Grad SysEB: Genetics and Molecular Biology

Moderator(s)

• GM

  Geoffrey Morse

  University of San Diego
  San Diego, California

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:12 AM MT

  Assembly of highly contiguous diploid genome for the agricultural pest Tuta absoluta
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle M. Lewald – University of California

  Co-Author: Joanna C. Chiu – University of California
• 8:12 AM - 8:24 AM MT

  Climatic adaptation of the widespread ant species Formica podzolica: A landscape genomics approach
  

  Presenting Author: Madison Sankovitz – University of California

  Co-Author: Jessica Purcell – University of California
• 8:24 AM - 8:36 AM MT

  Genetic mechanisms underlying exaggerated sexually dimorphic traits
  

  Presenting Author: Haosu Cong – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Jian Pu – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Zinan Wang – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Henry Chung – Michigan State University
• 8:36 AM - 8:48 AM MT

  Quit bugging me: The influence of parasitoid phorid flies on foraging in fire ant workers
  

  Presenting Author: Joanie T. King – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Jesse Starkey – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Robert Puckett – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
• 8:48 AM - 9:00 AM MT

  The Molecular Evolution of Insect Opsin Genes
  

  Presenting Author: Maria Jose Cardenas Muedano – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  Co-Author: Matthew Terry – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• 9:00 AM - 9:12 AM MT

  Use It or Lose It: Characterizing A. luna Silk Production Using Differential Gene Expression (DGE) and CT Scanning
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda Markee – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Hailey Dansby – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Christian Couch – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Toshita V. Barve – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Akito Y. Kawahara – Florida Museum Of Natural History

  Co-Author: Caroline Storer – University of Florida
• 9:12 AM - 9:24 AM MT

  A comparison of eDNA and community science as means of monitoring aquatic invertebrates in an urban ecosystem
  

  Presenting Author: Ethan R. Tolman – American Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Dick Jordan – Idaho Environmental Education Association

  Co-Author: John Chaston – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Isabella M. Errigo – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Paul Bryan Frandsen – Brigham Young University