Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, SEB: Molecular Diversity (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:15 AM-11:00 AM

Room 108, First Floor (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Michael S. Caterino
Jessica Ware Huff

8:15 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:20 AM

Determination of the levels of genetic differentiation and gene flow among populations of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius

Virna Saenz, North Carolina State University; Warren Booth, North Carolina State University; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University; Edward L. Vargo, North Carolina State University

8:32 AM

0446

Genetic markers offer multiple approaches to infer prey consumption by forest-dwelling bats

Luke E. Dodd, University of Kentucky; Eric Chapman, University of Kentucky; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky; Michael J. Lacki, University of Kentucky; Lynne K. Rieske-Kinney, University of Kentucky

8:44 AM

0447

The genetic architecture of ovary size differences between Africanized and European honey bee workers

Matthew Graham, Univeristy of North Carolina-Greensboro; Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina; Robert E. Page, Arizona State University

8:56 AM

0448

Comparison of marker order and recombination rate between A. mellifera (European honey bee) and A. florea (red dwarf honey bee)

Emily R. Meznar, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina

9:08 AM

0449

Molecular and morphological musings on the Machaerotidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea)

Adam Bell, New York State Museum; Jason R. Cryan, New York State Museum

9:20 AM

0450

Assessing the effects of primer specificity on eliminating numt co-amplification in DNA barcoding

Matthew J. Moulton, Brigham Young University; Hojun Song, Brigham Young University; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University

9:32 AM

Break

9:44 AM

0451

Higher-level phylogeny of Caelifera (Orthoptera) based on mitochondrial genome data

Kevin D. Hiatt, Brigham Young University; Hojun Song, Brigham Young University; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University

9:56 AM

0452

Molecular phylogeny of the handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Endomychidae): Who’s handsome and who’s not?

Floyd W. Shockley, University of Georgia; James Robertson, University of Arizona; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico; Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University

10:08 AM

0453

Exploring new nuclear markers for phylogeographic study in beetles

Iliana Ouzounov, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; Maxi Polihronakis, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; Michael S. Caterino, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

10:20 AM

0454

Molecular phylogeny of the genus Aphis (Homoptera: Aphididae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear EF-1a genes

Doris Lagos, University of Illinois; David Voegtlin, University of Illinois; Rosanna Giordano, University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey; Felipe N. Soto-Adames, University of Illinois

10:32 AM

0455

Molecular insights into the phylogeny of Caribbean entimine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Anyimilehidi Mazo-Vargas, University of Puerto Rico; Nico Franz, University of Puerto Rico

10:44 AM

0456

Molecular phylogeny of the long-horned beetles (family: Cerambycidae)

Kapil Raje, Purdue University; Jeffrey Holland, Purdue University; Virginia R. Ferris, Purdue University

10:56 AM

Concluding Remarks

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