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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
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Objectives
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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.
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2010 Annual Meeting: Vancouver May 17 - 21 (Register)
MAIN
Symposium
Tuesday
May 18
8:30 AM
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The Importance of Parallelism for Evolutionary Theory
This joint symposium is co-sponsored by the Comparative Morphology & Development and Ecology, Ethology & Evolution sections.
Confirmed speakers
SPONSORS
Generous support for this symposium has been provided by:
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SATELLITE
Symposia
2010
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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
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Phenotypic Plasticity and its Role in Evolution
Keynote speaker:
Fred Nijhout
(Duke)
The evolutionary origin of plastic traits by genetic accommodation
(abstract)
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Sponsor
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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).
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Want to
Participate?
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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.
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Student Awards
Best Student
Presentation
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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:
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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 |
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How to join
To join this section, download and complete the CSZ membership application form, and be sure to check the box "Comparative Morphology & Development" box under "Section Affiliation". Note that you may be a member of more than one section.
Executive for 2009-2010
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(Pour recevoir cette information en francais, s'il vous plait contact Rich Palmer)
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cilia and muscles
in a larval snail
(Louise Page- Victoria)
marine sponge larva
(Sally Leys- Alberta)
ontogeny of claw shape
in ghost shrimp
(Rich Palmer- Alberta)
polychaete worm
cartilage
(Brian Hall- Dalhousie)
adhesive toe pads
of a gecko
(Tony Russell- Calgary)
regenerating
polychaete worm
(Glenys Gibson- Acadia)
cleared and stained
chick embryo
(Hans Larsson- McGill)
ant metamorphosis
(Ehab Abouheif- McGill)
barnacle feeding legs
(Rich Palmer- Alberta)
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