Symposium Organized for the 25-28 August 2002 American Physiological Society-sponsored Comparative Physiology Meeting in San Diego, California
Meeting was titled "The Power of Comparative Physiology: Evolution,
Integration and Applied"
Tuesday, 27 August 2002
9:00 - 9:05 Introduction to the symposium.
Theodore Garland, Jr.
9:05 - 9:30 What are phylogenies and why do they matter?
Wayne Maddison
9:30 - 9:55 Phylogenetically based statistical methods: when, why, and how to use them.
Theodore Garland, Jr.
9:55 - 10:20 What are the appropriate tests of mechanistic and historical
explanations for evolutionary patterns?
Kellar Autumn
10:20 - 10:45 A phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of vertebrate surfactants.
Christopher B. Daniels, Sandra Orgeig, and Lucy C. Sullivan
10:45 - 10:55 Break
10:55 - 11:20 Using phylogenies to understand the evolution of function and
behavior in lizards.
Duncan J. Irschick
11:20 - 11:45 The evolution of complex systems: oxygen secretion in the eye
and swim bladder of fishes.
Michael Berenbrink
11:45 - 12:10 Use of phylogenetic information to understand the evolution
of anuran thermal biology.
Carlos Arturo Navas
12:10 - 12:35 Evolutionary physiology of larks along temperature and moisture
gradients.
Joe Williams
12:35 - 1:00 Evolutionary physiology of habitat transitions.
Carol Eunmi Lee