First Annual Conference

First
Annual June 2002
CONFERENCE ON RECENT WORK IN BIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY

The Relationship between
Evolution and Development

Location:
White Lecture Hall Building , East Campus, Duke University,
Durham NC

PRINTABLE
PDF VERSION HERE

Friday
June 14th
Saturday
June 15th
Sunday
June 16th
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Coffee
9:45 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Coffee
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Session 2

9:30 a.m.
Selection Against Spurious Transcription Factor Binding Sites Shapes Genomes
Matthew W. Hahn, Jason E. Stajich, and Gregory A. Wray Figures (PDF) use ‘Save As’ command

10 a.m. Sex Chromosome Evolution in Silene latifolia Richard Moore, Sabine Hardenack, Olga Kozyreva, Jiri Siroky, Roman Hobza, Boris Vyskot, and Sarah Grant

10:30 a.m. Beyond the Embryo: Examining Evolution and development at Superorganismic Levels Andrew Yang

10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Session 4

10 a.m. Origins and the Evo-Devo Problem in Ecological Context Marion Blute

10:30 a.m.
How Evolutionary is Evolutionary Developmental Biology?

Jason Scott Robert

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
break
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
break
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Günter Wagner “Methodological Challenges of
Developmental Evolution”
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Paul Griffiths “Evo-Devo Meets the Mind: Towards a developmental evolutionary psychology”
1:45 p.m.
Welcome
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m.
End
2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Brian Hall: “Cells and Epigenetics: Central Tenets of Evo-Devo”
3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Session 3

3 p.m. Quantitative Developmental Genetics of Wing Shape
Arnar Palsson, Ann Klatt, Rebecca Riley and Greg Gibson


3:30 p.m. The Development of Crossveins in Insect Wings and the Evolution of Modes of Insect Flight
Jeff Marcus Related Material (PDF)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
break
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Session 1

4:00 p.m.
Evolvability, Dispositions, and Intrinsicality
Alan C. Love

4:30 p.m.
Aspects of Genetic Explanation
Marko
Barendregt CANCELLED

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Kenneth Schaffner “Neurodevelopmental Complexities in Worms and Flies: Strategies for Representation and Explanation”
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Reception, Philosophy Dept.
6:00 p.m.
Party at Alex Rosenberg’s house
Dinner
(on your own)