Molecular Clocks of Evolution, 1989-11-28 - 1989-12-01
Scope and Contents
The meeting Molecular Clocks of Evolution discussed how a considerable amount of data has been produced using differences in DNA between different species to measure the relatedness of species. Some of the data obtained using DNA as a molecular clock have required radical revision of previously accepted taxonomic relationships, and the purpose of this meeting was to examine whether the assumptions underlying the use of molecular clocks are justified. Data was presented with time scales measured in millions of years rather than the minutes or hours of conventional molecular biological data.
Dates
- Creation: 1989-11-28 - 1989-12-01
Creator
- Ayala, Francisco José 1934- (Person)
- Barry, John (Person)
- Bonner, Tom (Person)
- Roy, Britten (Person)
- Brown, Wesley (Person)
- Cann, Rebecca (Person)
- Carson, Hampton (Person)
- DeSalle, Robert (Person)
- Dorit, Robert (Person)
- Fitch, Walter M. (Person)
- Futuyma, Douglas (Person)
- Gingereich, Philip (Person)
- Gojobori, Takashi (Person)
- Goodman, Billy (Person)
- Goodman, Morris (Person)
- Honeycutt, Rodney (Person)
- Jacobs, Louis (Person)
- Jukes, Thomas H. (Thomas Hughes), 1906-1999 (Person)
- Lake, James A. (James Albert) (Person)
- Lewin, Roger (Person)
- Li, Wen-Hsiung (Person)
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 (Person)
- Melnick, Donald (Person)
- Nei, Masatoshi (Person)
- Ohta, Tomoko (Person)
- Olson, Everett (Person)
- Powell, Jeffrey R. (Person)
- Riley, Margaret (Person)
- Sarich, Vincent (Person)
- Simons, Elwyn (Person)
- Sokal, Robert (Person)
- Vrba, Elisabeth (Person)
- Watson, James D., 1928- (Person)
- Witkowski, J. A. (Jan Anthony), 1947- (Person)
- Zuckerkandl, Emile (Person)
Access Restrictions
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available in full at CSHL Archives thanks to support from CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant awarded in 2021. Some restrictions apply, see Archivist for details. Access is given by appointment only.
Extent
8 Cassettes : Tape 1 Side 1 [00:47:10] Tape 1 Side 2 [00:47:11]; Tape 2 Side 1 [00:44:53] Tape 2 Side 2 [00:38:40]; Tape 3 Side 1 [00:46:59] Tape 3 Side 2 [00:46:59]; Tape 4 Side 1 [00:47:14] Tape 4 Side 2 [00:47:14]; Tape 5 Side 1 [00:46:50] Tape 5 Side 2 [00:46:50]; Tape 6 Side 1 [00:47:07] Tape 6 Side 2 [00:47:07]; Tape 7 Side 1 [00:46:06] Tape 7 Side 2 [00:46:14]; Tape 8 Side 1 [00:45:01] Tape 8 Side 2 [00:45:00]
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Session 1: Paleontological Calibration of Critical Taxonomic Branch Points with Particular Reference to Molecular Data
Discussion
Calibrations of Ancient Vertebrate Origins / Everett Olson
Discussion
Origin of the Multicellular Animals / James Lake
Discussion
Using Molecular and Morphological Evolutionary Rates to Study Evolutionary Processes in a Group of Mammals / Elisabeth Vrba
Discussion
General Discussion / Ernst Mayr
Session 2: Specific Applications of Molecular Clocks
Discussion
Phylogenetic Invariants and the Echinodermata / Richard Holmquist
Discussion
Molecular Clocks and Mammalian Phylogeny / Wen-Hsiung Li
Discussion
General Discussion / Vincent Sarich
Session 3: Rate Variation Within and Between Genomes
Discussion
Roy Britten
Discussion
Evidence for Unequal Rates of DNA Evolution in Primates / Tom Bronner
Discussion
Nearly Neutral Mutations and the Molecular Clock / Tomoko Ohta
Discussion
General Discussion / Thomas Jukes
Session 4: The Effects of Selection on Rates of Molecular Evolution
Discussion
Darwinian Evolution and the Acceleration/Deceleration Pattern in Rates of Mutation and Fixation / Morris Goodman
Discussion
The Effects of Natural Selection on Nucleotide Polymorphism / Margaret Riley
Discussion
Effects of Positive and Negative Darwinian Selection on Molecular Clocks: Data from the MHC and Immunoglobulin Families / Masatoshi Nei
Discussion
General Discussion / Emile Zuckerkandl
Session 5: Molecular Consequences of Behavior, Demography, and Biogeography
Discussion
Biogeography and Molecular Clocks / Rob DeSalle
Discussion
Rapid Rates of Molecular Change as a Consequence of Behavior and Biogeography / Don Melnick
Discussion
General Discussion / Francisco Ayala
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