Symposium on "Experimental Approaches to the Analysis of Form and Function;" Boston, MA; December 1989

Drs。James Hanken和Marvalee Wake于1989年12月在波士顿举行的美国动物学家协会（ASZ）百年纪念会议上提议举行为期半天的研讨会。研讨会的主题是“形式与功能分析的实验方法”。两位演讲者将分别阐述实验方法在组织的发展、功能、生态和进化层面的影响。研讨会的具体目的是通过说明可以获得的各种见解以及在实验功能分析中面临的局限性来评估实验方法的效用。成像、微传感器和显微外科的技术进步以及早期发育特征的解决使功能分析学科恢复了活力。这些新的数据来源将为生态、生理和进化问题提供新的线索。本次研讨会将在ASZ年会上吸引到众多感兴趣的听众。

Drs. James Hanken and Marvalee Wake propose a half-day symposium at the centennial meeting of the American Society of Zoologists (ASZ) in Boston in December, 1989. The theme of the symposium will be "Experimental Approaches to the Analysis of Form and Function." Two speakers each will address the impact of experimental approaches at the developmental, functional, ecological and evolutionary levels of organization. The specific aims of the symposium are to evaluate the utility of the experimental approach by illustrating the kinds of insights that can be gained, as well as the limitations faced in experimental functional analyses. A Proceedings volume will be published Technological advances in imaging, microsensors and microsurgery, and the resolution of early developmental features have rejuvenated the discipline of functional analysis. These novel sources of data will shed new light on ecological, physiological, and evolutionary issues. The proposed symposium will find a diverse and interested audience at the annual meeting of ASZ.