Differential predation risk of alternative reproductive tactics in a swordtail fish 9.30 9.50 Alexandra Basolo – The Effect of Predator Behavior on the Evolution of Platyfish Size 9.50 10.10 Alexander Kotrschal – Artificial size selection reveals decreased fecundity but increased learning abilities in fish with larger brains 10.10 10.30 COFFEE BREAK – Session 5: Life History and Evolution 2 Chair: Doug Fraser 10.30 10.50 Jose Luis Ponce de Leon – Life-history strategies of Cuban poeciliid fishes 10.50 11.10 Patricia Frias Alvarez – Variation in superfetation and related life-history traits of two Mexican poeciliids: Poeciliopsis infans and P. gracilis 11.10 11.30 Harry Grier – The Annual Reproductive Cycle and Its Day Photoperiod Control In Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821), the sailfin molly 11.30 11.50 Mari Carmen Uribe – Structure of the ovarian gonoduct of Poecilia reticulata during non-gestation and gestation phases. 11.50 12.10 Alfredo Ojanguren – Transgenerational effects of fatty acid nutrition in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). 12.10 1.40 LUNCH – Session 6: Poeciliid Genetics Chair: Indar Ramnarine 1.40 2.00 Eshita Sharma – Transcriptome of Poecilia reticulata and comparative analysis for identification of sex-linked loci associated with evolution of the sex chromosomes. 2.00 2.20 Manfred Schartl – Genomic consequences of paternal introgression in the Amazon Molly, Poecilia formosa 2.20 - 2.40 Ronald Walter Aberrant gene expression in Xiphophorus interspecies hybrids 2.40 3.10 COFFEE BREAK – Session 7: Poeciliid Genomics Chair: Dawn Phillip 3.10 3.30 Manfred Schartl – The Jp 163 A genome Xiphophorus maculatus 3.30 Wesley Warren –3.50 The genomic investigation of Poecilia formosa 3.50 4.30 SESSIONS 4 7: QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION – – Wednesday 27th June 2012 8.30 9.10 Keynote Address: Professor Jens Krause – Collective Behaviour and Intelligence Session 8: Poeciliid Communication Chair: Darren Croft 9.10 9.30 Chris Elvidge –
Differential predation risk of alternative reproductive tactics in a swordtail fish 9.30 – 9.50 Alexandra Basolo The Effect of Predator Behavior on the Evolution of Platyfish Size 9.50 – 10.10 Alexander Kotrschal Artificial size selection reveals decreased fecundity but increased learning abilities in fish with larger brains 10.10 – 10.30 COFFEE BREAK Session 5: Life History and Evolution 2 Chair: Doug Fraser 10.30 – 10.50 Jose Luis Ponce de Leon Life-history strategies of Cuban poeciliid fishes 10.50 – 11.10 Patricia Frias Alvarez Variation in superfetation and related life-history traits of two Mexican poeciliids: Poeciliopsis infans and P. gracilis 11.10 – 11.30 Harry Grier The Annual Reproductive Cycle and Its Day Photoperiod Control In Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821), the sailfin molly 11.30 – 11.50 Mari Carmen Uribe Structure of the ovarian gonoduct of Poecilia reticulata during non-gestation and gestation phases. 11.50 – 12.10 Alfredo Ojanguren Transgenerational effects of fatty acid nutrition in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). 12.10 – 1.40 LUNCH Session 6: Poeciliid Genetics Chair: Indar Ramnarine 1.40 – 2.00 Eshita Sharma Transcriptome of Poecilia reticulata and comparative analysis for identification of sex-linked loci associated with evolution of the sex chromosomes. 2.00 – 2.20 Manfred Schartl Genomic consequences of paternal introgression in the Amazon Molly, Poecilia formosa 2.20 - 2.40 Ronald Walter Aberrant gene expression in Xiphophorus interspecies hybrids 2.40 – 3.10 COFFEE BREAK Session 7: Poeciliid Genomics Chair: Dawn Phillip 3.10 – 3.30 Manfred Schartl The Xiphophorus maculatus Jp 163 A genome 3.30 –3.50 Wesley Warren The genomic investigation of Poecilia formosa 3.50 – 4.30 SESSIONS 4 – 7: QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION Wednesday 27th June 2012 8.30 – 9.10 Keynote Address: Professor Jens Krause Collective Behaviour and Intelligence Session 8: Poeciliid Communication Chair: Darren Croft 9.10 – 9.30 Chris Elvidge
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