relationships in insects
Joseph Hughes, University of Glasgow

Next-generation sequencing for whole-genome analysis of non-model organisms
Matthew Hudson, University of Illinois; Kranthi Varala, University of Illinois; Amy Toth, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign; Gene Robinson, University of Illinois

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A phylogenomic approach to understanding Apocritan evolution
Barb Sharanowski, University of Kentucky; Barbara Robbertse, Oregan State University; John A. Walker, University of Kentucky; R Yoder, Oregan State University; Joseph Spatafora, Oregan State University; S. Randal Voss, University of Kentucky; Michael Sharkey, University of Kentucky

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Redefining the Holometabola using phylogenomic data from Strepsiptera
Stuart Longhorn, The Natural History Museum

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Phylogeny of Lepidoptera: A genomics-inspired, community collaboration
Andreas Zwick, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute; J. C. Regier, University of Maryland; Atol LepTree Consortium, University of Maryland

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Comparative genomics of Diptera: Data-mining for phylogenetic resolution of the true flies
Michelle Trautwein, North Carolina State University; Benjamin M. Wheeler, North Carolina State University; Kevin J. Peterson, Dartmouth College; Brian Wiegmann, North Carolina State University

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Heterogeneity in sequence evolution: Simple models for a complex world?
Simon Whelan, University of Manchester

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How far can we scale up phylogenomic approaches?
Casey Dunn, Brown University

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The tempo and pattern of early animal evolution
Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University

Concluding Remarks