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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
View Publications
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. Scott, National 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. Szostak, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston)
2:40 PM Cooperation and Conflict: Multicellularity (Richard E. Michod, University of Arizona, Tucson)
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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