Conserved Genes and Developmental Mechanisms in Embryos of Divergent Species, Conference to be held December 26-30, 1992, Vancouver, Canada

拟议中的专题讨论会将在 美国动物学家协会，一个基础广泛的社会， 包括许多发展和进化生物学家。的 提议的演讲者是一群发展生物学家，他们是 对进化过程的发展感兴趣。程序 包括胚胎学家，他们研究近亲的胚胎， 具有不同幼虫形式的物种，以及遗传学家和 分子生物学家比较了控制 不同物种胚胎发育过程中的体型。有 现在有证据表明，胚胎的变化可以深刻地影响 一个物种的生活史，特别是在生产不同的 幼虫形态随着人们对基因的了解越来越多， 在胚胎发育过程中， 胚胎发育过程中的进化限制。 这一领域的一个问题是， 进化和发育生物学家。这次座谈会是 旨在引起不同国家科学家之间的讨论， 学科，通过揭露这群发育生物学家 广泛的观众。互动应该产生 对胚胎如何发育，以及发育过程中 变化可能会影响进化过程。

The proposed symposium will be held at the annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, a broad based society which includes many developmental and evolutionary biologists. The proposed speakers are a group of developmental biologists who are interested in development as an evolutionary process. The program includes embryologists who study the embryos of closely related species with different larval forms, as well as geneticists and molecular biologists who compare genes governing the formation of the body plan during embryogenesis in different species. There is now evidence that embryonic changes can profoundly influence the life history of a species, especially in producing different larval forms. As more becomes known about the genes governing embryonic development, it may be possible to identify evolutionary constraints present in the elaboration of an embryo. One problem in this field has been lack of communication between evolutionary and developmental biologists. This symposium is designed to generate discussion between scientists in different disciplines, by exposing this group of developmental biologists to a wide ranging audience. The interaction should generate renewed interest in how embryos develop, and in how developmental changes may influence the evolutionary process.