Titel: Tapestry of Life: Lateral Transfers of Heritable Elements

Termin: 12.12.2005, 7:15 Uhr, bis 13.12.2005, 17:15 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:
Beckman Center
Irvine, California

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sackler_tapestry

Kurzbeschreibung: What Darwin saw as a tree of life descending in a linear fashion, is now more accurately seen as a tapestry of life, an anastomosing network, with important lateral transfers of heritable elements among parallel lines of descent. These transfers range in complexity from small insertion sequences, to whole genes, gene islands, and portions of whole genomes which may be combined in symbiogenesis. The purpose of the colloquium is to bring together researchers, empirical and theoretical, working at all levels on genomics, comparative genomics, and metagenomics to identify common and differentiating features of lateral gene transfer and to examine their implications for science and for human concerns.

Kontakt: Mrs. Alyssa Cruz
Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia
National Academy of Sciences
5251 California Avenue, Suite 230
Irvine, CA 92617

Tel.: +1 - (0)949 - 3 87 29 23

acruz@nas.edu
http://www.nasonline.org/

Veranstalter: National Academy of Sciences