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In the Light of Evolution I: Adaptation and Complex Design

Organized by John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
Irvine, CA
November 30 - December 2, 2006

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PNAS May 15, 2007; 104 (Suppl 1)

To view presentations, click on the title.  A link to each speaker's website is available by clicking the speaker's name.  Additional presentations will be posted as they become available.

Friday, Dec 1, 2006 
Session I: Complexity and Improbability
8:50 AM           Introduction and Chair, John C. Avise (University of California, Irvine)
 
9:00 AM           Biological Design in Science Classrooms and the Public Arena (Eugenie C. ScottNational Center for Science Education, Berkeley, CA)

9:50 AM           Origins of Biological Complexity and Order (Robert M. Hazen, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC and George Mason University) 

11:00 AM          Symbiosis as a Source of Complexity in Organisms (Nancy A. Moran, University of Arizona, Tucson)

11:50 AM          Insect Societies as Divided Organisms:  the Complexities of Purpose and Cross-purpose  (Joan E. Strassmann, Rice University)

Session II: Evolutionary Transitions in Organismal Design
Chair                 Nancy A. Moran (University of Arizona, Tucson)

1:50 PM            The Origin of Life and the Emergence of Darwinian Evolution (Jack W. SzostakHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston)

2:40 PM            Cooperation and Conflict: Multicellularity (Richard E. Michod, University of ArizonaTucson)

3:50 PM            Systems Biology Meets Population Genetics (Andrew G. Clark, Cornell University)

4:40 PM            Plant Domestication, a Unique Opportunity to Identify the Genetic Basis of Adaptation
(Brandon Gaut, University of California, Irvine)

Banquet Lecture
7:30 PM           Introduction (John C. Avise, University of California, Irvine)

7:40 PM           Design without Designer (Francisco Ayala, University of California, Irvine)

Saturday, Dec 2, 2006
Session III. Developmental Patterns and Genetic Controls
Chair                 Joan E. Strassmann (Rice University)

8:00 AM            Developmental Compartments and Complex Body Plans (Sean B. Carroll, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

8:50 AM            Gene Hierarchies and Gene Circuits (Adam Wilkins, Editor, BioEssays, Cambridge, UK)

10:00 AM          The Theory of Faciliated Variation (John C. Gerhart, University of California, Berkeley)

10:50 AM          Complexity Myths (Michael Lynch, Indiana University, Bloomington)

Session IV     Case Studies in Adaptive Evolution
                         Chair Francisco J. Ayala (University of California, Irvine)

12:50 PM           The Evolution of Eye Development (Adriana Briscoe, University of California, Irvine)

1:40 PM             Adaptation and Trade-Off (Albert Bennett, University of California, Irvine)

2:50 PM            On the Origin and Evolutionary Diversification of Beetle Horns (Douglas J. Emlen, University of Montana, Missoula)

3:40 PM            Routes to Functional Adaptation (Cynthia M. Beall, Case Western Reserve University)

4:30 PM            Concluding Remarks (Francisco J. Ayala, University of California, Irvine)

 

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