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
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
Hopping towards a robust hypothesis:  Phylogeny of Caelifera based on entire mitochondrial genomes
James R. Leavitt, Brigham Young University; Kevin D. 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 J. Worthington, The University of Mississippi; Kirk 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, City University of New York
9:17 AM
Concluding Remarks