Program at a glance (PDF)
Wednesday, February 23 (Day 1)
Thursday, February 24 (Day 2)
Poster Program

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 (DAY 1)
12:00 - 13:00
Registration

13:00 - 13:10 Opening Remarks by S. Kuratani

Session 1
13:10 - 13:40 S1-1
On the Scent of Speciation: Fruit Odor Discrimination and Sympatric Host Race Formation in the Apple Maggot Fly, Rhagoletis pomonella

Jeffrey L. Feder (University of Notre Dame, USA)

13:40 - 14:10 S1-2
The Genetic Mechanisms of Host Race Formation and Maintenance
Issei Ohshima (NIBB, Japan)

14:10 - 14:40 S1-3
Evolutionary Change in the Early Phase of Hybrid Speciation

Arne W. Nolte (Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany)

14:40 - 14:55 Coffee Break

Session 2
14:55 - 15:25 S2-1
Genetic Studies on Adaptation of Bombycid Silkmoths to the Mulberry

Toru Shimada (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

15:25 - 15:55 S2-2
Ball-and-socket Joints in the Insect Leg: Development and Evolution

Reiko Tajiri (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

15:55 - 16:10 Coffee Break

Session 3
16:10 - 16:40 S3-1
Evolution on the Butterfly Wing: from Molecules to Diversity

Paul M. Brakefield (University Museum of Zoology, UK)

16:40 - 17:10 S3-2
Molecular Mechanisms of Pigmentation Pattern Formation in Lepidopteran Larva

Haruhiko Fujiwara (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

17:10 - 17:40 S3-3
How did the Centralized Brain Evolve?: A New Insight from the nou-darake Gene

Kiyokazu@Agata (Kyoto University, Japan)

Poster Session 1
17:40 - 18:40 Presenters of Odd-numbered posters should be by their panels for discussion from 17:40 - 18:40

18:40 - 20:30 Reception at CDB Salon

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 (DAY 2)
Session 4
09:00 - 09:30 S4-1
Developmental Repatterning as the Basis for Turtle Shell Acquisition

Shigeru Kuratani (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

09:30 - 10:00 S4-2
Embryological Evidence for Conservation of Forelimb Digit Identity from Dinosaur to Bird
Koji Tamura (Tohoku University, Japan)

10:00 - 10:30 S4-3
Development and Evolution of Vertebrate Limbs

Mikiko Tanaka (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break

Session 5
10:45 - 11:15 S5-1
Transition from Aquatic to Terrestrial Life and Evolution of the Vertebrate Lung

Masataka Okabe (The Jikei University, Japan)

11:15 - 11:45 S5-2
Emergence of Mammals by Emergency: Exaptation

Norihiro Okada (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

11:45 - 12:15 S5-3
Next Generation Sequencing Technologies for Identification of Molecular Basis of Complex Adaptive Traits

Tomoaki Nishiyama (Kanazawa University, Japan)

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

Poster Session 2
13:30 - 15:00 Presenters of Even-numbered posters should be by their panels for discussion from 13:30 - 14:30.

Free discussion: 14:30 - 15:00

Session 6
15:00 - 15:30 S6-1
HAR1, KLAVIER and TML Mediate Long-distance Control of Nodulation

Masayoshi Kawaguchi (NIBB, Japan)

15:30 - 16:00 S6-2
Molecular Basis of Self-sacrificing Gall Repair by Soldier Aphids

Mayako Kutsukake (AIST, Japan)

16:00 - 16:30 S6-3
Symbiosis as the Source of Evolutionary Novelties

Takema Fukatsu (AIST, Japan)

16:30 - 16:45 Closing remarks by H. Fujiwara

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POSTER PROGRAM
P01 The Head Cavity and the Trunk Somite are a Distinct Type of Mesoderm
Noritaka Adachi (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P02 Analysis on Morphological Evolution of the Multibranched Antenna Peculiar to Lepidopteran Insects
Toshiya Ando (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P03 Evolution of the Vertebrate Telencephalon
Shin-ichi Aota (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P04 Sex Pheromone Evolution in Silkmoths
Takaaki Daimon (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P05 Genome and Traits of the Fly Evolved under a Dark Environment
Naoyuki Fuse (Kyoto University, Japan)

P06 Development and Evolution of Color Pattern Diversity in Dragonflies
Ryo Futahashi (AIST, Japan)

P07 Evolution and Developmental Origin of Vertebrate's Upper Jaw
Hiroki Higashiyama (RIKEN CDB / Kobe University, Japan)

P08 Regulatory Mechanisms of Initiation of a Sporophyte-like Stem Cell in the Moss Physcomitrella patens CURFY LEAF Deletion Mutants
Yuji Hiwatashi (NIBB, Japan)

P09 Phenotypic Plasticity in the Range-margin Population of the Lycaenid Butterfly Zizeeria maha
Atsuki Hiyama (University of the Ryukyus, Japan)

P10 Molecular Identification of Vertebrate Phylotypic Stage
Naoki Irie (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P11 Wing Melanization Patterns between Harmonia axyridis and Argopistes coccinelliformis
Akinori Ito (Nagoya University, Japan)

P12 Nuclear Transport Machineries Cooperatively Working with the Nucleus-specific Nucleoporins in the Bi-nucleated Protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila -Implication of the Nuclear Transport System in Evolution of Eukaryotes-
Masaaki Iwamoto (NICT, Japan)

P13 A Bridge Between Original and Novel States - Ontogeny and Function of gSuction Discsh in the Branchiura (Crustacea) -
Tomonari Kaji (Shizuoka University, Japan)

P14 Genetic Basis of Parallel Evolution for the Spiny Scale in the Rapid Radiation of Pufferfishes
Kiyoshi Kikuchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P15 Positional Cloning of the Gene Responsible for the black pupa (bp) Mutation
Takashi Kiuchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P16 Evolution of Complex Skeletal Muscles of Vertebrates: Molecular Evidences from the Cyclostome Lamprey
Rie Kusakabe (Kobe University, Japan)

P17 Proteomic Analysis of the Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) Suboesophageal Ganglion
Xing-hua Li (Zhejiang University, P. R. China)

P18 Developmental Plasticity of Germ-line Specification in the Pea Aphid: Implicated by Differential Expressions of Four vasa Genes in Asexual and Sexual Embryos
Gee-way Lin (Hokkaido University, Japan/ National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

P19 Identification of a Pink Pigment Constituting the Flower Mimicry of the Orchid Mantis, Hymenopus coronatus
Hiroaki Mano (NIBB, Japan)

P20 Sociogenomics in Termites: Caste Development and Underlying Developmental and Physiological Systems
Toru Miura (Hokkaido University, Japan)

P21 Genetic Links between Developmental Period and Circadian Rhythm in Relation to Reproductive Isolation
Takahisa Miyatake (Okayama University, Japan)

P22 Blending of Animal Colour Patterns by Hybridization
Seita Miyazawa (Osaka University, Japan)

P23 Investigation of the Gene Responsible for the Larval Striped Pigmentation Pattern of the Silkworm Mutant Ze
Takayuki Mizoguchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P24 Molecular Mechanism of Plant Cytokinesis and Implication of its Evolution
Takashi Murata (NIBB, Japan)

P25 Evolution of Shoulder Girdle in Amniotes
Hiroshi Nagashima (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P26 Morphological and Molecular Basis of Pelvic Fin Muscle Development in Zebrafish
Yuki Nakatani (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

P27 Development of the Jaw Complex Adaptive for Granivorous Diet in Birds
Tomoki Nakayama (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

P28 Formation of Tarsal Segments in the Drosophila Leg by the Temporal Regulation of Transcription Factor Genes
Kouhei Natori (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P29 Diversity of Olfactory Receptor Gene Repertoires among 38 Mammals
Yoshihito Niimura (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan)

P30 Reductive Bacterial Genome Evolution in Insect Gut Environment
Naruo Nikoh (The Open University of Japan, Japan)

P31 Genes Involved in the Wing Pattern Formation of a Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio polytes
Hideki Nishikawa (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P32 The Paratympanic Placode
Paul O'Neill (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P33 Developmental Regulation of Genetic Wing Polymorphism in Males of the Pea Aphid: Comparison with Female Wing Polyphenism
Kota Ogawa (Hokkaido University, Japan)

P34 Expression Analysis of Wing Genes in the Firebrat, Thermobia domestica
Takahiro Ohde (Nagoya University, Japan)

P35 Evolution of the Head Structure in Early Vertebrates
Yasuhiro Oisi (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P36 Morphological Integration in the Ornamented Beetle Gnatocerus cornutus
Yasukazu Okada (Okayama University, Japan)

P37 Development and Evolution of the Lateral Plate Mesoderm: Comparative Analysis of Amphioxus and Lamprey, with Implications for the Acquisition of Paired Fins
Koh Onimaru (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

P38 An Acquirement of gcm2 Enhancers Contributes to Evolution of Ionocytes in Teleosts
Takanori Shono (The Jikei University, Japan)

P39 AP-1 Transcription Factors Regulate the Number of Apoptotic Cells in Developing Chick Limb Buds
Natsuno Suda (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

P40 Regionalization and D-V Patterning of the Lamprey Telencephalon, with Special Reference to the Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain
Fumiaki Sugahara (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P41 Morphological Integration of Moth and Butterfly Wing Patterns for a Special Resemblance to Leaves
Takao K. Suzuki (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P42 Evolution and Development of the Accessory Nerve
Motoki Tada (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P43 Molecular Developmental Study of the Mammalian Middle Ear Evolution
Masaki Takechi (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P44 The Early Embryogenesis of Polypterus (Bichirs): Insights into the Origin and Evolution of Vertebrate Body Plans
Masaki Takeuchi (RIKEN CDB, Japan)

P45 Aphid Color Polymorphism is Generated by a Facultative Endosymbiont
Tsutomu Tsuchida (RIKEN ASI, Japan)

P46 Repeated Evolution of Activity-dependent Dusp1 Expression in Forebrain Pathways for Vocal Learning and Production
Kazuhiro Wada (Hokkaido University, Japan)

P47 Mechanism of Twin-Spot Marking Formation on Larval Body of Lepidoptera
Junichi Yamaguchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

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