"Origins: The Genetic Evidence"
2007 American Association of Anthropological Genetics Symposium (co-sponsored by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists)
March 29, 2007
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Organizers: LESLEA HLUSKO, University of California, Berkeley, and LORENA M. HAVILL, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX
As genetic analytical techniques improve the diversity of questions that can be addressed using these methods expands dramatically. This symposium will highlight the vast array of topics that are currently being elucidated by genetic analyses, including developmental, population, and quantitative genetics. The organizing theme is “Origins”, which will highlight how these various approaches shed new light on questions concerning primate origins, human origins, and the genetic “origins” of various evolutionarily important phenotypes, such as variation in bony morphology and human behavior.
| Time |
Topic
and
Speaker(s) |
| 1:00 pm | The use of rare
genomic changes in mammalian phylogeny estimation and the phylogenetic
position of Primates. W. J. MURPHY. |
| 1:15 pm | Assessment of the time of origin of New World Primates and rodents. C. E. G. SHRAGO, C. RUSSO. |
| 1:30 pm |
Origins of the Old World monkeys: a molecular perspective. T. R. DISOTELL. |
| 1:45 pm | Evolutionary Origins of Malagasy Primates. A. D. YODER, K. L. HECKMAN. |
| 2:00 pm | The origins of
anthropoid apes. A. WALKER. |
| 2:15 pm | The genetic evidence
of modern human origins. A. D. HOLDEN. |
| 2:30 pm | Discussion. D.
H. O'ROURKE. |
| 2:45 pm |
Break |
| 3:00 pm | The genetic basis of
phenotypic integration in baboon and mouse craniomandibular morphology
with implications for human cranial evolution. C. C. ROSEMAN, K.
E WILLMORE, J. T. RICHTSMEIER, J. ROGERS, K. M. WEISS, A. WALKER, C. R.
HIDLEBOLT, J. M. CHEVERUD. |
| 3:15 pm | Primate dental
morphology: something different but nothing new. S. SHOLTIS, K.
KAWASAKI, K. WEISS. |
| 3:30 pm | The genetics of
post-cranial skeletal development: implications for interpreting
primate morphological evolution. P. L. RENO, C. O. LOVEJOY. |
| 3:45 pm | The origin of primate skeletal traits: Insights from studies of a pedigreed baboon colony. L. M. HAVILL. |
| 4:00 pm | Origins of and
variation in human behavior. K. K. KIDD. |
| 4:15 pm | Origins: human
adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia. C. M. BEALL. |
| 4:30 pm | The genetic
dissection of human susceptibility to parasitic infection. S.
WILLIAMS-BLANGERO. |
| 4:45 pm | Discussion: M.
MAHANEY. |