Project for Explaining the Origin of Humans
Mini-Symposium Topic: "Speciation"
Program Co-Chairs: Kurt Benirschke, Pascal Gagneux
Pascal Gagneux
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Kurt Benirschke
"Chromosomal Fusions as Mechanism of Speciation"
Tim Crow
"Sex Chromosome Rearrangements, Sexual Selection and Speciation:
Cerebral Asymmetry in H sapiens as a Paradigm Case"
Caro-Beth Stewart
"A New Model for Sperm-Egg Recognition in Mammals"
Christopher Wills
"What Role Has Speciation Played in Hominid History"
Arcadi Navarro
"Chromosomal Inversions and Speciation"
Charles Epstein
"Mouse Robertsonian Chromosomes in the Wild and in the Laboratory"
Stephen O'Brien
"Overview of Mammalian Speciation - Chromosome Painting"
Todd M. Preuss
"Genes That are Differentially Expressed in the Brains of Humans,
as Compared to Chimpanzees and Macaques"
Kurt Benirschke
Closing Comments