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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>We invite researchers
working on the structure of microbial populations to submit abstracts for a
special session on<B> "Genetics of Aquatic Microbial Populations"</B> at the
2011 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico from13-18
February.<BR>The intent of this session is to include research on population
genetics, diversity, biodiversity, and biogeography viewed over a range of time
scales.<BR><BR>When submitting your abstract, please make sure to select session
number S78.<BR>Hope to see you there,<BR>Lisa Campbell and Deana
Erdner<BR><BR></SPAN><FONT size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><B>S78: Genetics
of Aquatic Microbial Populations<BR></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I>Conveners:</I> Deana Erdner, University of Texas
Marine Science Institute, <A
href="derdner@mail.utexas.edu">derdner@mail.utexas.edu</A> and Lisa Campbell,
Texas A & M University, <A
href="lcampbell@ocean.tamu.edu">lcampbell@ocean.tamu.edu</A><BR>In many ways, we
know relatively little about the structure of microbial populations, as compared
to other groups of organisms. Because microbes reproduce primarily through
asexual division, it was thought that their populations were largely
homogeneous. In the past decade, however, we have seen a rapid
acceleration in the pace of research in the field of microbial population
genetics, which has begun to reveal the extensive genetic and phenotypic
diversity that is present in microbial populations, as well as the implications
of this diversity for their ecology, physiology, and evolution. The intent
of this session is to bring together research on the genetics of microbial
populations, at all scales. This includes topics such as biogeography,
population structure, genetic diversity, phenotypic diversity, and cryptic
speciation, and their changes in both time (daily to geological scales) and
space (local to global scales).<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">-- <BR>Deana Erdner<BR>University of
Texas at Austin<BR>Marine Science Institute<BR>750 Channel View Dr.<BR>Port
Aransas, TX 78373<BR>(361)749-6719<BR><A
href="derdner@mail.utexas.edu">derdner@mail.utexas.edu</A></FONT></SPAN>
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