Sunday, September 14

6:00 - 7:30 pm               Dinner

8:00 - 8:15 pm               Welcome and Opening Remarks

                                                Stephen O’Brien, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

8:15 - 8:45 pm               Plant Conservation Genetics:  Phylogeography and Diversity

                                                Barbara Schaal, Department of Biology, Washington University

8:45 - 9:15 pm               A Molecular Genetic Analysis of Florida Panther Recovery Efforts

                                                Warren Johnson, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

9:30 - 11:00 pm             Evening Reception                    

Monday, September 15

7:00 - 8:00 am               Breakfast

Session 1                     Moderator, Emma Teeling, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.

8:15 - 8:45 am               Conservation Genetics of African Elephants (Loxodonta)

                                                Alfred Roca, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.

8:45 - 9:00 am               Differentiating Salt Marsh Harvest Mice (Reithrodontomys raviventris) From

                                    Western Harvest Mice (R. megalotis) Using Morphological and Genetic Data

Sarah K. Brown, Wildlife and Ecology Unit, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California at Davis

9:00 - 9:15 am               Population Divergence in Eurasian Perch (Perca Fluviatilis L.): Speciation Might Be Driven by Shoaling Preferences

                                                Gabriele Gerlach, Marine Biological Laboratory

9:15 - 9:30 am               Population Structure, Conservation Units and Taxonomy in Arabian Mountain Gazelles

                                                Kris J. Hundertmark, King Khald Wildlife Research Center and the Zoological Society of London

9:30 - 9:45 am               Dolphin for Dinner? DNA Species Identification of Small Cetacean Products for Sale on Japanese and South Korean Markets from 1993 to 2002

                                                Merel L. Dalebout, Biology Department, Dalhousie University

9:45 - 10:15 am             Conservation Genetics and Adaptation

Robert Wayne, University of California at Los Angeles     

10:15 - 10:30 am            Break                          

Session 2                     Moderator, Agostinho Antunes, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

10:30 - 11:00 am            Do Mitochondrial Haplotypes Affect Population Viability?

                                                Fred Allendorf, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana

11:00 - 11:15 am            Molecular Evidence for a Hybrid Zone Between Two South American Cat Species (Leopardus tigrinus and Oncifelis geoffroyi)   Eduardo Eizirik, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

11:15 - 11:30 am            Development, assessment, and use of molecular markers to investigate questions of genetic structure and hybridization in wild turkeys

                                                Emily K. Latch, Forestry and Natural Resources; Purdue University

11:30 - 11:45 am            Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of Tigers (Panthera tigris)

                                                Shujin Luo, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

11:45 - 12: 15 pm           Recognizing a Subspecies of New Zealand Hector’s Dolphin Before it Is Too Late

                                                C. Scott Baker, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland

12:30 - 1:30 pm             Lunch

Session 3                     Moderator, Warren Johnson, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

1:45 - 2:15 pm               Recovering the Endangered Redwolf (Canis rufus):  Addressing the Challenge of Hybridization Using Genetic Methods

                                                Lisette Waits, Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho

2:15 - 2:30 pm               Genetic and Morphometric Identification of Two Distinct Populations of Wolves in Israel: Conservation Implications

                                                G. Kahila Bar-Gal, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

2:30 - 2:45 pm               Late-holocene Phylochronology of Small Mammals in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Elizabeth A. Hadly, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford

                                                University

2:45 - 3:00 pm               Conservation Genetics of the Asiatic Wild Dog or Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

                                                Arati Iyengar, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton

3:00 - 3:15 pm               Patterns of Genetic Variation at Micro-geographic Scales: Results from a Multi-species Multi-locus Project in the Alps and Management Implications

                                                Cristiano Vernesi, Department of Biology, University of Ferrara, Italy

3:15 - 3:30 pm               Microsatellite Analysis of Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, Populations in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey

                                                Lauretta M. Bushar, Biology Department, Arcadia University

3:30 - 3:45 pm               STR-based Paternity Analysis in Captive Bred Giant Pandas

                                                Victor A. David, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

3:45 - 4:00 pm               Break

4:00 - 4:30 pm               Development of SNPs for Conservation Genetics

                                                Philip Morin, Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries

Science Center

4:30 -6:00 pm                Poster Session I  (Poster Presentations 1 - 17) 

                                                (Please see complete listing at end of program)

6:30 - 7:30 pm               Dinner

Evening Session

8:00 - 8:30 pm               A Genetic Window to the Past: DNA Diversity, Past Populations, and Conservation Targets for the Great Whales

                                                Stephen Palumbi, Biological Services, Hopkins Marine Station

8:30 - 9:00 pm               Use of Neutral Versus Selected Markers and Improved Statistical Approaches

                                    In Conservation Genetics

                                                Gordon Luikart, Universite Joseph Fourier, CNRS

9:00 - 11:00 pm             Evening Social

Tuesday, September 16

7:00 - 8:00 am               Breakfast

Session 4                     Moderator: Eduardo Eizirik, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

8:15 - 8:45 am               Bioinformatic Tools for Molecular Conservation Genetics

                                                Keith Crandall, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young

                                                University

8:45 - 9:00 am               Mutation and Premating Isolation

R. C. Woodruff, Department of Biological Sciences; Bowling Green State

                                                University

9:00 - 9:15 am               Tracking Supplemented Recruits Back to Their Source to Measure Dispersal and Test the Effects of Population Enhancement

                                                Matthew P. Hare, Department of Biology, University of Maryland

9:15 - 9:30 am               Diploid Males and the Population Size Paradox in Orchid Bees: Implications for Conserving Pollinators

                                                Amro Zayed, Department of Biology; York University

9:30 - 9:45 am               A Marine Copepod as a Model for Understanding Outbreeding Depression

Suzanne Edmands, Department of Biological Sciences; University of Southern California

9:45 - 10:15 am             Contribution of Genetics to Conservation of Habitats and Biodiversity

                                                Craig Moritz, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California

                                                at Berkeley

10:15 - 10:30 am            Break

Session 5                     Moderator: Alfred Roca, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.

10:30 - 11:00 am            Conservation Genetics:  Maximizing its Role and Value in Wildlife Conservation

                                                Howard Rosenbaum, Conservation Genetics/International Conservation,

                                                Wildlife Conservation Society

11:00 - 11:15 am            Population Subdivision and Expansion in Puget Sound Rockfish

                                                Erik E. Sotka, Hopkins Marine Station

11:15 - 11:30 am            Ancestral Polymorphisms in Genetic Markers Obscure Detection of Evolutionarily Distinct Populations in the Endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow

                                                H. Lisle Gibbs, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal

                                                Biology, Ohio State University

11:30 - 11:45 am            Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Populations in California and Nevada

                                                Holly B. Ernest, Wildlife and Ecology Unit, Veterinary Genetics

                                                Laboratory, University of California

11:45 - 12:00 noon         Strong Population Substructure and Male Philopatry in a Highly Migratory Mammal

Cassandra M. Miller-Butterworth Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town

12:15 - 1:15 pm             Lunch

Session 6                     Moderator: Jill Pecon-Slattery, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

1:30 - 2:00 pm               The Application of Parentage Analyses to Plant Conservation Genetics

                                                James Hamrick, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia

2:00 - 2:15 pm               The MHC as a Tool for Measuring Genetic Diversity in Endangered Species: The Organization of MHC Loci in Cichlid Fishes

                                                Roman Dongak, Department of Immunogenetics; Max_Palnck Institute

                                                for Biology

2:15 - 2:30 pm               Comparing the Effects of Inbreeding Depression and Allelic Diversity on the Reproductive Fitness of Small Populations of Silene littorea

                                                Carlos Garcia, Department of Genetics; Facultade de Bioloxia, Campus

                                                Sur; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

2:30 2:45 pm                 An Analysis of Genetic Diversity, Paternity and Inbreeding in Fragmented Populations of Two Tropical Trees Using AFLP

                                                Catherine L. Woodward, Department of Botany; University of Wisconsin

                                                at Madison

2:45 - 3:00 pm               Past, Present and Future of the Endangered Spanish Imperial Eagle: a Direct Assessment of the Genetic Effects of Population Fragmentation

                                                José A. Godoy, Laboratory of Molecular Ecology; Estacion Biologica

                                                Donanna, CISC

3:00 - 3:15 pm               Break

3:15 - 4:15 pm               The Dawning of the Age of Conservation Genomics:  Whole Genome Studies of

                                    Genetic Variation and Their Application to Conservation Efforts

                                                Oliver Rryder, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species,

                                                Zoological Society of San Diego

4:15 - 4:45 pm               The Moving Landscape of Conservation Genomcs in Mammals

                                                Stephen O’Brien, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

4:45 - 5:30 pm               Business Meeting - Election/Meeting Venue

5:30 - 7:00 pm               Poster Session II (Poster Presentations 18 - 37)

                                                (Please see complete listing at end of program)

7:00 - 8:00 pm               Picnic Dinner

8:00 - 11:00 pm             Evening Social

Wednesday, September 17

7:00 - 8:00 am               Breakfast

Session 7                     Moderator:  G. Kahila Bar-Gal, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

8:15 - 8:45 am               Genetics and Conservation of Hawaii's Endangered Avifauna

Robert Fleischer, Genetics Program, Systematic Biology National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute

8:45 - 9:00 am               Host Specificity and Prevalence of Blood Parasites in some African Rainforest Birds; Conservation Perspectives using a Molecular Approach

Ravinder N. M. Sehgal, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University

9:00 - 9:15 am               African Lions Population Genetic Structure

                                                Agostinho Antunes, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

9:15 - 9:30 am               Phylogeography of a Retrovirus (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus) and Natural Populations of a Host Species, the African Lion (Panthera leo)

                                                Jennifer Troyer, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

9:30 - 9:45 am               Population Genetic Diversity Predicts Susceptibility of an Endangered Amphibian to a Viral Pathogen

Peter B. Pearman, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University

9:45 - 10:15 am             The Utility of Species Diagnostics in Animal Conservation Genetics

                                                Robert DeSalle, Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of

                                                Natural History

10:15 - 10:30 am            Break

Session 8                     Moderator:  Cassandra M. Miller-Butterworth Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town

10:30 - 11:00 am            Male Versus Female:  Mammalian Sex Chromosome Markers in Conservation Genetics

                                                Jill Pecon-Slattery, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

11:00 - 11:15 am            Genetic Conservation of Roan Antelope in South Africa

                                                Bettine J. van Vuuren, Department of Zoology; Stellenbosch University

11:15 - 11:30 am            Phylogeography and Genetic Diversity of the Fisher (Martes pennanti) in a Peninsular and Peripheral Metapopulation

                                                Samantha M. Wisely, Genetics Program, Smithsonian Institution

11:30 - 11:45 am            Bats, Bones and Bayes:  A Complete, Interfamilial, Molecular Phylogenetic Investigation Within the Order Chiroptera

                                                Emma Teeling, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.

12:00 - 1:00 pm             Lunch and Adjournment

Poster Presentations:

Poster Session I:  (Poster Presentations 1 - 17) 

1.                   Low Levels of Genetic Diversity in the Threatened Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Population from Massachusetts:  Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Environmental and Comparative Genomics Section, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

2.                   Genetic Clues to the Origin of Domestic Donkey:  Albano Beja-Pereira, CIBIO , Universidade do Porto e Seção Autónoma de Ciências Agrárias

3.                   Subspecies Identification, Genetic Variation, and Conservation of the Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa):  V.A. Buckley-Beason, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

4.                   Phylogenetic Analysis of Eastern and Western Fox Snakes: Evolutionary and Conservation Implications: Sarah J. Corey, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology; Ohio State University

5.                   Identification of Genetic Structure in Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): A Microsatellite Analysis of the Russian River Watershed:  K.L. Deiner, Department of Biology; Sonoma State University

6.                   Are the Parasitic Silver Lamprey and Nonparasitic Northern Brook Lamprey Distinct Species or Alternate Life History Types?: Margaret F. Docker, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor

7.                   A Comparison of Heterozygosity Levels of ex situ African Lions, Panthera leo, from the Republic of South Africa, with Six in situ African Lion Population: Andrea M. Drauch, Forestry and Natural Resources; Purdue University

8.                   CONVERT:  A Program to Reformat Diploid Genotypic Data for Commonly Used Population Genetic Software Packages:  Jeffrey C. Glaubitz, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 195 Marsteller St., West Lafayette IN 47907-2033

9.                   Premeiotic Clusters of Mutation - an Active Player in Mutational Meltdown:  Sheng Gu, Department of Biological Sciences; Bowling Green State University

10.               Using DNA from Non-Invasive Samples to Census Populations: A Probabilistic Approach that is Tolerant of Genotyping Errors: Steven T. Kalinowski, Department of Ecology; Montana State University

11.               Genetic Structure of the Tallapoosa Darter (Etheostoma tallapoosae) and Tallapoosa Shiner (Cyprinella gibbsi) Populations:  Leos G. Kral, Department of Biology; State University of West Georgia

12.               Long-term Management of the Genetic Diversity of the White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium Simum Simum by Aid of Genetic and Behavioural Data:  Kretzschmar Petra, Zoological Institute 1; Friedrich_Alexander University of Erlangen_Nurnberg

13.               A Mitochondrial DNA-based Assessment of the Systematic Status of the Endemic Waccamaw Darter: Michael A. McCartney, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

14.               A Preliminary Study on the Genetic Diversity of Bonelli’’S Eagle in Portugal:  Sara Mira, CCMar; University of Algarve

15.               “A Fishing Exercise”: Using Molecular Techniques to Identify Cryptic Species and Potential Management Units in Freshwater Species in Coastal Australia:  Timothy J. Page, CRC for Freshwater Ecology, Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University

16.               Impact of Genetic Mechanisms of Sex Determination on the Survival of Small Populations of Silene Littorea:  Carlos Vilas, Departamento de Xenética, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

17.               Ancient DNA Provides an Indication of the Genetic Effects Caused by Human Exploitation in the Guadalupe Fur Seal:  Diana S. Weber, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany

Poster Session II:  (Poster Presentations 18 - 37) 

18.               Reconstructing the past Using Current Technological and Computational Methods: Studying Population Genetic Change Using 100-year-old Museum Specimens:  Natalia M. Belfiore, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California

19.               Exploring the Ecological Basis for Extreme Susceptibility of Pallas’’ Cats (Otocolobus manul) to Fatal Toxoplasmosis: Comparison of Wild and Captive P:  Meredith Brown, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick

20.               Tracing a Bottleneck: Comparative Phylochronology of C. haigi and C. sociabilis Through 8000 Years:  Yvonne Chan, Department of Biological Sciences; Stanford University

21.               Atlantic Forest Fragmentation and Genetic Structure of an Isolated Population of Blue-manakin, Chiroxiphia caudata (Aves, Pipridae):  Mercival Roberto Francisco, Departamento de Genética e Evoluçção, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

22.               Estimation of the Deleterious Genomic Mutation Rate of Drosophila melanogaster by the Binscy Mutation Accumulation Assay: Yi Gong, Department of Biological Sciences; Bowling Green State University

23.               Identification of Specific Microsatellites of Several Species for Conservation Biology: Elena G. González, Biodiversidad y Biologica Evolutiva; Mueso Nacional de Ciencian Naturales (CSIC)

24.               Reproductive Success and Strategies of the Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii):  Clare E. Holleley, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney

25.               Phylogeography of Bermudian Shorefishes:  Kelly R. Johnson, Department of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

26.               Do Fish Populations That Have Experienced Repeated Bottlenecks Exhibit Reduced Inbreeding Depression?  Paul L. Leberg, Department of Biology; University of Louisiana at Lafayette

27.               Conservation and Genetic Stock Identification: a Study Investigating the Stock-specific Distribution and Performance of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Columbia River Estuary:  Tricia A. Lundrigan, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

28.               Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Analysis of Captive and Wild Matschie's Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus matschiei):  Thomas J. McGreevy, Jr., Department of Natural Resources Science; University of Rhode Island

29.               Novel Microsatellite Loci in the Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis): Markers for the Study of Dolphin Populations:  Luca Mirimin, Department of Zoology, Ecology, and Plant Science; University College Cork

30.               Genetic Effects of Hatchery Propagation in the Endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow:  Megan Osborne, Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology; University of New Mexico

31.               Conservation Genetics of the Giant Amazon River Turtle, Podocnemis expansa: D.E. Pearse, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University

32.               Historical Biogeography and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles in California:  Leslie Rissler, Department of Biological Sciences; University of Alabama

33.               Informativeness of Genetic Markers for Inference of Ancestry:  Noah A. Rosenberg, Department of Molecular and Computational Biology; University of Southern California

34.               The Impact of Elephants on Tree Recruitment and Mortality in Rabongo Forest, Uganda: Simon Nampindo, Forest Biology and Ecosystems Management; Makerere University

35.               Unfolding Population Structure with Microsatellites in Baltic Sheep: Breed Fragmentation and Amalgamation:  Miika Tapio, MTT Agrifood Reseach                 

36.               Stepping-stone Dispersal of Kelp Rockfish off Southern California as Revealed by Molecular and Morphological Data:  Cynthia Taylor, University of California at San Diego

37.               Mitochondrial Phylogeography of Western Lowland Gorillas:  Nicola M. Anthony, Department of Biological Sciences; University of New Orleans