New Date: Tuesday, February 20th
In-Person Meeting
Virtual Zoom Option
7:30 PM EST
Arthropod legs: novelty and homology over half a billion years
Dr. Heather S. Bruce
Marine Biological Laboratory
Abstract: Arthropods are the most successful group of animals on the planet, and this is in part due to incredible structures like insect wings, beetle horns, and crustacean carapaces. Many of these structures have been proposed to be novel structures that evolved anew in each lineage, but could some or even all of these structures be related somehow? And what does this tell us about how structures and their gene networks evolve over huge timescales of half a billion years?
NOTICE: We will be holding hybrid meetings to accommodate audience members from around the world.
For those able to attend, we will have an informal dinner at 6:00 pm at Cambridge Common Restaurant with the speaker, followed by our formal meeting (~7:30 – 9:00 pm) in room MCZ 101 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (there will be signs to help direct). The meeting will begin with club announcements, followed by a 60-minute presentation by the invited speaker and Q&A. Membership is open to all.
