Duane D. McKenna

Professor
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Presentation(s):

• Conservation of the chemoreceptors mediating male- and female-produced sex pheromones in longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

  Sunday, November 10, 2024
  11:00 AM – 11:12 AM MST

• Unlocking an evolutionary chorus: A comprehensive phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera)

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

• Molecular data confirms the rediscovery of the greater chestnut weevil (Curculio caryatrypes) in Pennsylvania and Virginia

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

• D3157: Simulating and understanding trait evolution using insect phylogeny case studies

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  9:00 AM – 5:00 PM MST

• Leveraging structural prediction to understand the genomic repertoire of olfactory genes in beetles

  Monday, November 11, 2024
  11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

• The current status of beetle (Coleoptera) genome sequencing: Illuminating genome architecture and the evolution of beetle diversity

  Tuesday, November 12, 2024
  4:12 PM – 4:24 PM MST

• Phylogenomics reveals new insights into the phylogeny and evolution of Cerambycidae s.l.

  Tuesday, November 12, 2024
  5:00 PM – 5:12 PM MST

• The genomic basis of herbivory in beetles: Gene duplications and pseudogenes related to host specialization

  Wednesday, November 13, 2024
  10:18 AM – 10:30 AM MST

• Learning dimensions of molecular evolution from the genome of an extraordinary invasive and broadly polyphagous insect: The diaprepes root weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus)

  Wednesday, November 13, 2024
  10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

• Unveiling potential invasive species in two hyperdiverse beetle groups: 10 years of weevil and Agrilus systematics research

  Wednesday, November 13, 2024
  3:00 PM – 3:25 PM MST