Afternoon sessions

Genomic basis of adaptations

Organized by

Patrícia Beldade and Chris Wheat

Phenotypic diversity (inter-species) and variation (intra-specific) in butterflies include many compelling examples of adaptive evolution, such as wing patterns, color vision, male sex pheromone and dispersal. The recent explosion of genomic resources and analytical tools in this group of species has enabled a detailed dissection of the genetic basis of variation and diversity in adaptive traits. This section will host some examples of this work.


Oral presentations

Only presenting author shown

13:30-14:10 Keynote presentation
When adaptation brings its load: speciation vs. polymorphism in a butterfly genome
Mathieu Joron

14:10-14:30
Maternal regulation of early embryogenesis in the Speckled Wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria
Casper Breuker

14:30-14:50
Pieris napi genomics: how to generate a high quality genome in less than one year and its use in studying the evolutionary dynamics of host plant detoxification.
Jason Hill

15:20-15:40
The fitness effects of phenotypic and genomic plasticity across life-stages
Juan Galarza

15:40-16:00
Transcriptomics of olfactory communication mediated by sex pheromones in Bicyclus anynana
Caroline Nieberding

16:00-16:20
Genetic variation in diapause-related genes in Pararge aegeria
Peter Pruisscher

16:20-16:40
Multiple origins of industrial melanism in the peppered moth
Ilik Saccheri

17:00-17:20
Effects of predictable and unpredictable juvenile conditions on adult life history: an RNA seq analysis in a butterfly
Vicencio Oostra

17:20-17:40
The pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN): a conserved molecular mechanism for regulating sex pheromone production across Lepidoptera?
Alok Arun

17:40-18:00
Evolution of dominance in a polymorphic butterfly involved in Müllerian mimicry
Violaine Llaurens