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Conference Announcement
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Published on February 14, AS 0020 (2020 AD)
This meeting was cancelled because of new coronavirus infection problem

TMU International Symposium
on Evolutionary Biology
Tamura Koichiro
Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science
Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)
Minami-osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japanemail: ktamura@tmu.ac.jp
This symposium is second one in Tokyo Metropolitan University. It is open to anybody who areinterested in evolutionary biology. No fee and no pre-registration is required.
Date: March 9th, 2020Venue: Main Hall, International House, Tokyo Metropolitan University
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Symposium website: http://evolgen.biol.se.tmu.ac.jp/TMU_sympo_2020/
Schedule
9:50-10:00 Opening remark by TAMURA Koichiro
Session 1 Chair: Nozawa Masafumi (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
10:00-10:40 Qi Zhou (Zhejiang University, University of Vienna)
Fantastic beasts and their unusual sex chromosomes
10:40-11:00 Nozawa Masafumi (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Parallel evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in Drosophila
Session 2 Chair: Takahasgi Aya (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
11:00-11:40 Virginie Orgogozoo (Université Paris Diderot)
The genetic loci of evolution: small versus large effects on Drosophila genitalia evolution
11:40-12:10 Gotoh Hiroki (National Institute of Genetics)
Structure and development of the complex helmet of treehoppers
12:10-13:30 Lunch
Session 3 Chair: Okada Yasukazu (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
13:30-14:10 Tom Price (University of Liverpool)
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Thermal fertility limits: sexual selection, male sterility and climate change
14:10-14:50 Zenobia Lewis (University of Liverpool)
The impact of gut microbes on host behaviour and evolution in ies
14:50-15:10 Okada Yasukazu (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Mechanism of condition-dependent growth in the beetle weapon
15:10-15:30 Coffee break
Session 4 Chair: Tamura Koichiro (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
15:30-16:00 Matsuo Takashi (University of Tokyo)
Drosophila prolongata as a model species of sexual selection studies
16:00-16:20 TachikiYuuya (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Positive feedback between behavioral and hormonal dynamics leads to differentiation of life-history
16:20-17:00 Sudhir Kumar (Temple University)
Building the Grand Timetree of Life
17:00-17:20 Adam Cronin (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Implications of a key polymorphism for the historical bio-geography of a Japanese ant
17:20-17:30 Closing remark by Tamura Koichiro
18:00- Dinner around Minami-osawa station
For those who are interested in joining us, please make contact with Koichiro Tamura(ktamura@tmu.ac.jp) by the end of February.

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Author Photo (taken on Sepember 11, AS 0019 at Saitou’s Private Library, Fukui, Japan)==========================================================================================================Publication history of this article
February 14, AS 0020: this article was published in iDarwin.
May 14, AS 0022: Following revision of the publication style of iDarwin (see Saitou [0022]), last names were no longer capitalized. Some additional
editorial changes were also made.
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