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 of understanding nature's
complex design remains in many regards in its infancy.  For example, only
recently has it become possible to conduct whole-genome analyses in ways that
may permit the discovery of heretofore unspecified structural and regulatory
genes contributing to the molecular assembly of complex organismal phenotypes.
New discoveries in paleontology and developmental biology have significantly
improved our understanding of the intermediate stages of seemingly complex
evolutionary transitions.  Recent developments in evolutionary genetic theory,
such as formal network analysis, have opened exciting new avenues for exploring
the geneses and maintenance of biological complexity at the levels of genetic
and metabolic pathways.  http://www.nasonline.org/Sackler_evolution

 
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