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Comparative Morphology & Development Section,
Canadian Society of Zoologists

 
 
Annual Meeting May 17-21, 2010
University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Main
Symposium:

(joint with EEE)

The Importance of Parallelism for Evolutionary Theory
(Greg Wray, Duke; Dolph Schuter, UBC; Brian Hall, Dalhousie; Marvalee Wake, Berkeley)
 

Satellite
Symposia:

1) Student: Phenotypic Plasticity and its Role in Evolution
(Fred Nijhout, Duke; Chris Neufeld, Alberta; Erika Crispo, McGill; Justin Golub, Clark; Emily Grason, Western Washington; Kurtis Hayne, Alberta)

2) Local: TBA


Objectives

2010 Meeting:
   Symposium
   Sat. Symp.
   (Register)

Past symposia:
   2006
   2007
   2008
   2009

Student
Awards

How to join

Executive

History

Founding
Members

Minutes/
Policy Docs/
Guidelines

Francais

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Objectives
CSZ logo, 5K The Comparative Morphology & Development section of the Canadian Society of Zoologists aims to promote and enhance interactions, dialogue and intellectual cross-fertilization among the many zoologists and paleontologists who work on morphology (functional or comparative), larval biology, development, and developmental evolution, and particularly those who work at the interfaces between development, morphology and evolution. We welcome participation by Canadians and non-Canadians alike.

 


2010 Annual Meeting: Vancouver May 17 - 21   (Register)

MAIN
Symposium
Tuesday
May 18
8:30 AM

The Importance of Parallelism for Evolutionary Theory

2010pic, 19K

This joint symposium is co-sponsored by the Comparative Morphology & Development and Ecology, Ethology & Evolution sections.

Confirmed speakers

WrayTalk 
Greg Wray (Duke)
The genetic and molecular basis for parallel evolution
(abstract)
 
Schluter-Stickleback 
Dolph Schluter (UBC)
Dynamical patterning modules in the evolution and development of animal form
(abstract)
 
Hall-Cartilage 
Brian Hall (Dalhousie)
The inside story on parallelism illustrated by the multiple origins of cartilage
(abstract)
 
Wake-Amphibian 
Marvalee Wake (Berkeley)
Parallel evolution of derived modes of reproduction in amphibians
(abstract)
 

SPONSORS
Generous support for this symposium has been provided by:


SATELLITE
Symposia
2010

In addition to normal contributed paper sessions, the CMD section sponsors two satellite symposia. The STUDENT SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM includes one distinguished speaker to give the opening presentation (30 min.) and three or four 15-min. presentations by graduate students/postdocs (download details). The LOCAL SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM has a lead speaker to give the opening presentation (30 min.), but is organized by a faculty member at or near the host university (download details).


#1-- The American Association of Anatomists Sponsored
STUDENT SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM: Date & time TBA

Nijhout-Eyespot 
Phenotypic Plasticity and its Role in Evolution

Keynote speaker:
Fred Nijhout
(Duke)
The evolutionary origin of plastic traits by genetic accommodation
(abstract)

AAAlogo
Sponsor

Additional speakers:

Chris Neufeld & Tim Edgell (Alberta) Learning, inducible defenses, and adaptation to novel predators
(abstract)

Erika Crispo (McGill) Interplay among phenotypic plasticity, local adaptation, and gene flow
(abstract)

Justin Golub (Clark) Learning and predator-avoidance in stickleback (tentative)
(abstract)

Emily Grason (Western Washington) Adaptation of introduced prey to native predators (tentative)
(abstract)

Kurtis Hayne (Alberta) Variation in tenacity and tube foot morphology among sea stars from different wave exposure regimes
(abstract)

Student organizer: Chris Neufeld (Alberta)


#2-- LOCAL SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM: Date & time TBA

 

 


Want to propose your own satellite symposium for a future CSZ meeting? Download details about organization and funding here:

STUDENT SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM guidelines & funding (pdf).

LOCAL SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM guidelines (pdf).


Want to
Participate?

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to showcase your research in tandem with the upcoming second inaugural symposia. Additional CMD contributed paper sessions will be added to the program as numbers warrant. Visit the CSZ Meeting web site to register. To present your research in a session with other CMD members, don't forget to note your membership in the CMD section.

 


Student Awards

Best Student
Presentation
The Brian K. Hall Award in Comparative Morphology and Development will be given each year for the best student (undergraduate or graduate) oral presentation at the annual meeting (download terms of reference, 49K pdf).

The winner will receive a $300 prize and recognition on the CMD web site. Eligible students are encouraged to apply for this award at the time they register for the annual meeting.

Past winners:
2006
Campbell Rolian
(Harvard)
Comparative growth plate kinetics in rodents: Insights into the evolution of limb length and proportions
2007
Philip Bergmann
(Massachusetts)
Tests of directional evolution in body proportions in lizards
2008
Oliver Braubach
(Dalhousie)
Starting to smell: Olfactory development in zebrafish
2009
Katie McLean
(Guelph)
A morphological and histological investigation of tail regeneration in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius

Honorable Mention:
2007
Megan Johnson
(Calgary)
Variations on a theme: Characteristics of setal fields and associated locomotor substratum in the gecko genus Rhoptropus
2008
Will Duguid
(Victoria)
Novelties in the reproduction and development of Lopholithodes foraminatus (brown box crab): Diapause during embryogenesis and an elevated incidence of reversed asymmetry in juveniles

 


How to join

 


Executive for 2009-2010
Chair Ehab Abouheif
Department of Biology
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1
ehab.abouheif@mcgill.ca
Abouheif, 21K
Vice-Chair Matt Vickaryous
Biomedical Sciences
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario H3A 1B1
mvickary@uoguelph.ca
Vickaryous 9K
Past Chair Hans Larsson
Redpath Museum
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
hans.ce.larsson@mcgill.ca
Larsson, 21K
Secretary-General Rich Palmer
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9
rich.palmer@ualberta.ca
Palmer, 11K

 

Francais

 

  Page snail, 28K
cilia and muscles
in a larval snail

(Louise Page- Victoria)

 

Leys larva, 39K
marine sponge larva
(Sally Leys- Alberta)

 

Shrimp claw, 21K
ontogeny of claw shape
in ghost shrimp

(Rich Palmer- Alberta)

 

Hall bone, 31K
polychaete worm
cartilage

(Brian Hall- Dalhousie)

 

Russell Gecko, 23K
adhesive toe pads
of a gecko

(Tony Russell- Calgary)

 

Gibson Regeneration, 17K
regenerating
polychaete worm

(Glenys Gibson- Acadia)

 

Larsson Chick, 24K
cleared and stained
chick embryo

(Hans Larsson- McGill)

 

Abouheif Ant, 18K
ant metamorphosis
(Ehab Abouheif- McGill)

 

Palmer-Barnacle, 21K
barnacle feeding legs
(Rich Palmer- Alberta)


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