Genetics Society-sponsored conference

 

                 NEW DIRECTIONS IN SEXUAL SELECTION RESEARCH:

                 

                   Unifying behavioural & genomic approaches

                             University of Bath, September 1st - 4th 2010


 
 
 
 
   

Call for abstracts

Please note: we are now only accepting abstracts for poster presentations

Abstracts for papers (max 200 words) and conference posters are invited covering animal behaviour, morphology, physiology or genomics research in relation to sexual selection. Potential topics are listed below, although we will consider abstracts in additional areas and those reviewing technological development or research gaps. All accepted papers will be published in a conference proceedings.

Please send your abstract to the Conference Scientific Committee. Email to: R.van.Dijk@sheffield.ac.uk


 Topics:  sexual selection and social behaviour, sexual conflict, sperm competition, sexual selection in females, ornamentation, extra-pair fertilisation, environmental and spatial influences, ornament genetics, sperm morphology, genomic conflict, developmental evolution of dimorphism, good genes versus direct benefits, male-female coevolution, evolutionary transcriptomics.