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  • Wednesday, Jul 17th
    10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Evolution
    Location: The Liffey A
    Session Chair: Peter J. Ellis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kent
    Session Co-Chair: Eulalie Liorzou (she/her/hers) – Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR 3525, INSERM UA12, Comparative Functional Genomics group, F-75015 Paris, France.
    Focus Session 5
  • Wednesday, Jul 17th
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM IST
    Pervasive Relaxed Selection on Spermatogenesis Genes Coincident with the Evolution of Polygyny in Gorillas
    Location: The Liffey A
    Invited Oral Speaker: Vincent Lynch, PhD – University at Buffalo, SUNY
    Focus Session 5
  • Wednesday, Jul 17th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM IST
    How Meiosis Can Shape Sex Chromosome Evolution and Beyond
    Location: The Liffey A
    Invited Oral Speaker: Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, PhD – Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
    Focus Session 5
  • Wednesday, Jul 17th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM IST
    Oviductin Plays a Crucial Role in Establishing the Species-Specificity of Mammalian Fertilization
    Location: The Liffey A
    Focus Session 5
  • Wednesday, Jul 17th
    11:15 AM – 11:30 AM IST
    A Newly Identified Cilium in Meiosis Mechanically Controls Chromosomal Pairing and Germ Cell Morphogenesis in Zebrafish, Mouse, And Human Fetal Ovaries
    Location: The Liffey A
    Oral Presenter: Yaniv M. Elkouby, PhD (he/him/his) – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Medicine
    Focus Session 5
  • Wednesday, Jul 17th
    11:30 AM – 11:45 AM IST
    Rewired Regulatory Pathways Involving Retrotransposons Impact Reproduction and Preimplantation Development
    Location: The Liffey A
    Oral Presenter: Andrew J. Modzelewski, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Focus Session 5
  • Wednesday, Jul 17th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Dampened HPG Axis Activity and Improved Reproductive Lifespan in Dummerstorf Superfertile Mouse Lines
    Location: The Liffey A
    Oral Presenter: Joachim Weitzel, PhD – FBN Dummerstorf
    Focus Session 5