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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks to Peter Bernhardt for sharing the
below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Peter Bernhardt
[mailto:bernhap2@slu.edu] </span></font><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'>Dear Colleagues:<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'>Please read the message below and I apologize sincerely for sending it
out so late. Some of you may be in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:place></st1:City> area this Thursday. Perhaps
you'd like to submit a poster as there will be several speakers during the
evening. Posters on pollinators are entirely appropriate considering <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Darwin</st1:place></st1:City>'s past studies on
Bombus, Andrena spp., orchid-pollinating moths (Acontia and Caradrina) etc.<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'>If you are wondering how Darwin's book on orchid pollination relates to
more modern concepts of flower-insect evolution, and how this ties into wider
issues of conservation please consider reading...<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'>Alcock, John 2006 "An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in
Plant Evolution," Oxford U. Press Inc., <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>,<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 color photos are excellent. Alcock concentrates on his
fieldwork in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Western Australia</st1:place></st1:State>
and you will learn quite a lot about the role of male wasps in the Tiphiidae as
pollinators. The author's chapters on biodiversity and conservation can
certainly be applied to North American scenarios. <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'>Sincerely, Peter Bernhardt <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>---------- Forwarded
message ----------<br>
From: <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Allison Miller</span></b> <<a
href="mailto:amille75@slu.edu">amille75@slu.edu</a>><br>
Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:15 PM<br>
Subject: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Darwin</st1:City></st1:place>'s
Birthday Celebration at MOBot<br>
To: Miller Allison <<a href="mailto:amille75@slu.edu">amille75@slu.edu</a>><br>
Cc: Stevens Peter <<a href="mailto:peter.stevens@mobot.org">peter.stevens@mobot.org</a>>,
"Kennell, Jack" <<a href="mailto:kennellj@slu.edu">kennellj@slu.edu</a>>,
Mayden Richard <<a href="mailto:maydenrl@slu.edu">maydenrl@slu.edu</a>><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear SLU Graduate Students and Evolutionary Biologists, <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 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Missouri</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Botanical Garden</st1:PlaceType>, together with SLU, UMSL, and WashU,
is sponsoring a celebration of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Darwin</st1:place></st1:City>'s
birthday on Thursday, February 12th. The celebration starts at 7pm and
includes presentations by Dr. Patty Parker, Dr. Alan Templeton, and Dr. Urusula
Goodenough. <a
href="http://www.mobot.org/lectures/darwin/hbdaydarwin.asp" target="_blank">http://www.mobot.org/lectures/darwin/hbdaydarwin.asp</a><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 organizers are requesting that graduate students working on any
aspect of evolutionary biology bring posters to the symposium to share with the
broader community. It is fine to bring posters that were put together for
previous meetings. This is a great opportunity to promote evolutionary
literacy in the community and to highlight ongoing work in evolutionary biology
at SLU. The work doesn't have to be on plants - all organisms are
welcome. <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'>If you have a poster and are interested in participating, please let me
know or contact Peter Stevens (<a href="mailto:peter.stevens@mobot.org"
target="_blank"><span style='white-space:pre-wrap'>peter.stevens@mobot.org</a>).
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks very much, and hope to see you at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Darwin</st1:place></st1:City>'s birthday celebration!</span><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'>Allison</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-- <br>
Dr. Allison J. Miller<br>
Department of Biology<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saint Louis</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">3507 Laclede Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MO</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">63103-2010</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
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Office: 122 Macelwane<br>
Tel: 314-977-7653<br>
Fax: 314-348-3658<br>
email: <a href="mailto:amille75@slu.edu" target="_blank">amille75@slu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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