Undergraduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competiton, SysEB

Monday, December 13, 2010: 8:00 AM-9:20 AM
Fairfield (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Moderators:
Jerry L. Cook
Floyd W. Shockley


8:05 AM
Hopping towards a robust hypothesis:  Phylogeny of Caelifera based on entire mitochondrial genomes
James R. Leavitt, Brigham Young University ; Kevin Hiatt, Brigham Young University ; Hojun Song, Brigham Young University ; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University
8:17 AM
Scarab beetle diversity (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Northeastern Iowa
Reese John Worthington, Luther College ; Kirk J. Larsen, Luther College
8:29 AM
Shaking and lunging:  Analysis of signaling by silk-spinning insects (Antipaluria urichi; Order Embiidina)
Khaaliq DeJan, Santa Clara University ; Janice S. Edgerly, Santa Clara University
8:41 AM
Learning and colony emigration in Temnothorax albipennis ants
Alexander R Walton, University of Arizona ; Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona
9:05 AM
The evolution and phylogeography of Danaus butterflies (Nymphalidae: Danainae)
Gabriela E. Farias Quipildor, The City College of New York ; David J. Lohman, The City College of New York