From owner-drosophila@net.bio.net Thu Aug 31 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!berlocher1.life.uiuc.edu!user From: qms1.life.uiuc.edu (Stewart Berlocher) Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: Symposium on speciation Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 12:53:02 -0600 Organization: University of Illinois Lines: 297 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: berlocher1.life.uiuc.edu *** SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT ***** SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT *** >>> PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES <<< ENDLESS FORMS: SPECIES AND SPECIATION Symposium in Honor of Guy L. Bush Organizers: Daniel Howard and Stewart Berlocher On May 19-May 23, 1996, a symposium will be held at Asilomar, California to summarize our current understanding of speciation and to plot directions for future research. Since the last symposium on speciation in 1987, which resulted in the highly regarded "Speciation and its Consequences" (D. Otte and J. Endler, eds.), significant progress has been made in a number of areas, including genetic change at speciation, the molecular genetics of reproductive isolation, models of speciation, and speciation in the fossil record. Controversy over species concepts, ever simmering, is close to the boiling point at present. The symposium will honor Guy Bush on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his 1966 Museum of Comparative Zoology monograph on *Rhagoletis*; this watershed work established these fruit flies as a touchstone of debate about the possibility of sympatric speciation via ecological shifts. Bush has long been associated with challenging accepted ideas on speciation, and wrote a key review paper in 1975 that set the stage for modern speciation research. Although the symposium will honor Bush, its major purpose is to bring some of the world's leading researchers on speciation together in a gathering structured to encourage the free exchange of ideas and data. Expanded versions of talks by the 30 participants will be published in a symposium volume of the same title as the symposium. MAJOR AREAS TO BE COVERED: * Species Concepts * Geography, Ecology, and Population Structure * The Nature of Mate Recognition and Reproductive Isolation * The Genetics of Reproductive Isolation * Interactions Between Species and the Nature of Species Boundaries * The Ecology of Speciation and the Evolution of Novelty SPEAKERS Michael Arnold Mark MacNair James Patton Stewart Berlocher Jim Mallet Michael Ritchie Guy Bush Therese Markow Bill Rice Roger Butlin Marta Martinez Wells Louise Roth Jeff Feder Amy McCune Dolph Schluter Rosemary Grant Steph Menken Kerry Shaw Richard Harrison John Mercer Franco Spirito Daniel Howard Horacio Naviera Alan Templeton Paul Johnson Stephen Palumbi David Wake Haris Lessios Dorothy Pashley Jack Werren TALKS: *SPECIES CONCEPTS* KERRY SHAW The diversity of process and the evolution of natural groups ALAN TEMPLETON Geography, population structure, ecology, and gene trees. *GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, AND POPULATION STRUCTURE* STEWART H. BERLOCHER The biogeographic/phylogenetic evidence for sympatric speciation. PAUL JOHNSON Multi-locus models of sympatric speciation. JEFFREY L. FEDER Host race formation and sympatric speciation in the apple maggot fly: Fact or fiction? WILLIAM R. RICE The evolution of reproductive isolation without allopatry: the role of sexually antagonistic coevolution. STEPHANUS B. J. MENKEN Evolution of insect-plant associations: *Yponomeuta* as a case study. AMY MCCUNE The mire of speciating fishes in ancient lakes: Could speciation be sympatric? DOLPH SCHLUTER Ecological causes of speciation. M. R. MCNAIR The evolution of edaphic endemics. HARIS A. LESSIOS The first stages of speciation as seen in organisms separated by the Isthmus of Panama. DAVID B. WAKE Genetic interactions in a ring species: Rings within rings, and weak links. JAMES L. PATTON Ridges, rivers, and refuges: The timing and diversification of Amazonian Mammals. *THE NATURE OF MATE RECOGNITION AND REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION* THERESA ANN MARKOW Reproductive isolation in *Drosophila* : A case study from the Sonoran desert. MARTA L. MARTINEZ WELLS The role of mating signals in reproductive isolation among cryptic species of insects. STEPHEN R. PALUMBI Speciation and gamete recognition: Patterns of polymorphism of the gamete recognition protein bindin in sea urchins. DANIEL J. HOWARD The evolution of barriers to fertilization in terrestrial organisms. JOHN H. WERREN Symbiotic bacteria and speciation. *GENETICS OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AND MATE RECOGNITION* HORACIO NAVIERA The genetics of hybrid male sterility in *Drosophila*. MICHAEL G. RITCHIE The evolutionary genetics of sexual signaling: Is there an equivalent of Haldane's Rule for premating isolation? DOROTHY PROWELL PASHLEY Linkage, sex, and speciation in Lepidoptera. FRANCO SPIRITO The role of chromosomal change in speciation. JAMES MALLET Mimicry and warning color at the boundary between microevolution and macroevolution. *INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SPECIES AND THE NATURE OF SPECIES BOUNDARIES* RICHARD G. HARRISON Molecular genetic markers and the study of speciation. MICHAEL L. ARNOLD Assortative mating and selection in a hybrid population of *Iris*. ROGER BUTLIN What do hybrid zones in general, and the *Chorthippus parallelus* zone in particular, tell us about speciation? B. ROSEMARY GRANT Hybridization and speciation in Darwin's Finches. *THE EVOLUTION OF NOVELTY* V. LOUISE ROTH and JOHN M. MERCER Bushy radiations and diversification in the Sciuridae. *CONCLUSION* GUY L. BUSH Historical perspective and conclusions. MEETING FORMAT AND SCHEDULE: In the style of Gordon Conferences, there will be no concurrent sessions, and much free time for discussion. Arrivals will be Sunday May 19 and departures will be Thursday May 23. During the three full days of the meeting (Monday May 20 through Wednesday May 22) talks are scheduled for morning and early afternoon, leaving late afternoons and evenings free. Each day immediately following the last afternoon session there will be a one hour discussion of the day's talks, with the speakers present. A banquet will conclude the meeting. POSTER SESSION In order to allow as many attendees as possible to participate and contribute ideas, space for 60 posters will be available in a room adjacent to the lecture room. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Background information will be available soon on the World Wide Web at http://www.life.uiuc.edu/berlocher/symposium/ REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Registration for the meeting will be handled by the organizers, while room and board at Asilomar will be handled directly by Asilomar. To obtain all registration information, please contact Daniel Howard at New Mexico State via email or conventional mail. We will return the meeting and Asilomar forms to you. ORGANIZERS Daniel Howard Department of Biology New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 dahoward@nmsu.edu Stewart Berlocher Department of Entomology/320 Morril Hall University of Illinois 505 S. Goodwin Urbana, IL 61801 stewart_berlocher@qms1.life.uiuc.edu IMPORTANT NOTE *THE MEETING WILL LIMITED TO THE FIRST 200 REGISTRANTS* REGISTRATION DEADLINE: All registration must be completed by January 1, 1996 in order to make preparations with Asilomar. ACCOMMODATIONS AT ASILOMAR AND ELSEWHERE: Lodging at Asilomar is comparable in price with local accommodations (see below), is attractively located on the coastline, and is, of course, very convenient to the meeting and attendant discussion. However, participants need not stay at Asilomar to attend, and those traveling with spouses/families may want to investigate staying in nearby Monterey. MEETING COSTS: MEETING REGISTRATION - The cost of meeting registration is commensurate with that of meetings such as the Society for the Study of Evolution. Registration is $140, and $110 for students. (Finances will be handled by New Mexico State at Las Cruces. Funds will be used exclusively for expenses associated with the meeting, such as travel expenses for speakers and rental of audio-visual equipment. If money remains after meeting expenses have been covered, it will be refunded to participants). ACCOMMODATION AT ASILOMAR - Current prices for a 4 day meeting range between $477 and $249 per person, depending on accommodations and occupants/room. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS INCLUDES BOTH ROOM AND BOARD (food at Asilomar is reputedly quite good), FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE MEETING. Asilomar has set aside accommodations for 238 persons, so some spouses/ families can be accommodated at Asilomar. As with meeting registration, accommodations at Asilomar are on a "first come-first served" basis. \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \()/ \()/ \()/ \()/ \()/ --(**)-- --(**)-- --(**)-- --(**)-- --(**)-- /-\/-\ /-\/-\ /-\/-\ /-\/-\ /-\/-\ /\/||\/\ /\/||\/\ /\/||\/\ /\/||\/\ /\/||\/\ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / Digital *Rhagoletis pomonella*, the apple maggot fly .