Sponsored by The Journal of Physiology
Recent developments in evolutionary biology have revealed additional mechanisms to the standard story of random mutations followed by natural selection. These include DNA transfer between organisms, fusion & reorganisations of genomes, and non-DNA inheritance. What are the implications for the relationships between genes and function? Have these developments restored physiology to the centre ground of biology?
This symposium will follow-on from Denis Noble’s IUPS President’s Lecture, since he will be addressing the future of physiology in the context of developments in evolutionary biology.
Organisers:
Denis Noble
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
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Relating genotypes to phenotypes
09.30 - 10.00
09.30 - 10.00
Stig Omholt
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
Cross-species cloning: influence of cytoplasmic factors on development
10.00 - 10.15
10.00 - 10.15
Yonghua Sun
Institute of Hydrobiology
China
Institute of Hydrobiology
China
The Read-Write (RW) genome
10.15 - 10.45
10.15 - 10.45
James Shapiro
University of Chicago
United States
University of Chicago
United States
Computational biology as a tool for reverse engineering genotype-phenotype relations
10.45 - 11.00
10.45 - 11.00
Chae Young Cha
Seoul National University (currently at University of Oxford)
South Korea
Seoul National University (currently at University of Oxford)
South Korea
The modern synthesis: extension or replacement?
11.00 - 11.30
11.00 - 11.30
Gerd Müller
University of Vienna
Austria
University of Vienna
Austria
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