Michael T. Clegg Retirement SymposiumFriday, December 12, 2014

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering

8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 am – Welcome Frank M. LaFerla, Hana and Francisco J. Ayala Dean of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine Laurence D. Mueller, Chair, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, IrvineBrandon S. Gaut, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

9:00 – 9:30 am - "Revisiting the Dynamics of Correlated Genetic Systems"Andrew G. Clark, Ph.D., Cornell University

9:30 – 10:00 am –"Characterizing the Genetic Structure of Populations"Bruce S. Weir, Ph.D., University of Washington

10:00 – 10:30 am –"Clues to the Riddle of Giraffe’s Neck and Supercharged Cardiovascular System: Genome Analysis of Masai giraffe and its Short Neck Kin, Okapia Johnstoni”

Douglas R. Cavener, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

10:30 - 11:00 am COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 11:15 am – “Dean of the College of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, U.C. Riverside”

Cynthia R. Giorgio, University of California, Riverside

11:15 – 11:45 am – “Genome Duplication and Angiosperm Diversification”Pamela S. Soltis, Ph.D., University of Florida) and Douglas Soltis, Ph.D., University Florida

11:45 – 12:15 – “Agaves, Morning Glories and Columnar Cacti: The Evolution of Bat Pollination and the Origin of Mescal”

Luis E. Eguiarte, Ph.D., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City

1

12:15 – 2:00 pm – LUNCH

2:00 – 2:05 pm – Short video of John Boright, Ph.D., Dr. Clegg’s NAS Colleague is shown onscreen in Auditorium

2:05 – 2:35 pm – “Genetic Distance for a Non-Stationary Markov Substitution Process”Gavin A. Huttley, Ph.D., Australian National University

2:35 - 3:05 pm - “Barley Domestication History: A Puzzle with Many Pieces”Peter L. Morrell, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

3:05 - 3:35 pm - “Parallel Careers”John C. Avise, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

3:35 pm Closing Remarks Mary Durbin, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

4:00 pm Event Ends

2