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Sunday, 18 February
Evening Session | Quantitative Trait Loci |
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| Discussion Leader: Jack Dekkers (Iowa State University) |
| 2:00-9:00 PM | Registration |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30-7:45 PM | Steven Knapp (Oregon State University)
"Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Announcements" |
| 7:45-8:30 PM | Trudy Mackay (North Carolina State University)
"Genetic Analysis of Quantitative Traits: The Road from Complex Statistics to Complex Genetics"
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| 8:30-8:45 PM | Discussion |
| 8:45-9:30 PM | Tony Long (University of California, Irvine)
"Association Mapping of Complex Trait Genes in Theory and Practice" |
| 9:30-9:45 PM | Discussion |
Monday, 19 February
Morning Session | Bioinformatics |
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| Discussion Leader: Rebecca Doerge (Purdue University) |
| 7:30-8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:45 AM | Robert Kueffner (National Center for Genome Resources)
"Interpretation of Biochemical Networks via Pathway Scores on Expression Data" |
| 9:45-10:00 AM | Discussion |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Conference Group Photograph |
| 10:30-11:15 AM | Rita Cantor (University of California Los Angeles)
"Mapping Human Complex Disease Genes Using Model Organism QTL" |
| 11:15-11:30 AM | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:15 PM | Damian Gessler (National Center for Genome Resources)
"The Employment of Loose Coupling to Achieve Robust Integration Across Biological Research Areas" |
| 12:15-12:30 PM
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| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
Monday, 19 February
Evening Session | Analysis of Developmental and Behavioral Traits |
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| Discussion Leader: John Endler (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
| 4:00-6:00 PM | Poster Session |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30-8:15 PM | Ralph Greenspan (The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, California)
"Molecular Genomics and Genetics of Behavior in Drosophila" |
| 8:15-8:30 PM | Discussion |
| 8:30-9:15 PM | Krista Nichols (Washington State University)
"Quantiative Trait Locus Analysis of Development Rate in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Across Maternal Environments" |
| 9:15-9:30 PM | Discussion |
Tuesday, 20 February
Morning Session | The Analysis of Complex Traits in Animals |
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| Discussion Leader: William Muir (Purdue University) |
| 7:30-8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:45 AM | Max Rothschild (Iowa State University)
"The Candidate Gene Hypothesis Revisited" |
| 9:45-10:00 AM | Discussion |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:15 AM | Juan Medrano (University of California, Davis)
"Genetics of Growth: Lessons Learned from Studies of a Major Gene for Growth in Mice" |
| 11:15-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:15 PM | Thomas H. Ehrich (Washington University)
"Quantitative Genetics of Obesity in a Small by Large Mouse Model" |
| 12:15-12:30 PM | Discussion |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
Tuesday, 20 February
Evening Session | The Analysis of Complex Traits in Plants |
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| Discussion Leader: Todd Piper (Pioneer Hi-Bred) |
| 4:00-6:00 PM | Poster Session |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30-8:15 PM | John Doebley (University of Wisconsin)
"From QTL to Gene: Using Maize and its Relatives to Investigate the Molecular Basis of Complex Traits" |
| 8:15-8:30 PM | Discussion |
| 8:30-9:15 PM | Ron Sederoff (North Carolina State University)
"Genomics of Forest Trees: Pine and Eucalytus" |
| 9:15-9:30 PM | Discussion |
Wednesday, 21 February
Morning Session | Selection in Natural and Experimental Populations |
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| Discussion Leader: Patrick Phillips (University of Oregon) |
| 7:30-8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:45 AM | David Rand (Brown University)
"Molecular and Mophological Markers of Thermal Selection in Experimental Populations of Drosophila" |
| 9:45-10:00 AM | Discussion |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:15 AM | Andrew McAdam (University of Alberta)
"Maternal Effects and the Potential for Evolution in a Natural Population of Animals" |
| 11:15-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:15 PM | Theodore Morgan (Washington State University)
"Molecular and Quantitative Genetic Divergence Between Isolated Hierarchal Populations of House Mouse (Mus domestica) with Known Evolutionary Histories" |
| 12:15-12:30 PM | Discussion |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
Wednesday, 21 February
Evening Session | Adaptation and Evolution |
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| Discussion Leader: Bruce Walsh (University of Arizona) |
| 4:00-6:00 PM | Poster Session |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30-8:15 PM | H. Allen Orr (University of Rochester)
"The Genetics of Adaptive Evolution: Insights from Fischer's Model" |
| 8:15-8:30 PM | Discussion |
| 8:30-9:30 PM | Steven J. Knapp
"Business Meeting" |
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Thursday, 22 February
Morning Session | The Analysis of Complex Genetic and Biochemical Phenomena |
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| Discussion Leader: Hans Cheng (USDA-ARS) |
| 7:30-8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:45 AM | Vicki Chandler (University of Arizona)
"Epigenetics: Implications for Evolution" |
| 9:45-10:00 AM | Discussion |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:15 AM | Andreas Wagner (University of New Mexico and the Santa Fe Institute)
"The Yeast Protein Interaction Network and Its Evolution" |
| 11:15-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:15 PM | Michael Savageau (University of Michigan)
"Qualitative Design Principles from Quantitative Analysis of Elementary Gene Circuits"
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| 12:15-12:30 PM | Discussion |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
Thursday, 22 February
Evening Session | Statistical Methods in Human Genetics |
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| Discussion Leader: Mikko Sillanpaa (University of Helsinki) |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30-8:15 PM | Stephanie Monks (University of Washington)
"Fine Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Using Gametic Disequilibrium Within General Pedigrees" |
| 8:15-8:30 PM | Discussion |
| 8:30-9:15 PM | Ellen M. Wijsman (University of Washington)
"Complex Traits and Complex Models in Human Gene Discovery" |
| 9:15-9:30 PM | Discussion |