In the next two days, everybody who’s anybody in evolutionary biology will be winging his or her way to beautiful Snowbird, Utah for the 2013 Evolution meetings. And, as always, anole lizards will be major players.

Dobzhansky Prize laureate Rowan Barrett’s fingers getting what they deserve. Photo by Todd Palmer.

Indeed, the last two meetings have been all about anoles. In 2011 in Norman, OK, anoles swept the field, with anole researchers receiving both the prestigious Dobzhansky and Fisher Prizes, as well as three of the four American Society of Naturalist’s Young Investigators Prizes. The hardware continued to head the anole way last year in Ottawa, with Liam Revell nabbing a YIP. And true to form, the parade continues this year, with Berkeley-bound anolologist Ian Wang nabbing one of this year’s YIPs. Moreover, this year’s Dobzhansky Prize goes to Rowan Barrett, who even though known for working on lesser organisms, has lately been seen studying anoles.

Martha Muñoz posted the anole talks a month ago, but here they are again, including time and room:

Isolation by Environment: the Role of Ecology in Genetic Differentiation. Author: Wang, Ian J. June 22, 9:30am, Ballroom 1

Natural selection on the thermal performance curve of Anolis sagrei. Authors: Logan, Michael L; Cox, Robert M; Calsbeek, Ryan G. June 23, 9:00am, Rendezvous A

Natural selection, developmental trajectories, and quantitative genetics underlying intraspecific variation in sexual dimorphism in an island lizard. Authors: Cox, Robert; Daugherty, Christopher; Price, Jennifer; McGlothlin, Joel. June 23, 9:15am, Rendezvous A

Testing for simultaneous divergence and gene flow in sister-pairs of physiologically divergent Anolis lizards from Puerto Rico. Author: McElroy, Matthew. June 23, 11:30am, Ballroom 2

Title: Divergence in coloration and the evolution of reproductive isolation in the Anolis marmoratus species complex. Authors: Muñoz, Martha; Crawford, Nicholas; McGreevy, Jr., Thomas; Schneider, Christopher. June 23, 4:15pm, Cottonwood C

Genomics of local adaptation and colorful pigmentation in Anolis lizards.
Authors: Crawford, Nicholas; McGreevy, Jr., Thomas; Mullen, Sean; Schneider, Christopher. June 25, 10:30am, Rendezvous A

Identification of sex specific molecular markers from reduced-representation genome sequencing. Authors: Gamble, Tony; Zarkower, David. June 25, 2:15pm, Cottonwood D

Extreme sex differences in the development of body size and sexual signals are mediated by hormonal pleiotropy in a dimorphic lizard. Authors: Cox, Christian L.; Hanninen , Amanda F; Cox, Robert M. June 25, 4:15pm, Cottonwood D

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