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24 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: SysEB - Behavior, Coevolution, and Symbiotic Associations

Monday, November 16, 2015: 7:55 AM-12:30 PM
211 C (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Jennifer Zaspel
John Wenzel


7:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM
0740
The behavioral response by the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta to recognition chemicals on inanimate objects
Jason R. Carbaugh, Texas A&M University ; Robert Renthal, University of Texas at San Antonio ; S. Bradleigh Vinson, Texas A&M University
8:12 AM
0741
A review of the myrmecophilous South American carabid genus Homopterus, with insights into species' ranges and host ant preferences
Angela Hoover, The University of Arizona ; Wendy Moore, University of Arizona
8:24 AM
0742
Malagasy ant Pheidole longispinosa (Forel, 1891) behavior as regionally dominant ant predator in rainforest environment (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Timothy Lampasona, University of Nebraska
8:36 AM
0743
Molecular characterization of the microbiota associated with two genera of ants (Polyrhachis spp. and Camponotus spp.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) through Next Generation Sequencing
Manuela Ramalho, Field Museum of Natural History ; Odair Bueno, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” UNESP – Campus Rio Claro ; Corrie Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History
8:48 AM
0744
Group navigation in the face of obstacles during cooperative transport
Helen McCreery, University of Colorado ; Radhika Nagpal, Harvard University
9:00 AM
0745
Reproductive investment strategies in genetically invariant ants Vollenhovia emeryi
Doug Booher, University of California, Los Angeles
9:12 AM
0746
Withdrawn
9:24 AM
0747
Nutritional roles of gut symbionts in an herbivorous ant Cephalotes varians
Yi Hu, Drexel University ; Piotr Lukasik, Universitiy of Montana ; Jon G. Sanders, Harvard University ; Jacob Russell, Drexel University
9:36 AM
0748
Who makes dinner? Role reversal of co-obligate symbionts in Adelgidae (Sternorrhyncha: Aphidoidea)
Kathryn Weglarz, Utah State University ; Robert Foottit, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Nathan Havill, USDA - Forest Service ; John McCutcheon, University of Montana ; Carol D. von Dohlen, Utah State University
9:48 AM
0749
HPLC-MS of lichen-derived metabolites in the life stages of Crambidia cephalica (Grote and Robinson) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Timothy Anderson, Purdue University ; David L. Wagner, University of Connecticut ; Bruce Cooper, Purdue University ; Megan McCarty, Purdue University ; Jennifer Zaspel, Purdue University
10:00 AM
Break
10:12 AM
0750
Genomics and adaptation in Wolbachia, an obligate reproductive parasite in Trichogramma wasps
Amelia Lindsey, University of California ; Richard Stouthamer, University of California
10:24 AM
0751
Genome of Rickettsia endosymbiont suggests candidate mechanisms for fitness benefit to invasive whitefly host
Bodil Cass, University of Arizona ; James Van Leuven, University of Montana ; Martha Hunter, University of Arizona
10:36 AM
0752
Parasite networks may be key to host manipulation
Maridel Fredericksen, Penn State ; Yizhe Zhang, University of Notre Dame ; Missy Hazen, Penn State ; Danny Chen, University of Notre Dame ; David Hughes, Penn State
10:48 AM
0753
Describing parentage and relatedness patterns in the horned passalus (Odontotaenius disjunctus) through genotyping-by-sequencing
Jacqueline Dillard, University of Kentucky
11:00 AM
0754
Comparative genomics of Cardinium: Ascertaining genes underlying symbiont-induced reproductive manipulations
Corinne Stouthamer, University of Arizona ; Stephan Schmitz-Esser, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna ; Evelyne Mann, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna ; Martha Hunter, University of Arizona
11:12 AM
0755
Investigating the divergence times and patterns of Cirrospilini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a group of niche specific parasitoids
Ryan Perry, University of California, Riverside
11:24 AM
0756
Withdrawn
11:36 AM
0757
Natural enemies and host breadth: A tritrophic analysis of diversification rates in Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
Mayrolin Garcia, Auburn University ; Nate Hardy, Auburn University
11:48 AM
0758
Colony size of pine sawflies (genus Neodiprion) is driven by female oviposition behavior rather than larval aggregative tendency
John Terbot, II, University of Kentucky ; Catherine Linnen, University of Kentucky
12:00 PM
0759
History, geography, and host use shape genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in the redheaded pine sawfly (Neodiprion lecontei)
Robin Bagley, University of Kentucky ; Vitor Sousa, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics ; Matthew Niemiller, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ; Catherine Linnen, University of Kentucky
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