The New Microscopy: Novel Characters and the Importance of Morphology in Phylogenetic Analysis
Symposium organized by Ruth Ann Dewel dewelra@appstate.edu, Kathryn Coates, Clay Cook, Mary Beth Thomas, and Julian Smith
Prospective Program
Session 1 | ||
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Ronald Jenner Challenging received wisdom: Integrating the new microscopy with the new animal phylogeny |
Monika Müller Articulated antennae of the polychaete, Nerilla antennata 
Matthew Hooge Copulatory organs of the acoel, Haplocelis dichona 
Andreas Schnidt-Rhaesa Posterior of juvenile kinorhynch, Pycnophyes kielensis 
Louise Page Veliger larva of the gastropod, Fusitriton oregonensis |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Angela V. Klaus and Valerie Schawaroch A novel methodology utilizing confocal laser scanning microscopy for systematic analysis in arthropods | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Sally Leys Sponge development: finding the hallmarks of the metazoan body plan | |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Matthew Hooge and Seth Tyler Concordance of molecular and morphological data: The example of Acoela | |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa and Birgen H. Rothe Postembryonic development of the musculature in kinorhynchs | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Steffen Harzsch Structure and development of the arthropod nervous system: Phylogenetic implications | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Angelika Stollewerk Neurogenesis in myriapods and chelicerates and its importance for understanding arthropod relationships | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | |
Session 2 | ||
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Mark Martindale and Gary Freeman The origin of mesoderm in phoronids | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Monika C. M. Müller Polychaete nervous systems: Ground pattern and variation | |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Louise Page Diversification of molluscan body plans | |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Svetlana Maslakova, M. Q. Martindale, and J. L. Norenburg Hidden trochophore in nemertean development revealed by confocal microscopy and cell lineage analysis | |
| 3:00 | Coffee Break | |