COS 88 - Eco-Evolutionary Processes 5

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  Microbial feedbacks are no match for genotypic control of flowering traits in a model annual plant
  

  Presenting Author: Benjamin Sikes – University of Kansas

  Coauthor: Paige Hansen – Colorado State University

  Coauthor: John Kelly – University of Kansas
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  Evidence for mate selection in a hummingbird pollinated plant, Heliconia tortuosa
  

  Presenting Author: Ferne Kotlyar – University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Felipe Torres-Vanegas – University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Urs Kormann – Swiss Ornithological Institute

  Coauthor: Matthew G. Betts – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Helene Wagner – University of Toronto
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  Does demographic variation drive local adaptation across a species range?
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren N. Carley – University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Coauthor: Monica Geber – Cornell University

  Coauthor: William F. Morris – Duke University

  Coauthor: Vincent Eckhart – Grinnell College

  Coauthor: David A. Moeller – University of Minnesota
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Feedbacks between size and density determine rapid eco-phenotypic dynamics
  

  Presenting Author: Jean P. Gibert, PhD – Duke University

  Coauthor: Ze-Yi Han – Duke University

  Coauthor: Daniel J. Wieczynski – Duke University

  Coauthor: Samantha Votzke – Duke University

  Coauthor: Andrea Yammine – Duke University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  The role of interspecific interactions in microbial speciation
  

  Presenting Author: Zahraa Al-Tameemi – University of California, Irvine

  Coauthor: Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo – University of California, Irvine
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  Evolution of large gene families allows context-dependency in microbial symbiosis
  

  Presenting Author: Damian J. Hernandez – University of Miami

  Coauthor: Gwyneth B. Pohlmann – University of Miami

  Coauthor: Michelle E. Afkhamii – University of Miami