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A Mother Learns the Identity of Her Child’s Grandmother. A Sperm Bank Threatens to Sue.

The results of a consumer genetic test identified the mother of the man whose donated sperm was used to conceive Danielle Teuscher’s daughter. Legal warnings soon followed.

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Gene-edited animal plan to relieve poverty in Africa

Researchers in Edinburgh develop gene-edited farm animals for poor farmers in Africa.

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Basics: Everywhere in the Animal Kingdom, Followers of the Milky Way

As scientists learn more about milk’s evolution and compositional variations, they are redefining what used to be a signature characteristic of mammals.

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Population Genomics: Microorganisms ed by Om Rajora from Springer (Feb 8).

Journal of Molecular Evolution has been refreshed at the editorial and content level. The new Editor-in-Chief is David Liberles. (Jan 29).

Population Genomics: Concepts, Approaches and Applications ed by Om Rajora from Springer (Jan 28).

Great Insights of the Scientific Mind: Natural Selection by David Christopher Lane (Jan26).

Current Zoology is planning a special issue on social behaviour and evolution in the omics era. Abstract deadline Mar 1. Contact Jaime Grace (jgrace@bradley.edu) if interested. (Jan 22).

Epigenetic Processes and Evolution of Life by Jana Švorcová, Anton Markoš from CRC Press (Jan 19).

EcoEvoRxiv (EcoEvo “archive”) is a not-for-profit, online repository for research papers related to ecology, evolution and conservation. (Jan 14).

Transitions Between Sexual Systems: Understanding the Evolution of Hermaphroditism and Dieocy by Janet L. Leonard (Editor), from Springer (Jan 13).

Evolutionary Biology A Plant Perspective by Mitchell B. Cruzan from Oxford University Press (Jan 10).

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EVOLUTION 2019 -- Annual joint meeting of the ASN/SSB/SSE

June 21-25, Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI

http://www.evolutionmeetings.org

Main conference registration is now OPEN / Talk & poster submission are
also OPEN.

Talks will be accepted until May 15 or until capacity is reached,
WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.

Posters accepted until May 15.

T-shirts not yet available for purchase; you can log back into the
registration system later to add them when they become available.

Hotel accommodations: https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/accommodation.html

Dorm accommodations are booked DURING conference registration. The
majority of rooms are double and you must specify your
roommate to reserve a room. Help finding a roommate here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ePZ72-2FrTVZpucANJVQDhnfL3Wg8Yn2e9JeObIxWVo/edit?usp=sharing

Answers to nearly all question you may have about the conference can be
found on the meeting website.

APR. 15 IS AN IMPORTANT DATE

- Early registration discount ends

- Applications for ASN and SSE student/pdf travel grants close

- Applications to volunteer at the conference in return for 100%
    rebate on early registration fees close

- Applications for Mayr and Hamilton awards close. ***Eligible
    students wanting to apply should register for a regular talk ASAP
    as these may fill prior to Apr. 15 (you can edit your talk
    details later)***

OTHER INFORMATION

- Consider giving a poster; our poster invite app will allow you to
  invite up to 3 attendees of your choice to come view it. This can
  dramatically change the relative value of a poster compared to a talk

- Free professional childcare available on-site. Bookings are done
  during conference registration.

- There are MANY optional events before and during the conference. Some
  required pre-registration. Details on the website.

- Sponsor/exhibitor registration is also open.

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