Symposium: "The Evolutionary Origin of Feathers" Conference to be held in Denver, Colorado on January 6-10, 1999, hostedby Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)

马德森9807168 由综合与比较生物学学会（SICB）主办的拟议会议的与会者将讨论飞行两足脊椎动物从其四足祖先进化的有争议的主题。 与会者将考虑现有的数据，从功能到分子水平的系统学，生物力学和生理学的现存和化石形式的内容。 这种形式将允许听众提交书面问题，这些问题将以圆桌会议的形式进行讨论。 论文和问答环节将予以公布。

Maderson 9807168 Participants in the proposed meeting hosted by the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) will discuss the controversial subject of the evolution of flying bipedal vertebrates from their quadrapedal ancestors. The participants will consider the current data from functional to molecular levels in the contect of systematics, biomechanics and physiology of extant and fossil forms. The format will allow the audience to submit written questions which will be discussed in round-table format. The papers and the question/answer session will be published.