International PAG: Evolution of Genome Size Workshop

Saturday Morning, 10 January 2009 --- 8:00 am - 10:10 am

Evolution of Genome Size Workshop - Golden West Room

Organizer:

Daniel G. Peterson, Mississippi State University

(dpeterson@pss.msstate.edu)

Speakers:

8:00 AM
Daniel G. Peterson, Mississippi State University (dpeterson@pss.msstate.edu)
"Introductory Comments"

8:05 AM
Thomas Wicker, University of Zurich (wicker@botinst.uzh.ch)
"The Dynamic Equilibrium of Genome Size in Plants"

8:30 AM
Jennifer S. Hawkins, University of Georgia (jhawkins@uga.edu)
""

8:55 AM
Jianxin Ma, Purdue University (maj@purdue.edu)
"Genetic Recombination Shapes the Genome-Wide Pattern of DNA Acquisition and Elimination in Rice"

9:20 AM
Trude Schwarzacher, University of Leicester (ts32@le.ac.uk)
"Evolution and Diversity in Tandem Repeat Arrays"

9:45 AM
David A. Ray, West Virginia University (david.ray@mail.wvu.edu)
"Multiple Waves of Recent DNA Transposon Activity in the Bat, Myotis lucifugus"

green
This page last updated Monday, 06-Oct-2008 12:26:59 EDT