Peter Yodzis Colloquia in Fundamental Ecology

The Peter Yodzis Colloquia in Fundamental Ecology

The 2007 Colloquium in Fundamental Ecology:

Applied Evolution: Understanding the Past, Predicting the Future

May 15^th and 16^th, 2007
University of Guelph - Guelph Ontario - Canada

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The colloquium featured keynote lectures by prominent researchers and a poster session where all colloquium participants presented their research.
Confirmed keynote speakers for 2007 include:

Graham Bell, McGill University
Michael Lynch, Indiana University
David Mindell, University of Michigan
Patricia Schulte, University of British Columbia
Ruth Shaw, University of Minnesota
John Willis, Duke University

List of Posters

Aarssen, L.

Affiliation: Department of Biology, Queen’s University

Title: Some bold evolutionary predictions for the future mating in humans

Agashe, Deepa

Affiliation: Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas (Austin)

Title: Consequences of genetic variation: population dynamics and adaptation

Boulding, Elizabeth* and Toby Hay

Affiliation*: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Title: Modeling the genetics and demography of step cline formation: gastropod populations preyed on by experimentally introduced crabs

Culling, Mark*, Kristen Patterson, Heather Freamo, Paul R. Berg, Sigbjorn Lien, Elizabeth G. Boulding

Affiliation*: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Title: Expressed sequence tag-linked SNPs that are correlated with morphological divergence of endangered wild salmon populations from New Brunswick

Faustova, Marketa* and Derek Taylor

Affiliation*: Department of Ecology, Charles University Prague; Department of Biological Science, University of Buffalo

Title: Progress in resolving the “species problem” of the Eubosmina (Bosminidae: Cladocera) radiation

Fox, Jeremy

Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary

Title: Adaptive dynamics of character convergence under competition for non-substitutable resources

Kenney, Amanda* and Thomas Juenger

Affiliation: Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas (Austin)

Title: Evolutionary genetics and physiological differentiation in Ipomopsis aggregata: current and future directions

Markert, Jeffery* and Denise Champlin

Affiliation*: US Environmental Protection Agency

Title: Americamysis bahia: A new model system for conservation genetics

Martin, Sara L.* and Brian C. Husband

Affiliation*: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Title: How does genome duplication affect response to selection in Chamerion angustifolium

Nacci, Diane* and Denise Champlin

Affiliation*: US Environmental Protection Agency

Title: Evolved tolerance to chemical pollutants in populations of a non-migratory estuarine fish

Sherrard, Mark E.* and Hafiz Maherali

Affiliation*: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Title: Natural selection on physiology in Bromus inermis at three contrasting sites in southern Ontario