Evolution of Genome Size

Organizer:
Daniel G. Peterson(Department of Plant and Soil Sciences - Mississippi State University)
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM-10:10 AM
Room: Golden West
Chair:
Daniel G. Peterson
8:00 AM
Exploring the White Spruce Genome: Gene Content, Evolution and Expression
Philippe Rigault, GYDLE; Brian Boyle, Université Laval; Juliana Sena, Université Laval; Sébastien Caron, Université Laval; Elie Raherison, Université Laval; Isabelle Gigučre, Université Laval; Jukka-Pekka Verta, Université Laval; Claude Bomal, Université Laval; John MacKay, Université Laval

8:25 AM
Geographical Gradients in the Genome Size Variation of Malagasy and African Coffea
Josiane Razafinarivo, FOFIFA; Jean Jacques Rakotomalala, FOFIFA; Spencer Brown, CNRS; Mickael Bourge, CNRS; Serge Hamon, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Alexandre de Kochko, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement; Valerie Poncet, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Christine Dubreuil-Tranchant, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Emmanuel Couturon, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Romain Guyot, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Perla Hamon, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

8:50 AM
Current Status and Future Development of the Plant Genome Duplication Database (PGDD)
Tae-Ho Lee, Plant Genome Mapping Lab - University of Georgia; Haibao Tang, J. Craig Venter Institute; Xiyin Wang, Plant Genome Mapping Lab - University of Georgia; Andrew Paterson, Plant Genome Mapping Lab - University of Georgia

9:15 AM
Whole Genome Comparisons with Oryza and Brachypodium using CoGe and SynMap
Eric Lyons, iPlant Collaborative/University of AZ; Haibao Tang, J. Craig Venter Institute; James C. Schnable, University of California-Berkeley

9:40 AM
Alternative splicing and coding sequence evolution in polyploid wheat
Eduard Akhunov, Kansas State University; Sunish K. Sehgal, Kansas State University; Hanquan Liang, Kansas State University; Shichen Wang, Kansas State University; Alina Akhunova, Kansas State University; Wanlong Li, South Dakota State University; Kerrie Forrest, Department of Primary Industries Victoria; Deven See, USDA-ARS/Washington State University; Hana Simkova, Institute of Experimental Botany; Matthew Hayden, Dept. of Primary Industries; Mingcheng Luo, University of California; Justin Faris, USDA-ARS; Jaroslav Dolezel, Institute of Experimental Botany; Bikram S. Gill, Kansas State University

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