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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>2008
Smithsonian Botanical Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>“Partners
in Evolution: Interactions, Adaptations, and Speciation”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In collaboration with the
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">United States</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Botanic
Garden</st1:PlaceType> and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tropical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Botanical
Garden</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>26 April 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>National</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Natural History<o:p></o:p></p>
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w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Washington</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Plants and animals have ecologically interacted for hundreds of
millions of years. These interactions have resulted in adaptations and
specializations in both the plants and the animals. In some cases these
adaptations have resulted from the coevolution of the two lineages. This
Symposium, hosted by the National Museum of Natural History Departments of
Botany and Entomology, will address the various ecological interactions,
evolutionary adaptations, and co-radiations of plants and animals in habitats
across the planet and explore the processes of coevolution. The Symposium highlights
the new hall of coevolution, entitled “Partners in Evolution –
Butterflies and Plants,” which will open at the National Museum of
Natural History in February of 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The speakers at the Symposium will be Judith L. Bronstein (The <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Arizona</st1:PlaceName>);
Scott Hodges (<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName> <st1:City w:st="on">Santa
Barbara</st1:City></st1:PlaceName>); W. John Kress (Smithsonian Institution);
Conrad Labandeira (Smithsonian Institution); Olle Pellmyr (<st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Idaho</st1:PlaceName>);
Ted Schultz (Smithsonian Institution); and John N. Thompson (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California
Santa Cruz</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Information and registration at: http://persoon.si.edu/sbs/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IT
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fax: 202-786-2563 – e-mail:
sbs@si.edu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Gary
Krupnick, Ph.D.<br>
Head of the Plant Conservation Unit<br>
Department of Botany<br>
Smithsonian Institution<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 37012</st1:address><br>
NMNH, MRC-166<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20013-7012</st1:PostalCode>
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
Tel: 202-633-0940<br>
Fax: 202-786-2563<br>
E-mail: </span></font><a href="mailto:KrupnickG@si.edu"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>KrupnickG@si.edu</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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