Thursday, August 7, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
103 C, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 95 - Evolution: Genetic Isolation and Differentiation
1:30 PMCOS 95-1Evidence for increased survival in native compared to foreign populations of Swedish Arabidopsis thaliana
Alison Anastasio, University of Chicago, Magnus Nordborg, University of Southern California, Joy Bergelson, University of Chicago
1:50 PMCOS 95-2Host associated differentiation in indigenous tree species
Aaron M. Dickey, Texas A&M University, Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University
2:10 PMCOS 95-3Ecological genetic differentiation in American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) across an elevational gradient
James B. McGraw, West Virginia University, Emily H. Mooney, Muhlenberg College
2:30 PMCOS 95-4A predictable evolutionary pathway to serpentine endemism and its consequences in the California flora
Brian L. Anacker, University of California, Davis, Justen B. Whittall, Santa Clara University, Susan P Harrison, University of California, Davis
2:50 PMCOS 95-5Effects of geographic distance and karyotype rearrangement on gene flow and speciation in sedges (Carex: Cyperaceae)
Andrew L. Hipp, The Morton Arboretum, Jaime A. Weber, The Morton Arboretum, Paul E. Rothrock, Taylor University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 95-6Dispersal in the black-capped vireo: The role of fine-scale social structure
Giridhar NR Athrey, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Richard Lance, US Army Corps of Engineers, Paul Leberg, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
3:40 PMCOS 95-7Microbial endemism: Does extreme nutrient limitation enhance speciation?
Valeria Souza, Instituto de Ecologia, Luis Eguiarte, Instituto de Ecologia, Jim Elser, Arizona State University, Janet Siefert, Rice University
4:00 PMCOS 95-8Gall midges and goldenrods: the multitrophic context of an adaptive radiation
John O. Stireman III, Wright State University, Hilary Devlin, Wright State University, Brenda L. Wells, Wright State University, Jeremy Heath, Wright State University, Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University
4:20 PMCOS 95-9Habitat isolation between sister species of neotropical Costus
Grace Fu-chun Chen, Michigan State University, Douglas W. Schemske, Michigan State University
4:40 PMCOS 95-10Dispersal and divergence in plethodontid salamanders
Winsor H. Lowe, University of Montana, Mark A. McPeek, Dartmouth College, Gene E. Likens, Bradley J. Cosentino, University of Illinois

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