June 8-12, 2009, University of Rennes-1, Rennes, Brittany

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1 Evolutionary biology 2009: phylogenetics, speciation, co-evolution, development, genomes, life histories, plasticity What is new? June 8-12, 2009, University of Rennes-1, Rennes, Brittany Scientific and organizing committee : Prof Jacques van Alphen- Marie Curie Chair, UMR ECOBIO, University of Rennes 1 and University of Leiden (Pays-Bas) Dr Joan van Baaren- University of Rennes 1 Dr Malika Ainouche- University of Rennes 1 Dr Jean-Christophe Simon, INRA UMR BIO3P, Rennes Dr. Manuel Plantegenest, Agrocampus Ouest, UMR BIO3P Dr. Yannick Outreman, Agrocampus Ouest, UMR BIO3P Dr. Marie-Agnès Coutellec, INRA Rennes, UMR ESE Dr. Christine Paillard, UMR CNRS 6539, Institut Européen de la Mer, Plouzané Dr Frédéric Jean, MC, UMR CNRS 6539, Institut Européen de la Mer, Plouzané Prof Yves-Marie Paulet, UMR CNRS 6539, Institut Européen de la Mer, Plouzané Prof Jean Laroche, UMR CNRS 6539, Institut Européen de la Mer, Plouzané Dr Valérie Stiger, LEBHAM, Institut Européen de la Mer, Plouzané

2 Evolutionary biology 2009: phylogenetics, speciation, co-evolution, development, genomes, life histories, plasticity What is new? June 8-12, 2009, University of Rennes-1, Rennes, Brittany The 200 th birthday of Charles Darwin on 12 February 2009 and the 150 th anniversary of the publication of The origin of species are the reasons why 2009 will see many celebrations. In this context we propose to organize an advanced course in Evolutionary Biology, including 4 days of conferences, open to PhDs and researchers, followed by one practical day in phylogenetics analysis, open to PhDs only for French and other European PhD students in Evolutionary Biology. The course will give an overview of the research methods in evolutionary biology and will provide state of the art reviews on timely questions in evolutionary biology, by internationally leading scientists in the field. Posters could be proposed by the participants, to be discussed with the invited speakers in evening sessions. A price of the best poster will be organized. It provides an excellent opportunity for doctoral students and young researchers to interact with internationally recognized evolutionary biologists. In addition, it will provide them to the occasion to interact with the active community of evolutionary biologists at University of Rennes1. We will address all major questions in evolutionary biology: How to reconstruct phylogenetic trees and how to study the evolutionary past? How do new species come into existence? What is the role of sexual selection in evolution? How do life-history characters and behavior evolve? How do genomes evolve? What is the role of phenotypic plasticity in evolution? What is the role of epigenetics? What are the constraints in the evolution of developmental plans? What is the role of antagonistic and mutualistic coevolution?

3 The manifestation will have the following format: Part 1. What are the most important questions in Evolutionary Research. a) What is the evolutionary history of a clade? This question is addressed by reconstructing the phylogeny of the clade preferentially making use of molecular data, or a combination of morphological characters and molecular data. b) How do new species come into existence? There are different modes of speciation (e.g. allopatric, parapatric or sympatric) and a variety of mechanisms resulting in reproductive isolation. Speciation can be studied by making use of virtually all methods in evolutionary biology. c) How has sexual reproduction evolved and how is it maintained? This is the study of the paradox of the twofold cost of sex. d) What are the constraints in the evolutions of developmental plans? We will address questions like Why do we have five fingers? Why do almost all mammals have 7 cervical vertebrae, even when they have a long neck like a Giraffe, and why does the number of cervical vertebrae in birds vary e) How do genomes evolve? The evolution of genomic conflicts, horizontal transmission of genes, cytoplasmic genes versus nuclear genes etc. f) When do organisms co-evolve? Co-evolution and evolutionary arms races, evolutionary hot-spots and cold-spots g) How do life history characters and behaviour evolve? This is the field of evolutionary ecology and behavioural ecology. h) What is the role of sexual selection in evolution? Another question addressed in behavioural and evolutionary ecology i) How does development constrain evolution? The field of evo-devo Part 2: What are the methods to study Evolutionary Biology? a) Reconstruction of phylogenies b) The comparative method with corrections for phylogeny. E.g. phylogenetic contrasts c) The phenotypic approach: Deductive modelling and empirical tests of the predictions of those models. a. Optimization models b. Evolutionary Game theory c. Adaptive dynamics d) The genetic approach: Population genetic models e) When to use phenotypic models and when to use genetic models? Why?

4 Evolutionary biology 2009: phylogenetics, speciation, co-evolution, development, genomes, life histories, plasticity What is new? June 8-12, 2009, University of Rennes-1, Rennes, Brittany Program Monday, June h h Registration 11.45h h Lunch 13.15h 13.30h Welcome & Introduction Afternoon Session: Origin and history of life and Sexual Selection 13.30h h Brice Felden, University of Rennes 1 Ribonucleic acids (RNAs) and their contributions in the current theories of the origin of life on Earth 14.15h h Céline Brochier, Université de Provence Aix-Marseille LUCA and the universal tree of life 15.00h h Tea Break 15.30h h Richard Cloutier 16.15h - 18h Discussion. Poster Session Tuesday, June 9 Morning session: Speciation 9.00h h Heinz Müller-Schärer, University of Fribourg, Suisse Adaptive evolutionery change in an invasive plant: tracking its evidence 9.45h h Salvatore Cozzolino, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Pollination specificity, reproductive isolation and speciation in Mediterranean orchids 10.30h h Coffee Break 11.00h h Malika Ainouche, University of Rennes 1 Impact of hybridisation on plant speciation 11.45h h Jacques van Alphen, University of Leiden, The Netherlands Speciation in Lake Victoria haplochromine cichlids 12.30h h Lunch Afternoon Session: Co-evolution 13.30h h Dieter Eber, Universität Basel, Switzerland Antagonistic coevolution 14.15h h Abdelaziz Heddi, INRA-INSA Villeurbanne, France Host-symbiont coevolution in insect intracellular symbiosis 15.00h h Tea Break Sexual selection 15.30h h Jean-Christophe Simon (INRA Rennes) Evolution of Sexual Reproduction (psr, wolbachia,meiotic drive)

5 16.15h h Ken Kraaijeveld, IBL, University of Leiden, Netherlands Sexual Conflict and speciation in insects 17.00h 18.30h Discussion- Poster session Wednesday, June 10 Morning session: speciation 9.00h h Richard Bateman, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Evolution, Development and phenotypic plasticity 9.45h h Frietson Galis, University of Leiden Evolutionary novelties: the making and breaking of pleiotropic constraints 10.30h h Coffee Break 11.00h h Carl Schlichting (University of Connecticut) Advances in Plasticity & Phenotypic Evolution 11.45h h Paula Rudall, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Defining the limits of flowers 12.30h h Lunch Afternoon session: Genome Evolution 13.30h 14h15h Scott Jackson, Purdue University, Indiana, USA Genome dynamics and comparative approaches to understanding genome evolution 14h15-15h Pierre Capy, CNRS Gif-Sur-Yvette, France Transposable elements and genome evolution 15h - 15h30 Coffee Break 15.30h 16.15h Vincent Colot. Unité de recherche en génomique végétale, Evry, France. Assessing the impact of transgenerational epigenetic variation on complex traits Afternoon session: Co-evolution 16.15h - 17h Michele K. Nishiguchi, New Mexico State University 17h h Allen Herre (Smithsonian Tropical Institute, Panama) Interactions and Co-evolution in three tropical mutualisms 17h h Poster session

6 Thursday, June 11 Morning Session: Genome Evolution 9h- 9.45h Olivier Panaud, University of Perpignan, France 9.45h h Mike Purugganan, New York University USA Flowering time in Arabidopsis: development, plasticity and molecular evolution of a life history trait 10.30h 11.00h Tea Break 11h 11.45h Pierre Pontarotti, University of Marseille, France Models of molecular evolution h 12.30h Anne Atlan, University of Rennes1 Genetic conflicts 12h30-13h30 Lunch Afternoon Session: Evolution of Life History Characters and Behaviour 13.30h h John Mc Namara, University of Bristol, UK State dependent stochastic dynamic models in the study of life history and behavior 14.15h h Carlos Bernstein, University of Lyon, France State dependent foraging decisions: the whys and the hows of parasitoids 15.00h h Tea Break 15.30h h Kate Lessells, NIOO, Heteren, NL Maternal effects: when everyone agrees or the subject of intra-familial conflict? 16.15h h Alex Kacelnik Optimality and Rationality 17.00h 18.30h Discussion- Poster session Friday, June 12 Morning session: Methods in the study of evolution 9.00h h Olof Leimar, University of Stockholm Deductive modeling optimization and evolutionary game theory 9.45h h Tom van Dooren, University of Leiden, the Netherlands Race against the machine: comparing alternative responses to disruptive selection 10.30h h Coffee Break 11.00h h Pierre Pontarotti, University of Marseille, France The comparative method with correction for phylogeny 12.40h - 14h Lunch Afternoon Session: 14h - 18h Pierre Pontarotti and Bénédicte Wirth, University of Marseille, France Practical exercises on methods