Meeting Abstract S4-2.2  Saturday, Jan. 5  The first steps toward a Nematostella gene interaction network FISCHER, Antje H.L.*; COSENTINO, Carlo; SMITH, Joel; MBL; Università degli Studi Magna Graecia Catanzaro; MBL afischer@mbl.edu Cnidarians, the sister group to Bilaterians, are particularly interesting for understanding the evolution of fundamental developmental programs, such as axis specification, gastrulation and germ layer specification. […]

Meeting Abstract S4-2.1  Saturday, Jan. 5  The Comparative Biology of Gene Expression DUNN, CW; Brown University casey_dunn@brown.edu Phylogenetic analyses of gene expression have great potential for addressing a wide range of questions. They will, for example, provide new tools for understanding the relationships between genes and phenotypes by identifying genes that have evolutionary shifts in expression that […]

Meeting Abstract S4-2.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  A “forward genomics” approach links genomic and phenotypic evolution in a clade of related species HILLER , M; BEJERANO , G*; Stanford University; Stanford University bejerano@stanford.edu Genotype to phenotype association is a holy grail of the genomic era, hampered by the lack of clear mappings between the millions of genomic changes […]