:Symposium Support: Evolution and Development of Integrated Phenotypes at the International Congress of Entomology in Durban, South Africa, July 6-12, 2008

美国国家科学基金会支持美国参加研讨会？综合表型发育的演变？，将于2008年7月6日至12日在南非德班举行的国际昆虫学大会上举行。表型整合是大量遗传、发育、生理和机械特征聚集在一起以创建功能有机体的过程。 没有一体化，发展就不会经常成功，演变也会受到损害。 传统上，功能有机体的许多特征是在不同的领域进行研究的，研究人员通常不会聚集在一起分享他们不同方法的结果。 要全面了解表型整合，需要在这些领域进行合作和交流。 研讨会预计将激发讨论，并建立一个共同的语言之间的研究人员寻求了解生物体的进化，从不同的学科使用不同的实验方法。 研讨会的发言者是平衡的职业阶段（包括3名博士后研究人员和1名研究生）和性别（6女，5男），来自四大洲，并包括西班牙裔的一个扬声器。 通过在他们职业生涯的早期加入演讲者，研讨会为这些研究人员提供了一个机会，为他们的工作建立国际声誉，并发展将持续整个职业生涯的重要合作。

NSF is supporting American participation in the symposium ?Evolution of development of integrated phenotypes?, which will be held at the International Congress of Entomology scheduled for July 6-12, 2008, in Durban, South Africa. Phenotypic integration is the process by which a large number of genetic, developmental, physiological and mechanical features come together to create a functional organism. Without integration, development would succeed less frequently and evolutionary change would be impaired. Traditionally, many of these features of a functional organism are studied in separate fields, by investigators that are not often brought together to share the results of their divergent approaches. A comprehensive picture of phenotypic integration requires collaboration and communication across these fields. The symposium is expected to stimulate discussion and build a common language between researchers seeking to understand organismal evolution from diverse disciplines using a varied set of experimental approaches. The symposium speakers are balanced by career stage (including 3 postdoctoral researchers and 1 graduate student) and gender (6 female, 5 male), come from four continents, and include one speaker of Hispanic origin. By including speakers at an early point in their careers, the symposium offers these researchers an opportunity to build an international reputation for their work and develop important collaborations that will last throughout their careers.