UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

Institute Of Biomedical And Life Sciences

Division Of Environmental And Evolutionary Biology

 

Session 10:  Symposium on Evolution and Development               J.R. Downie (2005-2006)

 

Students in pairs will prepare talks chosen from the list below.  Each talk to last about 15 minutes.  Acetates for illustrations available from Dr Downie.  If you wish to use Powerpoint, please let Dr Downie know in advance.

 

The aim of this session is to allow in-depth consideration on some examples touched on in Dr DownieÕs earlier presentation.  A summary of each talk should be available for circulation to all class members.

 

TOPICS

 

References given are leads to get you into the topic (all are available from GUL except * = from Dr Downie).

 

1.      Evolution and development of organ loss: the case of cave-fish eyes.
Yamamoto (2000) Central role for the lens in cave-fish eye degeneration.  Science 289, 631.online
Jeffery (2001)  Develop. Biol. 231, 1.doi:10.1006/dbio.2000.0121
Yamamoto (2004).  Nature 431, 844.
Tian (2005) Why cavefish are blind.  Bioessays 27, 235.

2.      Consequences of development mode for echinoderm evolution.
Jeffery (2003) Macroevolutionary consequences of developmental mode in echinoids from the Tertiary. Evolution 57, 1031.BioOne
McEdward (1997) Biological J. Linnean Society 60, 381. doi:10.1006/bijl.1996.0107

3.      Evolution of limb loss in reptiles.
Cohn & Tickle (1999)  Developmental basis of limblessness in snakes.  Nature 399, 474.doi:10.1038/20944
Wiens (2001) Evolution 55, 2303.BioOne
Sanger (2004) Evolution 58, 2107.

4.      Origins and changes in vertebrate jaws
Cerny (2004)  Develop Biol 276, 225.
The genes that change cichlid jaws (2004) Science 304, 383.
Shigetani (2005)  New evolutionary scenario for the vertebrate jaw.  Bioessays 27, 331.
Kuratani (2004)  Evolution of the vertebrate jaw.  Journal of Anatomy 205, 335.
Svenssan & Haas (2005).  Evolutionary innovation in the vertebrate jaw: a derived morphology in anuran tadpoles.  Bioessays 27, 526.

5.      Are there developmental constraints on vertebral numbers?
Galis (1999) Why do almost all mammals have seven cervical vertebrate?  Journal of Experimental Zoology 285, 19.
Narita (2005)  Evolution of the vertebral formula in mammals: perspective on developmental constraints.  J. exp. Zool 304B, 91.

6.      How did feathers and beaks evolve?  Evidence from development
Prum (2003) Which came first, the feather or the bird?  Scientific American 288(3), 60.
Yu (2002) The morphogenesis of feathers.  Nature 420, 308.
Sawyer & Knapp (2003) Avian skin development and the evolutionary origin of feathers.  J. experimental zoology 298B, 57-72.
Widelitz et al (2003)  Molecular biology of feather morphogenesis: a testable model for evo-devo research.  J. experimental zoology 298B, 109-122.
Prum & Dyck (2003) A hierarchical model of plumage: morphology, development and evolution.  J. experimental zoology 298b, 73-90.
Schneider (2005)  Developmental mechanisms facilitating the evolution of bills and quills. Journal of Anatomy 207, 563.
Abzhanov (2004) BMP4 and morphological variation in beaks and DarwinÕs finches. Science 305, 1462.

7.      The relationship between the lamprey endostyle and the higher vertebrate thyroid gland.
*Kluge (2005) Anatomical and molecular re-investigation of lamprey endostyle development provides new insight into thyroid gland evolution. Development, genes, evolution 215, 32.
Raine (2005) Thyroid tissue of juvenile Oncorynchus is tubular, not follicular. J. fish biology 67, 823.

8.      The origins of the vertebrate neural crest and sensory placodes: the current status of the Ònew headÓ hypothesis.
Baker (2005) Evolutionary origin of neural crest and placodes.  J. exp. Zool 304B, 268.
Northcutt (2005) The Ônew headÕ hypothesis re-visited.  J. exp. Zool. 304B, 274.
Jeffrey (2004)  Migratory neural crest-like cells form body pigmentation in a urochordate embryo.  Nature 431, 696.
Mazet (2005) Molecular evidence from Ciona intestinalis for evolutionary origin of vertebrate sensory placodes.  Develop biol. 282, 494.

9.      The relationship between dinosaur hands and bird wings.
Pennisi (2005) Bird wings really are like dinosaurÕs hands.  Science 307, 194.
Vargas & Fallon (2005) Birds have dinosaur wings: the molecular evidence.  J. exp. Zool 304B, 86.
Galis (2005) Hoxgenes, digit identifies and the theropod/bird transition.  J. exp. Zool. 304B, 198.
Vargas & Fallon (2005) The digits of the wing of birds are 1, 2 and 3.  J. exp. Zool. 304B, 206.