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

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room A6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizer :

Barb Sharanowski

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

0638

Phylogenomics and the sister-group of hexapods

Hervé Philippe, Université de Montréal

8:30 AM

0639

Genomic methods for resolving deep phylogenetic relationships in insects

Joseph Hughes, University of Glasgow

8:50 AM

0640

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

9:10 AM

0641

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 J. Sharkey, University of Kentucky

9:30 AM

0642

Redefining the Holometabola using phylogenomic data from Strepsiptera

Stuart Longhorn, The Natural History Museum

9:50 AM

Break

10:05 AM

0643

Phylogeny of Lepidoptera: A genomics-inspired, community collaboration

Andreas Zwick, University of Maryland; J. C. Regier, Deep Arthropod Phylogeny Group; Atol LepTree Consortium, University of Maryland

10:25 AM

0644

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; Anna Peterson, Dartmouth College; Brian M. Wiegmann, North Carolina State University

10:45 AM

0645

Heterogeneity in sequence evolution: Simple models for a complex world?

Simon Whelan, University of Manchester

11:05 AM

0646

How far can we scale up phylogenomic approaches?

Casey Dunn, Brown University

11:25 AM

0647

The tempo and pattern of early animal evolution

Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University

11:45 AM

Concluding Remarks

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