纪念达尔文诞辰200周年国际学术会议论文集 英文版 作者: (美)龙漫远,顾红雅,周忠和 主编 出版时间: 2010年版 内容简介 《纪念达尔文诞辰200周年国际学术会议论文集》:2009年10月24~26日,演化生物学的科学家们从世界各国和中国各地相聚北京,参加主题为“达尔文200·北京”的国际学术会议,共同纪念达尔文诞生200周年和他的巨著《物种起源》出版150周年.几十位学者就演化领域主要分支——古生物学、系统演化、扬种形成、群体遗传学、分子演化、发育演化、复杂性状遗传等方面的科学问题作,特邀报告.这此演讲包括对演化生物学历史的热情回顾,对新问题原创性的科学探索,以及对演化研究意义的哲学思考,对达尔文留下的科学遗产做出了全面评价.本论文集收集了此次会议的思想成果.特别是大会特邀科学家们关于达尔文科学遗产的思考和讨论.22位作者根据他们的发言和思考写出了纪念文章;40多位大会演讲者留下了宝贵的发言摘要,这些文献记载了国际和国内演化领域的著名科学家对达尔文及其臣著的历史和今天科学意义的看法,以及他们在相关领域的研究成果,对现今演化生物学的科学研究具有指导作用.此外,《纪念达尔文诞辰200周年国际学术会议论文集》也收集了部分会议期间所拍摄的相片,包括所有参加者讨沦发言时的,照片和合影,记载了纪念活动感人的真情实景.文集还收集了一些具有历史价值的文献照片,以期展示达尔文在中国的传播和历史影响,进而反映达尔文及其巨著经久不衰的影响. 目录 Prologue Introductions Opening Speech Congratulation from MOST of China Welcome Speech Contributed Essays Investigating Evolutionary Radiations The Earliest Arthropods and Other Animals Mutationism and the Reproductive Struggle: A Fresh Evolutionary Synthesis beyond Neodarwinism Ascent with Modification: Fossil Fishes Witnessed Their Own Group's Adaptation to the Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau during the Late Cenozoic Dynamic Genome Evolution of Oryza - A Genus-Wide Comparative Analysis Evolution: The Most Important Theory in Biology Whole-Genome Based Prokaryotic Branches of the Tree of Life The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Finding a Context Recent Speciation of Cyprinid Fishes in East Asia Revealed by Molecular Phylogenetics Evolution of Cis-Regulatory Modules Natural Selection in New Gene Evolution Evolutionary Development and Homoplasy of the Middle Ear in Early Mammal Evolution The Nearly Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution On Alternation of Generations in Embryophytic Plants The Effects of Flower Color Transitions on Diversification Rates in Morning Glories (Ipomoea subg. Quamoclit, Convolvulaceae) Evolutionary Theory and the Problem of Change: A Historical Perspective On the Origin of New Genes Timing and Modes of Evolution of Eastern Asian - North American Biogeographic Disitmetions in Seed Plants The Great Ordovician Biodiversification in South China: A Synopsis A Neglected Dimension of Evolution and the Origin of Species Positive Darwinian Selection in Gene Evolution On Some Examples of Missing Links - Perspectives from Fossil Evidence in China Abstracts of Oral Presentations Darwin's Headache, Caused by the Cambrian Explosion Darwin and the Tree of Life The Earliest Arthropods and Other Animals The Eukaryote Tree: Deep Phylogeny and the Evolution of Protist Body Plans Dynamic Genome Evolution of the Oryza Genomes Deep Root of the Modem Animal Diversity Darwin and the Dinosaurs Global Biogeographic Patterns in "Higher Landbirds" The Genetic Architecture of a Complex Trait: What Evolutionary Biology Can Tell Us about Genome-Wide Association Studies Giant Panda Genomic Data Provide Insight into the Birth-and-Death Process of Mammalian Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Genes Early Cretaceous Flowers and the Darwin Mystery Evolution: The Most Important Theory in Biology Whole-Genome Based Prokaryotic Branches of the Tree of Life The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE): Causes and Consequences of Diversity's Big Bang The Fast Speciation of Cyprinid Fish in Eastern Asia Revealed by Molecular Phylogenetic Study Evolution of the Regulatory Network for Floral Development Linking Darwinian Mechanisms with the Evolution of Form Some Problems in Biogeographic Studies in China The Pattern of New Gene Evolution Shaped by Darwinian Selection Asymmetry in the Strength of Sexual Antagonism in XY vs. ZW Systems - Evidence from Whole-Genome Expression Development and Evolution of the Mammalian Ears The Evolution of Mammalian Brain - from Darwin's The Origin to the New Evidence of Mesozoic Mammals Microevolutionary Processes and Macroevolutionary Patterns of Diversification in Cichlid Fishes: Lessons from Extremely Young Species Flocks The Nearly Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution Evolution of Life Cycle in Land Plants Are Certain Types of Mutation Used Preferentially in Evolutionary Change? The History of Evolutionary Thought Unique Genetic Behavior of Nucleotide Insertion/Deletion in Living Organism Constraints on Multivariate Evolution Phylogeography of Plants in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Origin and Functions of New Genes Early Diversification of Vascular Plants - Evidence from South China Giant Panda: The Evolutionary Dead-End? Darwin and Biogeography Comparative Genomics and the Aftermath of Ancient Polyploidization Genes and Speciation - 150 Years of Darwin and (nearly) 150 Years of Mendel On the Eve of the Cambrian Animal Radiation: The Ediacaran Fossil Record and Its Implications for the Early Evolution of Complex Life Forms and Ecosystems The Evolution of Theropod Hand Calibrating the Molecular Clock to Date Species Divergences QTL Mapping and Genetics Basis of Adaptation The Great Ordovician Biodiversification in South China: A Synopsis Domestications of Animals in East Asia Gene Expression Noise and Evolution Origin and Early Diversification of Jawed Vertebrates Selected Photos of the Conference Group Orgnizers Presentation Discussion Epilogue