Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Challenges and Opportunities
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Genomics
of Adaptation and Speciation in the Repeated Radiations
of Cichlid Fishes"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Preference Behavior and Speciation"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Behaviour, Sexual Selection, and Speciation
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: The Link Between Sexual Selection and Reproductive Isolation Is Not Straightforward
9:20 am - 9:50 am
"More than Mate Choice: Postmating Sexual Selection and Prezygotic Reproductive Isolation"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
"Genomic Signatures of Sexual Selection in Speciation"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
"Patterns of Divergence over Time: The Effects of Mate Choice Mechanisms"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mechanisms of Reproductive Isolation
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: The Genetic Basis of Reproductive Isolation
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm
"A Null Model of Speciation by Reproductive Isolation"
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:40 pm
"Evolution of Mate Recognition... in Plants"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Introgression and Hybrid Speciation
Session in memory of Richard Harrison.
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Hybrid Zones and the Evolutionary Process
9:20 am - 9:50 am
"Genetics of Total Isolation Reproduction"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
"Genomics of Reinforcement in the House Mouse"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
"Natural Selection and the Maintenance of Species Boundaries in Hybridizing Birds"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
"Selection Against Introgression Shapes Species Boundaries Among Heliconius Butterflies"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Explaining Patterns of Species Richness
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Reconciling Diverse Perspectives on Species Richness Dynamics: Progress and Challenges
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm
"Paleontological Perspective on Biodiversity and Speciation Dynamics"
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:40 pm
"Recent Developments in Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Implications for Our Understanding of Species Richness Patterns"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sources of Divergent Selection
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: The Explanatory Power of Extrinsic Factors
9:20 am - 9:50 am
"On Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Factors as Drivers of Divergence"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
"Divergent Selection Pressures and Then What? Population Versus Individual Solutions, and What It Might Mean for Reproductive Isolation"
10:35 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:20 am
Coffee Break
11:20 am - 11:50 am
"All Sources of Divergent Selection Are Equal (but Some of Its Targets Are More Equal than Others)"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Experimental Approaches to Speciation
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Constraints and Drivers of Speciation
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm
"Testing Ecological Barriers to Speciation: A Case Study in Anolis Lizards"
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:40 pm
"Sex Chromosomes, Conflict, and Complex Speciation in Drosophila "
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advances in Speciation Genomics
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Genomic Insights into the Dynamics of Speciation
9:20 am - 9:50 am
"Whitefish Genomics: Divergence of Large Duplicated Genomes"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
"Hybridization and the Genomics of Speciation"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
"Genomic Variation in Arabidopsis thaliana : Ice-Age Relicts Versus Global Weed"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
"Haplodiploids Offer a Window into Processes of Speciation that Are Hidden in Diploids"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Breaking Limits on the Rapid Origins of Large Species Richness
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm
"Limits on Rates of Evolution of Reproductive Isolation, and of Speciation"
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:40 pm
"Are 'Adaptive Radiations' Adaptive?"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure