[HELICONIUS] heliconius, ithomiine and speciation in Rome, july 2007

[Jim Mallet]

for full programme of biobutterfly2007, 2-7 july see:
http://biobutterfly2007.uniroma2.it/program.htm

Thursday, Jul 05, 2007

Latest schedule for coordinated symposia BioButterflies2007
Mimicry, Evolution (morning) and Mechanisms of Speciation (afternoon)

Time*	Topic
9:00	Introduction: Mimicry and Evolution of the Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae
9:10	Riccardo Papa and W. Owen McMillan (North Carolina State University)
An integrated genomic map of mimicry evolution in Heliconius erato
9:30	Simon W. Baxter (University of Cambridge), Riccardo Papa (North 
Carolina State University), Nicola Chamberlain (University of Exeter), Sean 
J. Humphray (The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) Richard H. 
ffrench-Constant (University of Exeter), W. Owen McMillan (North Carolina 
State University) and Chris D. Jiggins (University of Cambridge)
Parallel evolution in the genetic basis of Müllerian mimicry in Heliconius 
butterflies
9:50	Robert Reed (University of California, Irvine)
The molecular basis of colour pattern development in Heliconius and other 
nymphalids
10:10	Mathieu Joron (University of Leiden)
Evolution of a Müllerian mimicry supergene in Heliconius numata
10:30	Break

10:50	Keith Willmott (University of Florida)
Ithomiine systematics and host plant ecology
11:10	Stefan H. Eberhard and Harald Krenn (University of Vienna)
Pollen-feeding in Heliconius
11:30	Anja O. Saura (University of Helsinki), Anssi Saura (Umea 
University), Keith Brown and André Victor Lucci Freitas (Universidade, 
Estadual de Campinas)
Chromosomal evolution in Neotropical butterflies
11:50	James Walters and Richard Harrison (Cornell University)
Identification and evolution of male accessory gland proteins in Heliconius
12:10	Márcio Zikán Cardoso (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Sexual selection, chemistry and speciation in Brazilian Heliconius butterflies
12:30	Catalina Estrada (University of Texas at Austin)
Antiaphrodisiacs, mating systems, and mimicry in Heliconius butterflie
12:50	Summary comments, Mimicry & evolution of Heliconiinae & Ithomiinae 
(very brief)

13:00-14:30	LUNCH BREAK

Time	Topic
14:30	Introduction: Mechanisms of Speciation in Butterflies
14:40	Durrell Kapan (University of Hawaii)
Selection, genetics and geography cause speciation in mimicry
15:00	Marcus Kronforst (Rice University) and Larry Gilbert (Univ. Texas, 
Austin)
The genetics of sexual isolation in Heliconius butterflies
15:20	Jesus Mavarez (Smithsonian Institution)
Homoploid hybrid speciation in Heliconius
15:40	Mauricio Linares, Christan Salcedo and others (Universidad de Los Andes)
Hybridization and speciation in the Colombian Andes
16:00	Marianne Elias (University of Edinburgh)
Niche divergence and speciation in ithomiine butterflies
16:20	Break
16:40	K.L. Silva-Brandão, N. Wahlberg, R.B. Francini, A.M.L. Azeredo-Espin, 
D.C. Lees, K.S. Brown Jr., M. Paluch and A.V.L. Freitas (Univ. Estadual de 
Campinas) Phylogenetic relationships of butterflies of the tribe Acraeini 
(Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) and the evolution of host plant use
17:00	Kanchon Dasmahapatra and James Mallet (University College London)
A test of refugium theory in the Heliconiina and Ithomiinae using gene 
genalogies
17:20	Vladimir Lukhtanov (St Petersburg State University), Nikolai Kandul 
(Harvard University) and Naomi Pierce (Harvard University)
Reinforcement of pre-zygotic isolation and karyotype evolution in 
Agrodiaetus blue butterflies
17:40	Zach Gompert (Texas State University), James Fordyce (University of 
Tennessee) and Chris Nice (Texas State University)
Hybrid speciation in butterflies driven by adaptation to a novel habitat
18:00	Lindy McBride (University of California, Davis) & Mike Singer 
(University of Texas-Austin)
Divergent host adaptation among Edith's checkerspot populations drives 
incipient postzygotic reproductive isolation.
18:20	Final comments (very brief)
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18:30	END