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Monday, July 27th

Monday, July 27th, 8:00 am to 12:15 pm · Salon 15/16/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 6: Contributed Papers: Genetics I
Presiding: Neil S. Harris, University of Alberta; Carla Verna, University of Alberta
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6001July 27th 8:00 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreEpistatic interaction between P1B-ATPase genes, HMA3-B1 and HMA3-A1, generates a cadmium-specific phenotype for Cdu-B1, the major locus controlling grain cadmium concent
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Oral PaperHarris, Neil S.; Wiebe, Krystalee; Clarke, John M.; Pozniak, Curtis J.; Taylor, Gregory J..durum wheat
cadmium
Zinc
Epistasis
Vacuole
Transport
Biofortification
6002July 27th 8:15 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreCross-species and cross-ploidy level transcriptomic data support important roles for selection on gene dosage in shaping gene networks
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Oral PaperCoate, Jeremy; Song, Michael; Bombarely, Aureliano; Doyle, Jeff J..gene duplication
gene expression
gene dosage
Polyploidy
6003July 27th 8:30 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreHigher substitution rates and more deleterious loci in polyploid plants
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Oral PaperQi, Xinshuai; Li, Zheng; Baniaga, Anthony Ernest-Fiorentino; Barker, Michael.Polyploidy
deleterious mutations
purifying selection
substitution rates
6004July 27th 8:45 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference Centre
Canceled
Patterns of heterosis in natural populations of Arabidopsis
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Oral PaperOakley, Christopher G..Heterosis
Genetic drift
Population bottleneck
Adaptive constrait
Genetic rescue
Arabidopsis
6005July 27th 9:00 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreAnalyzing the non-enzymatic role of Arogenate dehydratase 5 in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Oral PaperRad, Sara Abolhassani; Kohalmi, Susanne E.arogenate dehydratase 5
phenylalanine biosynthesis
nuclear localization
Chloroplast localization
6006July 27th 9:15 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreCharacterization of natural variation of shoot and root growth in response to nitrogen availability in Brassica rapa L
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Oral PaperAhmed Wahocho, Dr. Niaz.natural variation
root growth
nitrogen
Brassica rapa
Shoot growth
6007July 27th 9:30 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreReshaped patterns of alternative splicing after allopolyploidy in Brassica napus
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Oral PaperTack, David; Adams, Keith.Polyploidy
polyploids
gene duplication
splicing
gene expression
Transcriptome profiles
Brassica
July 27th 9:45 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreBreak
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6009July 27th 10:15 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreControl of vein formation by auxin transport
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Oral PaperVerna, Carla; Sawchuk, Megan G.; Linh, Nguyen Manh; Scarpella, Enrico.Auxin transport
Vein formation
PINs
Arabidopsis
6010July 27th 10:30 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreStructural and Syntenic Variability in Asaraceae Plastomes: A phylogenetic perspective
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Oral PaperSinn, Brandon T.; Sedmak, Dylan; Kelly, Lawrence; Freudenstein, John.Asarum
Saruma
plastome
Magnoliid
6011July 27th 10:45 amSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreReconstructing the Evolutionary History of the Cyphocarpoideae: Evidence for an Early and Rapid Diversification of the Campanulaceae
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Oral PaperHansen, Kimberley; Ayers, Tina.
Monday, July 27th, 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm · Salon 15/16/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 17: Contributed Papers: Genetics II
Presiding: Amanda S. Gregoris, University of Alberta
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17001July 27th 1:30 pmSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreDefining Roles for SVP-like Genes in the Activity-Dormancy Transition of White Spruce Terminal Buds
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Oral PaperGregoris, Amanda S.; Hall, Jocelyn C.; El Kayal, Walid; Cooke, Janice E. K..Picea glauca
SVP-like
Dormancy
Bud
17002July 27th 1:45 pmSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreUnraveling the history of the North American Eurasian watermilfoil invasion using traditional sequence and RADseq data
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Oral PaperMoody, Michael Lee; Mohl, Jonathon E.; Palomino, Nayell; Thum, Ryan A.; Weyl, Philip.Phylogeography
hybrids
RADseq
cpDNA
Invasion
Evolution
17003July 27th 2:00 pmSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreClimate Change in a Minnesota Prairie: Fitness and Adaptation in a Population of Partridge Pea
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Oral PaperEule-Nashoba, Amber.UGT74S1
adaptation
Fitness
17004July 27th 2:15 pmSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreEvidence for genetic pollution of a California native tree, Platanus racemosa, via recent, ongoing introgressive hybridization with an introduced ornamental species
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Oral PaperJohnson, Matthew; Lang, Kylene; Schierenbeck, Kristina; Manos, Paul.hybridization
Platanus
admixture
17005July 27th 2:30 pmSalon 15/16/The Shaw Conference CentreIs Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici population in western Canada is really clonal?
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Oral PaperBrar, Gurcharn.
Monday, July 27th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Hall D/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session P: Contributed Posters: Genetics Posters
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PGN001July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreEffect of plant height on Fusarium head blight in spring wheat
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Poster: Genetics SectionMoidu, Hana; Brownlee, Jane; Xuelian, Wang; Deschiffart, Ian; Langille, Linda; Voldeng, Harvey; Khanizadeh, Shahrokh.Fusarium
breeding
Spring wheat
PGN002July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreMutants in the rice Auxin Response Factor 11 gene have reduced growth, fecundity and leaf vein density
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Poster: Genetics SectionSamakoush, Fatemeh Abedi; Mattsson, Jim.Vein density
Auxin response factor
Auxin signaling
Monopteros
PGN003July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentrePyramiding genes for resistance to stem rust, leaf rust and Fusarium head blight
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Poster: Genetics SectionZhang, Bo; Chi, Dawn; Hiebert, Colin; Fetch, Tom; Xue, Allen; Cao, Wenguang; Fedak, George.Stem rust
leaf rust
fusarium head blight
wheat
PGN004July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreWheat germplasm development by gene pyramiding for ressitance to Ug99
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Poster: Genetics SectionJin, Xiaojie; Chi, Dawn; Zhang, Bo; Xue, Allen; Cao, Wenguang; Fedak, George.Stem rust
Ug99
wheat
gene pyramids
PGN005July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreProcess of transferring FHB resistance from Thinopyrum elongatum to spring wheat
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Poster: Genetics SectionFedak, George; Wolfe, Danielle; Chi, Dawn; Cao, Wenguang; Xue, Allen.wheat
meiotic pairing control genes
Thinopyrum elongatum
fusarium head blight
PGN006July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreRole of DE-ETIOLATED 1 (DET1) in regulation of seed germination in ABA mediated salinity and osmotic stress conditions in Arabidopsis
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Poster: Genetics SectionFernando, Dilukshi; Belmonte, Mark F.; Schroeder, Dana.Seed germination
ABA
osmotic stress
salt stress
PGN007July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreControl of vein network formation by auxin transport
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Poster: Genetics SectionVerna, Carla; Sawchuk, Megan G.; Linh, Nguyen Manh; Scarpella, Enrico.Auxin transport
Vein formation
PINs
Arabidopsis
PGN008July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreExpression profiling of lodgepole and jack pine chitinase gene family in response to inoculation by mountain pine beetle fungal associate Grosmania clavigera.
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Poster: Genetics SectionMahon, Elizabeth Louise; Arango-Velez, Adriana; Cooke, Janice E. K..Mountain Pine Beetle
Chitinases
Plant defense 
forest trees trees 
gene expression
pines
genomics
allelic resequencing
selective pressure
adaptive variation
Grosmania clavigera 
PGN009July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentrePotential for ongoing adaptation of a native prairie plant
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Poster: Genetics SectionGoldsmith, Nicholas; Shaw, Ruth.Fitness
seed sourcing
genetics
PGN010July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreEvidence of invasive introduced cattail in marshes of the Mississippi River delta and central U.S. Gulf Coast
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Poster: Genetics SectionHuaber, Donald P.; White, David A..Typha
invasive species
hybridization
PGN011July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentrePhylogenetic Placement of the Whole Genome Duplication in Malvaceae
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Poster: Genetics SectionKarimi, Nisa; Stenz, Noah; Scott, Alison; Baum, David A..whole genome duplication
Malvaceae
PGN012July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreStudy of Sr2 prevalence using KASPar marker in Canadian wheat varieties
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Poster: Genetics SectionKumar, Santosh; Kaur, Jasdeep; Fetch, Tom; Burt, Andrew; Fetch, Jennifer M..Sr2
Stem rust
KASPar
wheat
Canada
PGN013July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreMorphological and Molecular Analysis of Solanum asymmetriphyllum × S. sejunctum Interspecific Hybrids
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Poster: Genetics SectionCaton, Tara; Jordon-Thaden, Ingrid; Martine, Chris.Solanum
solanaceae
hybrids
morphology
Australia
dioecy
PGN014July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreIdentifying SNP markers for multiple leaf scald resistance in barley through restriction-site associated sequencing with the Ion Torrent PGM
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Poster: Genetics SectionXue, Shiming; Zantinge, Jennifer; Juskiw, Patricia; Xi, Kequan; Holtz, Michael.barley
SNPs
GBS
PGN015July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreAn emperical review: Characteristics of plant microsatellite markers that confer greater levels of genetic variation
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Poster: Genetics SectionMerritt, Ben; Culley, Theresa; Avanesyan, Alina; Stokes, Richard; Brzyski, Jessica.genetic variation
heterozygosity
microsatellite
plants
taxonomy
PGN016July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentrePyramiding by marker assisted selection resistance to Scald into malting barley
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Poster: Genetics SectionZantinge, Jennifer; Juskiw, Patricia; Xue, Shiming; Xi, Kequan; Holtz, Michael; Helm, Jim.Pyramiding
scald
barley
Molecular markers
PGN017July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreNew tools to study phytochromes in fern Ceratopteris
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Poster: Genetics SectionMohamed, Abeer; Timothy, Short.Ceratopteris richardii
phytochrome
microinjection
RNAi
PGN018July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreGenetic mapping and marker development for high-throughput marker-assisted breeding for Ug99 stem rust resistance gene SrCad/Sr42
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Poster: Genetics SectionKassa, Mulualem T.; Hiebert, Colin; You, Frank M.; Fobert, Pierre; Jordan, Mark C.; Andrew, Sharpe; Pozniak, Curtis J.; Fetch, Tom; Zegeye, Taye; Menzies, Jim; McCartney, Curt.Stem rust
Ug99
SrCad
Sr42
linkage mapping
PGN019July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreGene mapping stem and leaf rust resistance genes in wheat
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Poster: Genetics SectionBabel, Cherilyn; McCallum, Brent; Fetch, Tom; Hiebert, Colin; McCartney, Curt.linkage mapping
Gene mapping
Stem rust
Ug99
TTKSK
leaf rust
wheat leaf rust
infinium
90K SNP chip
seedling
Genetic resistance
Disease Resistance
Disease Resistance Genes
resistance genes
virulence
PGN020July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreCharacterizing the cross of CDC Sage and CDC Centennial field pea for heat resistance through flowering duration
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Poster: Genetics SectionHuang, Shaoming.

Wednesday, July 29th

Wednesday, July 29th, 7:00 am to 8:00 am · Salon 12/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session M41: Meeting: Genetics Section Business Meeting
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July 29th 7:00 amSalon 12/The Shaw Conference CentreGenetics Section Business Meeting
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