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Date and Time 2011-07-26 16:00 - 17:00
Venue Auditorium C1F
Speaker Marcelo Sánchez
University of Zürich
Title The contributions of palaeontology to the study of development in a molecular world
Poster click here to download (PDF)
Host Kuratani Shigeru
Summary Evolution happens in deep time, so if we wish to understand the　evolution of form in organismal diversity, it would be paramount to　examine the contributions that fossils can make to this task. A review　of published literature, summarized in a web-database, shows that　palaeontological data can address mostly late aspects of ontogeny, with　palaeohistology its fastest growing field. Indirect information from　fossils, even with a uniformitarian approach, reveals developmental　novelties. Examples include mechanisms of skeletal mineralization,　somitogenesis and Hox-gene expression domains, and patterns of fish　squamation. Different ways to develop bone compactness, as in some　semi-aquatic extinct marine reptiles and recent ones, are yet another　example of plasticity in face of the adaptation/constraint dichotomy.
Comparative ontogenetic data reveal that allometric patterns of growth　are not simply ‘constraints’ but rather evolve largely coupled with　ecological demands, as in the morphological radiation of rodents.
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