Prof. John Avise asked that I send the following=20 announcement to you with the request that it be distributed to your= listserv.
Sincerely, Denise Chilcote for the Organizers, John Avise and Francisco Ayala ----------------------------------------- December 1-2, 2006 In the Light of Evolution: Adaptation and Complex Design Organizers: John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, CA A century-and-a-half after Darwin, the challenge=20 of understanding nature=92s complex design remains=20 in many regards in its infancy. For example,=20 only recently has it become possible to conduct=20 whole-genome analyses in ways that may permit the=20 discovery of heretofore unspecified structural=20 and regulatory genes contributing to the=20 molecular assembly of complex organismal=20 phenotypes. New discoveries in paleontology and=20 developmental biology have significantly improved=20 our understanding of the intermediate stages of=20 seemingly complex evolutionary=20 transitions. Recent developments in evolutionary=20 genetic theory, such as formal network analysis,=20 have opened exciting new avenues for exploring=20 the geneses and maintenance of biological=20 complexity at the levels of genetic and metabolic=20 pathways.=20 <http://www.nasonline.org/Sackler_evolution>www.nasonline.org/Sackler_evolut= ion $250 EARLY REGISTRATION UNTIL OCT 15 $150 STUDENT / POST DOC REGISTRATION =96 TRAVEL/HOTEL AWARDS STILL AVAILABLE Register at=20 <http://www.nasonline.org/Sackler_evolution>www.na=20 sonline.org/Sackler_evolution =20
