Field Museum Spring Systematics Symposium; Chicago, IL; May l988

在菲尔德自然历史博物馆的支持下， Matthew Nitecki博士组织了一次研讨会， 生物创新的一般主题，将于年5月举行 1988. 来自分子生物学、形态学和 解剖学、分类学和古生物学将解决 与新的生物结构的起源有关， 途径和功能，在种群，物种， 和血统的关系 讨论的一个主要重点是 在研究......时努力理清因果关系 进化创新，定义为新的结构或功能 为特定的动物群体开辟了新的生活方式， 植物 尼特基博士和菲尔德博物馆有着良好的记录， 管理和主办研讨会， 系统和进化生物学领域。 专题讨论会 吸引了200多名研究人员，包括许多学生，并有 自1978年以来一直保持。 结果及时公布，这些 出版物被认为是高质量的。

With support from the Field Museum of Natural History, Dr. Matthew Nitecki has organized a symposium addressing the general topic of Biological Innovations, to be held in May of 1988. Speakers from fields of molecular biology, morphology and anatomy, systematics, and paleontology will address problems related to the origin of novel biological structures, molecular pathways, and functions, at the levels of population, species, and lineage through time. A major focus of the discussions will be efforts to disentangle cause and effect in the study of evolutionary innovations, defined as new structures or functions that open up new ways of life for particular groups of animals or plants. Dr. Nitecki and the Field Museum have a strong record of managing and hosting symposia addressing significant topics in the field of systematic and evolutionary biology. The symposia attract over 200 researchers, including many students, and have been held since 1978. Results are published promptly, and these publications have been regarded as of high quality.