Dear SEPEEG 2019 Attendees,
Welcome to the 45th meeting of the SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) group meeting hosted by Clemson University at The Outdoor Lab. We are honored to host this year’s group of evolutionary ecologists and population geneticists in a casual meeting that fosters collaborative spirits (and other types of spirits!) and intellectual exchange. If you are a first timer to SEPEEG, know that you have joined an illustrious group of evolutionary biologists and ecologists dating back to the early 1970’s. Among the original founders of the Southeastern Evolutionary Genetics Group (SEEGG) were Wyatt Anderson (University of Georgia), Janis Antonovics (Duke University), Bruce Grant (College of William and Mary), Jim Murray (University of Virginia), David West (Virginia Tech), and Darrell Yardley (Clemson University). The founders wanted a relaxed venue for discussing research ideas and ongoing work in ecological and population genetics and the opportunity for graduate students in the region to interact with and learn from one another. Population Ecology was added to this group in the mid-1980s and the name became SEPEEG. Special thanks go to several faculty, particularly Charlie Baer, Marta Wayne, Dave Hall, Kelly Dyer, Laura Galloway, Butch Brodie III, Amy Lawton-Rauh and Margaret Ptacek, who helped see SEPEEG through some rough years of low attendance in the early 2000’s. We are happy to report that in 2019, SEPEEG is alive and well with more than 140 participants, 40 talks and lightning talks and 50 posters. We hope that you find the weekend stimulating of both mind and spirit. We thank all of this year’s participants for their passion for evolutionary ecology and population genetics and their contributions to the future of these fields. YOU are the next generation of scientists that will lead the discoveries of the future.
And remember, YOU ALL MAKE SEPEEG!
2019 Clemson Organizing Committee: Michael Childress, Matt Koski, Amy Lawton-Rauh, Andrew Mason, Sam Price, Margaret Ptacek
Friday October 4th, 2019 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Check-in at the Clemson Outdoor Lab, Kresge Hall, 415 Charlie White Trail, Pendleton, SC 29670 - Dinner on your own 8:00 PM – 12:00 AM Social (and late check-in) at the Pavilion
Saturday October 5th, 2019 7:00 AM – 8: 15 AM Breakfast – Kresge Hall 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Saara DeWalt Welcome statement
Keynote - Charting the genotype-phenotype map: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Trudy Mackay Lessons from Drosophila
Daughters of older mothers make more sons and live 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Cora Anderson longer
How maternal genetic effects shape developmental 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Christina Zakas evolution
Meiotic double strand breaks and repair on young 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Shivangi Nath sex chromosomes
Differential chromatin accessibility and regulatory 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Daniel Shaw evolution on the recently evolved sex chromosomes of threespine stickleback
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Lightning Talk Session 1
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM Lightning Talk Session 2
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch – Kresge Hall
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Louis Bubrig Modeling three sexes in a rare mating system
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 1 The effects of microbial evolution and coevolution 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Kim Hoang on host fitness
Genetic variation in age-specific resistance to 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM Emily Bruns infectious disease
Examination of a novel trait, toxin tolerance, in the 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Clare Scott Chialvo quinaria group
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Micaiah Ward Experimental evolution of venom resistance
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Lightning Talk Session 3
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Break
Temperature preference can bias parental genome 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Caiti Smukowski Heil retention during hybrid evolution
Diurnal variation in heat tolerance in Daphnia 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Catherine Pearson magna
Can plant thermal tolerance evolve under climate 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Rachel Wooliver change? A comparison of central and edge populations
No Gene Left Behind: False and true positives in 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Lev Yampolsky arthropod thermal adaptation candidate gene lists
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Lightning Talk Session 4
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Break
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5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Poster Session – Kresge Hall
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Break 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Dinner – Kresge Hall
Josef Uyeda Emerging Leader 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
9:30 PM – 12:00 AM Social - Pavilion
Sunday October 6th, 2019 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast – Kresge Hall
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Ruben Rellán Álvarez Evolutionary lipidomics of maize local adaptation
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Kaixiong Ye Genetic adaptation to diet during human evolution
Mechanisms of balancing selection in a model cyclic 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Karen Barnard-Kubow parthenogen
Genomic and phenotypic evolution of Escherichia 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Rohan Maddamsetti coli in a novel citrate-only resource environment
Slow recovery from inbreeding depression generated 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Paula Adams by the complex genetic architecture of segregating deleterious mutations
The Genomics Education Partnership: A community 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Laura Reed of practice that enhances research opportunities for students and faculty at diverse institutions
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 3 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Lightning Talk Session 5
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break Connectivity matters: Integrating genomics with models of dispersal and selection yields new insights 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Kristine Moody into population divergence in a Hawaiian waterfall- climbing goby
Ecological isolation between sympatric species of 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Samuel Mantel Mimulus
Trait differentiation and modular toxin expression in 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM Andrew Mason the Black-Speckled and Talamancan Palm-Pitvipers
Cryptic species complexes in the Caribbean Basin: 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM J. Antonio Baeza Crustaceans as model system
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Awards Meeting
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Awards Presentation
1:00 PM Lunch to Go
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 4 Lightning Talk Session 1
1 Austin Drury Illumina read taxonomic separation using Hidden Markov Models
The molecular ecologist's guide to RADSeq: A case-study on a 2 Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez cosmopolitan fish
Can metabarcoding characterized and describe the structure of 3 Robert Paine diverse fish communities?
On the dark side of the genome: Comparative mobilome genomics 4 Miriam Konkel of primates Lightning Talk Session 2 Evolutionary history and taxonomic status of Shovelnose 1 David Beamer Salamanders
River drainage reorganization and reticulate evolution of a 2 Todd Pierson plethodontid salamander First worldwide molecular phylogeny of the morphologically and 3 Carla Hurt ecologically hyperdiversified snapping shrimp Genus Alpheus (Malacostraca: Decapoda)
4 Jennifer Kovacs Evolutionary and ecological impacts of gene transfer in arthropods
Lightning Talk Session 3
1 Sharon Bewick Magicicadas under global change: Death by 1000 cuts?
Effects of environmental fluctuations on the evolutionary rescue 2 James H. Peniston of partially clonal organisms
3 Matthew Koski The impacts of global change on floral color evolution
Understanding natural population differentiation for restoration of 4 Kelly Petersen longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 5 Lightning Talk Session 4 Re-evaluating the homozygous lethal model for EF1A indel 1 Paige Duffin polymorphism in the ochre sea star
Effects of differing transposon load on mutation rate and spectra 2 Holly McQueary in S. paradoxus
Andrea Gonzalez- Within-host viral dynamics and gene expression changes elicited 3 Gonzalez by viral co-infection in Drosophila melanogaster
Modeling the effect of drugs disrupting quorum sensing on the 4 Lucas Santana Souza joint evolution of quorum sensing and biofilms Lightning Talk Session 5 Feeding facilitation in leaf-footed bugs: Behavioral strategies and 1 Sara Zlotnik morphological consequences
Exploring venom variation and population divergence of the 2 Laura Koffinas striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)
3 Marta Wayne Are we our own worst enemy? Pathogenesis in Zika
Poster Presentations Chemical warfare and community composition in Saccharomyces 1 Meredith Andersen cerevisiae communities
Mitonuclear Coevolution in the Stump-Tailed Macaque (Macaca 2 Nick Bailey arctoides)
Harnessing genetics to evaluate stream capture as a contributor to 3 Karen Bobier freshwater biodiversity
4 Meagan Bratton Effect of Roundup on transcription error rate in C. elegans
The evolutionary and functional analysis of a cell adhesin required 5 Ziyan Chen for biofilm formation in yeast
6 Galen Cobb The evolution of meiotic recombination in a social context
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 6 Do warmer temperatures increase the effects of spontaneous 7 Libby Davenport mutations in Daphnia pulex? Comparing morphological data among genetically distinct lineages 8 Kathryn Davis of Northern Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus fuscus) within a contact zone Gene family evolution during runaway sexual selection, dietary 9 Robert Driver shift in manakins
Effects of evolutionary pressure on competition between prion 10 Matthew Dungan conformers in a yeast reporter system
DNA methylation and the evolution of duplicate genes in a social 11 Carl Dyson insect
Saving the unseen: Conservation of rare aquatic species through 12 Hannah Evans environmental DNA.
13 Lucy Fry Venom regeneration time series on S. viridis
Diet and cranial functional morphology in canids: Geometric 14 Jesualdo Fuentes morphometrics and the comparative study of adaptation
The effects of geographic origin on the melanization of wild-caught 15 Enrique Gutierrez Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) wings
Genome size may contribute to reproductive isolation of sympatric 16 Ryan Hanscom species pairs within the genus Alpheus Two new bumble bee genomes: De novo assembly of Bombus 17 Sam Heraghty bifarius and Bombus vosnesenskii genomes from long and short read sequences The venom gland transcriptome of a monotypic snake: Hallberg's 18 Anna Hewitt Cloud Forest Snake
Cryptic variation and morphological diversity in the Big Claw 19 Parker Hildreth Crayfish (Faxonius placidus)
Conservation genomics and population status of the Streamside 20 Wade Hubbs Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) in Tennessee
Understanding the contribution of ecdysone signaling to sex 21 Nafiul Huda differential gene expression
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 7 Environmental DNA barcoding: A new tool for the bioassessment 22 Emily Huntley of biologically diverse fish assemblages in Tennessee
Population structure in three herbaceous associates of Pinus 23 Jason Paul Joines palustris savanna
Characterizing meiotic gene expression in threespine stickleback 24 William Jones fish
25 MD Mursalin Khan Profiling sex dimorphism of immune gene expression in Drosophila
Analysis of intra-chromosomal variation in recombination rate in 26 Laxmi Kharel wild-derived strains of Caenorhabditis elegans
The role of the tarsi in Drosophila courtship and reproductive 27 Samantha Kincaid isolation.
Differential distributions of Osmia texana (Hymenoptera: 28 Dawson Little Megachilidae) across the United States: A tale of two species?
Exploring Baker's Law: Pollinators and pollen limitation beyond the 29 Hanna Makowski range edge in Campanula americana
30 Rittika Mallik Transposable element content in elephants
Mussel mania: Preliminary de novo assembly of four freshwater 31 Josh Millwood mussel genomes (Unionidae: Fusconaia sp. and Villosa sp.)
Phylogeography of the three-lined salamander (Eurycea 32 Gailyn Minchew guttolineata).
Changes in gene expression due to structural variation in 33 Theresa Miorin Drosophila santomea
34 Connor Murray Macroevolution of the wings and legs in Drosophila
The evolutionary and functional analysis of a cell adhesin required 35 Dulguun Myagmarsuren for biofilm formation in yeast
36 Anna Nguyen Does genetic diversity limit disease risk? A meta-analysis
A re-examination of the phylogeography of Ambystoma barbouri, 37 John Niedzwiecki based on populations in Tennessee
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 8 38 Taylor Novak Coloration across macaques
The venom gland transcriptome of the Central American Jumping 39 Brady O'Boyle Viper
ESS sex ratios in Fig Wasps by laying Male Eggs First: the MEN 40 Jason Pienaar model
Ephippia production and hatching rates between male and non- 41 Robert Porter male producing lineages of Daphnia pulex
Genetic mechanisms underlying the persistence of an evolutionary 42 Nitin Ravikanthachari trap
The venom gland transcriptome of a monotypic snake: The Striped 43 William Rumfelt Lowland Snake
Observations of diet composition of Tiger Rattlesnake (Crotalus 44 Rachel Saul tigris)
Deletion in scarlet gene underlies previously unmapped red eye 45 Chelsea Shoben phenotype in Drosophila pseudoobscura
Red blood cell fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: A Mendelian 46 Yitang Sun randomization analysis
Do parasites induce dispersal? Experimental tests using a natural 47 Emily Tillet parasite of C. elegans
Vertical moss species gather no mulch: Moss leaf shape reflects 48 Caleb Turberville adaptation to variable evaporative rates
Changes in gene expression due to structural variation in 49 Brandon Turner Drosophila santomea Insights into the evolutionary history of the Seepage Salamander 50 Henri Vega-Bernal (Desmognathus aeneus): Comparing genomic and mitochondrial data sets The evolution of flowering time in response to climate change in 51 Emma Vtipil Erythranthe cardinalis
52 Signe White The evolution of virulence in heterogeneous host populations
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 9 2019 Meeting Participants Paula Adams University of Alabama [email protected] Meredith Andersen William & Mary [email protected] Cora Anderson East Tennessee State University [email protected] Robert Anholt Clemson University [email protected] Charles Baer University of Florida [email protected] J. Antonio Baeza Clemson University [email protected] Nick Bailey Auburn University [email protected] Karen Barnard-Kubow University of Virginia [email protected] Natalia Bayona-Vásquez University of Georgia [email protected] David Beamer Nash Community College [email protected] Sharon Bewick Clemson University [email protected] Karen Bobier University of Georgia [email protected]
Nicholas Bone Virginia Tech University [email protected] Meagan Bratton Mississippi State University [email protected] Emme Bruns University of Maryland [email protected] Louis Bubrig University of Alabama [email protected] Benjamin Camper Clemson University [email protected] Ziyan Chen William & Mary [email protected]
Michael Childress Clemson University [email protected] Galen Cobb University of Florida [email protected] Amy Dapper Mississippi State University [email protected] Libby Davenport University of South Carolina [email protected] Kathryn Davis Nash Community College [email protected] Saara DeWalt Clemson University [email protected] Robert Driver East Carolina University [email protected] Austin Drury Mississippi State University [email protected] Paige Duffin University of Georgia [email protected] Matthew Dungan William & Mary [email protected] Kelly Dyer University of Georgia [email protected] Carl Dyson Georgia Tech [email protected] Hannah Evans University of Tennessee Knoxville [email protected] Janna Fierst The University of Alabama [email protected] Michael Francis University of Georgia [email protected] Lucy Fry Florida State University [email protected] Jesualdo Fuentes The University of Alabama [email protected] Melissa Fuentes Clemson University [email protected] Laura Galloway University of Virginia [email protected] Amanda Gibson University of Virginia [email protected]
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 10 Andrea Gonzalez-Gonzalez University of Florida [email protected] Michael Goodisman Georgia Tech [email protected] Jean-Francois Gout Mississippi State University [email protected] Grace Gutierrez University of Virginia [email protected] Enrique Gutierrez University of Florida [email protected] David Hall University of Georgia [email protected] Robert Hamilton Spelman College [email protected] Ryan Hanscom Tennessee Technological University [email protected] Sam Heraghty University of Alabama [email protected] Anna Hewitt Clemson University [email protected] Parker Hildreth Tennessee Tech University [email protected] Kim Hoang Emory University [email protected] Wade Hubbs Tennessee Technological University [email protected] Nafiul Huda Auburn University [email protected] Sandy Hung University of Georgia [email protected] Emily Huntley Tennessee Tech University [email protected] Carla Hurt Tennessee Tech University [email protected] Jason Paul Joines Clemson University [email protected] William Jones The University of Georgia [email protected] Corbin Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [email protected] MD Mursalin Khan Auburn University [email protected] Laxmi Kharel Mississippi State University [email protected] Samantha Kincaid University of Georgia [email protected] Laura Koffinas Florida State University [email protected]
Miriam Konkel Clemson University [email protected] Matt Koski Clemson University [email protected]
Jennifer Kovacs Spelman College [email protected] Amy Lawton-Rauh Clemson University [email protected] Dawson Little University of Virginia [email protected] Ake Liu University of Georgia [email protected] Trudy Mackay Clemson University [email protected] Rohan Maddamsetti Old Dominion University [email protected] Hanna Makowski University of Virginia [email protected] Daniel Malagon Clemson University [email protected] Rittika Mallik University of North Carolina at Charlotte [email protected] Samuel Mantel University of Georgia [email protected] Andrew Mason Clemson University [email protected] Holly McQueary University of Georgia [email protected]
Kimberly Metris Clemson University [email protected]
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 11 Joshua Millwood The University of Alabama [email protected] Gailyn Minchew North Carolina Wesleyan College [email protected] Theresa Miorin University of Georgia [email protected] Sogol Momeni University of Alabama [email protected] Kristine Moody University of Tennessee Knoxville [email protected] Perla Morales Nash Community College [email protected] Levi Morran Emory University [email protected] Helen Murphy William & Mary [email protected] Connor Murray University of Virginia [email protected] Dulguun Myagmarsuren William & Mary [email protected] Shivangi Nath University of Georgia [email protected] Anna Nguyen University of Virginia [email protected] John Niedzwiecki Belmont University [email protected] Taylor Novak Auburn University [email protected] Brady O'Boyle Clemson University [email protected] Annalise Paaby Georgia Tech [email protected] Yelena Pacheco University of Georgia [email protected] Robert Paine Tennessee Tech University [email protected] Meadow Parrish William & Mary [email protected] Amelia Catherine "Quinn" Pearson East Tennessee State University [email protected] James Peniston University of Florida [email protected] Kelly Petersen University of Georgia [email protected] Jason Pienaar University of Alabama [email protected] Todd Pierson University of Nevada Reno [email protected] Meaghan Pimsler University of Alabama [email protected] Margot Popecki University of Georgia [email protected] Robert Porter University of Virginia [email protected] Samantha Price Clemson University [email protected]
Margaret Ptacek Clemson University [email protected] Aleah Querns North Carolina State University [email protected] Nitin Ravikanthachari University of South Carolina [email protected] Laura Reed University of Alabama [email protected] Rubén Rellán Álvarez North Carolina State University [email protected] William Rumfelt Clemson University [email protected] Lucas Santana Souza University of Tennessee Knoxville [email protected] Rachel Saul Florida State University [email protected] Clare Scott Chialvo Appalachian State University [email protected] Daniel Shaw University of Georgia [email protected] Seema Sheth North Carolina State University [email protected]
SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) 2019 12 Chelsea Shoben Duke University [email protected] Caiti Smukowski Heil North Carolina State University [email protected] Kathrin Stanger-Hall University of Georgia [email protected] Laurie Stevison Auburn University [email protected] Cierra Sullivan Clemson University [email protected] Yitang Sun University of Georgia [email protected] Emily Tillet University of Virginia [email protected] Caleb Turberville University of Alabama [email protected] Brandon Turner University of North Carolina at Charlotte [email protected] Josef Uyeda Virginia Tech University [email protected] Henri Vega-Bernal Nash Community College [email protected] Emma Vtipil North Carolina State University [email protected] Matthew Waller University of South Carolina [email protected] Micaiah Ward Florida State University [email protected] Marta Wayne University of Florida [email protected] Signe White Emory University [email protected] Makenzie Whitener University of Georgia [email protected] Rachel Wooliver North Carolina State University [email protected] Lev Yampolsky East Tennessee State University [email protected] Shuang Yang University of Georgia [email protected] Kaixiong Ye University of Georgia [email protected] Christina Zakas North Carolina State University [email protected] JingqiI Zhou University of Georgia [email protected] Sara Zlotnik University of Florida [email protected]
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