The AGA council affirmed their commitment to inclusive membership and opposition to discrimination: "We are committed to accomplishing this mission together with the most inclusive group of members and contributors possible, unrestricted by race, gender, sexuality, religion, political affiliation, or background."
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Pop Quiz: what creatures make up more than 70% of the approximately 1.9 million described species on earth and have long served as model organisms in many areas of biology? If you guessed invertebrates, you're right!
Learn More...Interview with Taras Oleksyk, Journal of Heredity Associate Editor, on conservation geneticist training at annual ConGen workshops.
Learn More...Elected President: Kim Hughes. Council Members: Mike Schwartz, Carol Lee, Gina Baucom. 105 ballots cast from 435 members (24%).
Elected President: Kelly Zamudio. Council Members: Ken Olsen, Jeff Good, Elizabeth Alter. 133 ballots from 516 eligible members (26%).
Online meeting (rescheduled from in-person), November 15-18, 2020. Theme: "Genes as Environment: Indirect Genetic Effects in Evolution, Agriculture, and Medicine"
Announcement of vertebrate research workshop.
20% off genetics and genomics titles with code 29300 at checkout for AGA members.
The American Genetic Association announced major award funding commitments for 2016.
June 1-4, 2017 at Iowa State University. Theme: "The Genomic Architecture of Complex Traits." Host: Anne Bronikowski.
Bolivia, January 14-28, 2018. "New challenges in the Anthropocene" – 12th conservation genetics workshop for South American students. AGA has sponsored students for all 12 workshops.
Learn More...July 26-31, 2015.
