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PBT Section Symposium: Developmental Synergy between Genome Regulation and Environmental Stimuli: From Phenotypic Plasticity to Disease Response

Sunday, November 15, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
208 C (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Brendan Hunt
Hongmei Li-Byarlay


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
The condition-responsive development of Onthophagus beetles: Origins, mechanisms, and consequences
Armin P. Moczek, Indiana University ; Cristina Ledon-Rettig, Indiana University
9:05 AM
The role of insulin signaling in development of wing morphs in the soapberry bug, Jadera haematoloma
David Angelini, Colby College ; Meghan Fawcett, Colby College ; Alice Grubb Jones, Colby College ; Stacey Hou, Colby College ; Mary Parks, Colby College ; Elizabeth Richards, Colby College ; Juan Camilo Vanegas, Colby College
9:17 AM
Break
9:32 AM
Premier Presentation: The developmental basis of phenotypic evolution in ants: Hormones, genes, and epigenetics
Rajendhran Rajakumar, McGill University ; Ehab Abouheif, McGill University
9:52 AM
Evolutionary insights into DNA methylation in Hymenoptera
Brendan Hunt, University of Georgia ; Karl Glastad, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Michael AD. Goodisman, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Sarah D. Kocher, Harvard University
10:32 AM
Break
10:47 AM
Transcriptomic analysis of lethal IAPV infection in honey bee pupae
Hongmei Li-Byarlay, North Carolina State University ; Humberto F. Boncristiani, University of North Carolina, Greensboro ; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University ; Micheline Strand, Chemical and Biological Defense Laboratories ; Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
11:47 AM
Transcriptomics of gnotobiotic and axenic larval Aedes aegypti reveal effects of gut community on development and homeostasis
Kevin J. Vogel, University of Georgia ; Luca Valzania, University of Georgia ; Mark R. Brown, University of Georgia ; Michael R. Strand, University of Georgia
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