Grad SysEB: Evolution

Moderator(s)

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  Rebecca Simmons

  Department of Biology
  University of North Dakota
  Grand Forks, North Dakota

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MT

  Biogeography and Cophylogeny of Paussus favieri (Carabidae, Paussinae) and Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera, Myrmicinae)
  

  Presenting Author: Davide Bergamaschi – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Moore Wendy – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Andrea Di Giulio – University of Roma Tre
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MT

  Deep homology influences localized postembryonic metamorphosis in male genitalia of the flat-backed millipede Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Xavier J. Zahnle – University of California

  Co-Author: Megan Ma – University of California

  Co-Author: Jason E. Bond – University of California
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MT

  Evolution of aposematic coloration in Xylocopa: An unsupervised machine learning approach
  

  Presenting Author: Peter Willadsen – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Bonnie B. Blaimer – Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

  Co-Author: Brian M. Wiegmann – North Carolina State University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MT

  Morphology of isolation: Do continental and island forms vary within a cosmopolitan Odonate?
  

  Presenting Author: Sallqa-Tuwa S. BondocGawa Mafla – American Museum of Natural History & Rutgers University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MT

  Repeated feeding guild evolution: the impact of competition on diversification in cucujoid beetles
  

  Presenting Author: Gareth S. Powell – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Natalie A. Saxton – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Alexandra Duffy – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Nicole Louise Gunter – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Seth Bybee – Brigham Young University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MT

  The Effects of Conservation on Native Pollinators Microbiota in The Greenway of GrandForks, ND and East Grand Forks, MN
  

  Presenting Author: Hayley Qualley – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Krista Riensche – Northwestern College

  Co-Author: Jecelle Fetzer – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Makaila Martin – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Shea C. McGuinness – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Jona L. Pedersen – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Sabra Poitera – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Bryann Rainbow – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Rebecca B. Simmons – University of North Dakota
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MT

  Thrips & Tospovirus cophylogenetics: Phylogenetic evidence of Thripidae and Tospoviridae having a plesiomorphic vector/virus relationship
  

  Presenting Author: David A. Stanford-Beale – Purdue University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MT

  Trait-based paleontological niche prediction suggests ecological turnover across the KPg boundary in predatory ants
  

  Presenting Author: Christine E. Sosiak – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Phillip Barden – New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MT

  Advances in phylogenomics of Noctuidae
  

  Presenting Author: Jose I. Martinez – Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

  Co-Author: Christian Schmidt – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Jacqueline Y. Miller – Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

  Co-Author: Akito Y. Kawahara – Florida Museum Of Natural History
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MT

  The ups and downs of phasmid (Insecta: Phasmida) phylogeny: Transcriptomic and legacy sequencing data unravel the high and low-level relationships of stick insects
  

  Presenting Author: Jackson B. Linde – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: James A. Robertson – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Sven Bradler – Georg-August-Universität

  Co-Author: Michael Whiting – Brigham Young University
• 10:00 AM – 10:12 AM MT

  Evolutionary rescue in source-sink systems: Experimentally evaluating the impacts of dispersal on adaptation
  

  Presenting Author: Lily F. Durkee – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Brett A. Melbourne – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Laure M. Olazcuaga – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Ruth A. Hufbauer – Colorado State University