Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. The Council of the American Genetic Association selects the Journal of Heredity Outstanding Student-Authored Paper Award each year. The 2022 […]
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Day 3 Symposium Snippets from #AGA2024 Part 4
Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. Day 3: Poster Session
Day 3 Symposium Snippets from #AGA2024 Part 3
Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. Day 3: Afternoon Talks Aryn Wilder, Fitness benefits of genetic rescue despite chromosomal differences in an endangered pocket mouse Aryn […]
Day 3 Symposium Snippets from #AGA2024 Part 2
Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. Day 3: Mid-AM Talks Stephen Gaughran, Temporal genomics of an extreme bottleneck in the northern elephant seal Stephen is a […]
Day 3 Symposium Snippets from #AGA2024 Part 1
Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. Day 3: AM Talks Elinor Karlsson, Exploring the evolution of exceptional traits through comparative genomics in hundreds of mammals Elinor […]
Day 2 Symposium Snippets from #AGA2024 Part 2 & 3
Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. Day 2: Mid-AM Talks Nevé Baker, Ancient sedimentary DNA shows 5000 years of continuous beaver occupancy in Grand Teton National […]
Day 2 Symposium Snippets from #AGA2024 Part 1
Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. Day 2: AM Talks Hernán Morales, Temporal genomics, extinction risk and recovery potential Hernán works as part of the Evolutionary […]
Day 1 Symposium Snippets from #AGA2024
Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. Day 1: AGA Key Distinguished Lecture This year’s lecture is brought to you by Scott V. Edwards and covers both […]
AGA 2022 President’s Introduction and Symposium (coming up!)
About the Blog Author: Dr. Lila Fishman is a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana-Missoula. Her research focuses on understanding natural plant variation through the lens of evolutionary genetics and genomics, mostly using monkeyflowers as a model system. Follow her research on adaptation, speciation, and selfish evolution (and related activities) via […]
Behind the Science: What happens when environments coevolve?
**This post is a part of the series on the 2020 AGA Presidential Symposium – Genes as Environment: Indirect Genetic Effects on Evolution, Agriculture, & Medicine** About the Blog Author: Dr. Michael J. Wade is an Distinguished Professor and evolutionary geneticist at the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He studies the role of interactions, […]