[Coral-List] ICRS Mini Symposium: Genetically-based species recognition: microbes to vertebrates

James Davis Reimer jreimer at sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Sat Sep 24 12:49:49 EDT 2011


Hello fellow coral listers:

Just a quick reminder that there is still one more week before the International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) next year in Australia registration deadline, and there is still room for a few talks in the following Mini-Symposium. We would love to have a variety of informative and entertaining talks. If you have any enquiries, feel free to drop me or any other of the Mini-Symposium organizers a message.

Cheers,

James Reimer on behalf of Todd LaJeunesse, Allen Chen, Michael Hellberg, and James Reimer
http://www.icrs2012.com/MiniSymposia.htm#3


Genetically-based species recognition: microbes to vertebrates
 
Proper species identification is critical for conducting comparative physiological, biogeographic, and ecological investigations. Data that are based on poor taxonomy lead to unclear and, in many cases, incorrectly interpreted patterns that limit and/or betray our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes. The acquisition of molecular genetic data has identified numerous cases of incongruence with traditional systematics.  The old taxonomies of many groups of reef organisms including microbes, invertebrates and vertebrates are in question and some require extensive revision.  The ability to accurately delimit diversity into natural and reproductively isolated independently evolving groupings (ie. species) remains a challenge, but nucleotide sequence and population genetic data in combination with more traditional approaches are providing the long sought after standardization for species identification.  This mini-symposium seeks to recognize a growing number of instances where changes in “taxonomy” are providing greater certainty about estimates of diversity, geographic distributions, reproductive biology, ecology, and evolution.


sincerely,

James Davis Reimer, Ph.D.
University of the Ryukyus - Associate Professor

MISE (Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology) Lab
blog: http://mise-ryukyu.blogspot.com
homepage: http://web.me.com/miseryukyu/
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Trans-disciplinary Organization for Subtropical Island Studies (TRO-SIS)
University of the Ryukyus
1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa
JAPAN 903-0213
Tel: +81-98-895-8542
Fax: +81-98-895-8576

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sincerely,

James Davis Reimer, Ph.D.
University of the Ryukyus - Associate Professor

MISE (Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology) Lab
blog: http://mise-ryukyu.blogspot.com
homepage: http://web.me.com/miseryukyu/
***************************************************
Rising Star Program
Trans-disciplinary Organization for Subtropical Island Studies (TRO-SIS)
University of the Ryukyus
1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa
JAPAN 903-0213
Tel: +81-98-895-8542
Fax: +81-98-895-8576

“Nature is not human hearted.”
Lao Tzu


















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