COS 150 - Evolution: Genetic Isolation And Differentiation 1

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

  Environmental variability and hybridization in Red-breasted and Red-naped Sapsuckers
  

  Presenting Author: Libby Natola – University of British Columbia

  Coauthor: Shawn Billerman – Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  Coauthor: Sampath Seneviratne – University of Colombo

  Coauthor: Matthew Carling – University of Wyoming

  Coauthor: Libby Natola – University of British Columbia
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

  Putative polymorphic inversion present in multiple populations of White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis)
  

  Presenting Author: Kenneth Askelson – University of British Columbia

  Coauthor: Garth Spellman – Denver Museum of Nature and Science

  Coauthor: Darren Irwin – University of British Columbia
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

  Fine-scale genetic structure of Atlantic Cod’s (Gadus morhua) populations in NW Atlantic detected using low coverage whole genome sequencing
  

  Presenting Author: M. Lisette Delgado – Dalhousie University

  Coauthor: Mallory Van Wyngaarden – Dalhousie University

  Coauthor: Tony Einfeldt – Dalhousie University

  Coauthor: Gregory R. McCracken – Dalhousie University

  Coauthor: Ian Paterson – Dalhousie University

  Coauthor: Ian Bradbury – Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  Coauthor: Paul Bentzen – Dalhousie University

  Coauthor: Daniel E. Ruzzante – Dalhousie University
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

  Effects of Insularity on Genetic Diversity Within and Among Natural Populations
  

  Presenting Author: David Hunt – Redpath Museum and Dept of Biology, McGill University

  Coauthor: Joseph D. DiBattista – Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum

  Coauthor: Andrew P. Hendry – Redpath Museum and Dept of Biology, McGill University
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM EDT

  Sensitivity of outlier loci detection methods to population range expansions: investigating the effects of population size, dispersal, and timing of sampling
  

  Presenting Author: Joao Pedro Fontenelle – University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Patrick James – University of Toronto, Forestry