Symposium S18: EvoDevo of cranial neural crest populations across developmental systems
Organizer: Georgy Koentges
Chair: Georgy Koentges

S18-01 Characterizing evolutionary conserved regulatory networks in zebrafish craniofacial development
Eberhart, Johann (University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA); Swartz, M. E. (University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA); Wells, M. B. (University of Michigan, MI); Li, Q. (University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA); Sheehan-Rooney, K. (University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA); Rozacky, Jenna (University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA); Dixon, M. J. (University of Manchester, GBR); Vokes, Steven A. (University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA) 

S18-02 Variation in craniofacial derivation and development: Insights from extreme model systems
Gross, Joshua (University of Cincinnati, OH, USA)

S18-03 Elaborating a forebrain: Role of the neural crest in vertebrate evolution
Creuzet, Sophie (Institut de Neurobiologie-Alfred Fessard / Neurobiologie & Développement, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA)

S18-04 Comparative rhombomeric fate mapping of neural crest and its evolutionary implications.
Koentges, Georgy (University of Warwick, Coventry, GBR)

Symposium S19: Quantitative EvoDevo in model and non-model organisms I
Organizers: Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Chris Klingenberg, Philipp Mitteroecker, and Ruth Flatscher
Chair: Christian Klingenberg

S19-01 Morphometrics and the developmental genomics of canalization in craniofacial development
Hallgrimsson, Benedikt (University of Calgary, AB, CAN); Gonzalez, Paula M. (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, ARG); Mio, Washington (Florida State University, FL, USA); Young, Nathan M. (University of California San Francisco, CA, USA); Percival, Christopher (University of Calgary, AB, CAN); Liberton, Denise (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA); Jamniczky, Heather (University of Calgary, AB, CAN); Marcucio, Ralph (University of California San Francisco, CA, USA)

S19-02 An information theoretic approach to identifying cranial modularity with 3-D morphometric data
Goswami, Anjali (University College London, GBR); Finarelli, John (University College Dublin, Dublin)

S19-03 Complex symmetric patterns of the desmids (Desmidiales, Streptophyta): Quantitative morphometrics at the cellular level
Neustupa, Jiri (Charles University Prague, CZE)

S19-04 Developmental canalization in the vertebrate cranium: A morphometric approach
Mitteroecker, Philipp (University of Vienna, AUT)

Symposium S20: Less is more: Loss of gene functions as a driving force of developmental evolution
Organizers: Cristian Cañestro and Ingo Braasch
Chairs: Cristian Cañestro and Ingo Braasch 

S20-01 Dynamic gain and loss of genes in animal evolution
Holland, Peter (University of Oxford, GBR); Quah, Shan (University of Oxford, GBR); Maeso, Ignacio (University of Oxford, GBR); Marletaz, Ferdinand (University of Oxford, GBR); Paps, Jordi (University of Oxford, GBR); Olson, Peter (Natural History Museum, London, GBR); Martin, Kyle (University of Oxford, GBR); Hui, Jerome (Chinese University of Hong Kong, CHN)

S20-02 Ohnologs: Why do basal bony fish hold'em but crown groups fold'em?
Braasch, Ingo (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Batzel, Peter (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Amores, Angel (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Ferrara, Allyse (Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, USA); Fontenot, Quenton (Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, USA); Bobe, Julien (Inra — Laboratoire de Physiologie et génomique des poissons, Rennes, FRA); Postlethwait, John (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Guiguen, Yann (Inra — Laboratoire de Physiologie et génomique des poissons, Rennes, FRA)

S20-03 Revealing cryptic pan-vertebrate gene repertoire in developmental phylome
Kuraku, Shigehiro (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, JPN)

S20-04 A systematic approach to identify gene losses in genome alignments
Hiller, Michael (MPI CBG & MPI PKS, Dresden, GER); Sharma, Virag (MPI CBG & MPI PKS, Dresden, GER); Langer, Bjoern (MPI CBG & MPI PKS, Dresden, GER); Foerster, Leo (MPI CBG & MPI PKS, Dresden, GER); Kiruvale, Pradeep (MPI CBG & MPI PKS, Dresden, GER)

Symposium S21: EcoEvoDevo: Symbiosis and Epigenetic Inheritance
Organizers: Scott Gilbert and Yoav Soen
Chair: Yoav Soen and Scott Gilbert

S21-01 EvoDevo of the holobiont
Gilbert, Scott (University of Helsinki, FIN)

S21-02 Experimental evolution of legume endosymbionts.
Masson, Catherine (INRA, Toulouse, FRA) 

S21-03 Transgenerational inheritance of small RNAs in C. elegans
Rechavi, Oded (Tel Aviv University, ISR)

S21-04 Linking EcoDevo with EvoDevo by non-mendelian inheritance of epigenetic and symbiotic changes
Soen, Yoav (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, ISR)

Contributed Session C20: EvoDevo of cranial neural crest and dentition
Chair: Moya Smith and Georgy Koentges

C20-01 An epithelial stem cell niche and a core gene network regulate continuous tooth regeneration in sharks
Martin, Kyle (University of Sheffield, GBR); Rasch, Liam (University of Sheffield, GBR); Fraser, Gareth (University of Sheffield, GBR)

C20-02 Morphogenetics of coordinated tooth and jaw development and evolution in mammals
Boughner, Julia (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CAN); Raj, Muhammad (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CAN); Uppal, Jasmene (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CAN)

C20-03 Quantitative modeling of dental stem cell niche evolution and constant change in tooth height over 50 million years
Mushegyan, Vagan (University of California San Francisco, CA, USA); Eronen, Jussi (University of Helsinki, FIN & Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, GER); Lawing, Michelle (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA); Sharir, Amnon (University of California San Francisco, CA, USA); Janis, Christine (Brown University, Providence, RI, USA); Klein V., Ophir D. (University of California San Francisco, CA, USA)

C20-04 Cellular cartilage predates vertebrates and was coopted by neural crest during vertebrate head skeleton evolution
Jandzik, David (University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA); Garnett, Aaron T. (University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA); Square, Tyler A. (University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA); Cattell, Maria V. (University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA); Yu, Jr-Kai (Academia Sinica, Taipei, TWN); Medeiros, Daniel M. (University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA)

C20-05 Afferent projections mirror the evolutionary origins of trigeminal sensory neurons
Butts, Thomas (King's College, London, GBR); Graham, Anthony (King's College, London, GBR)

Contributed Session C21: Quantitative EvoDevo in model and non-model organisms I
Chair: Philipp Mitteroecker

C21-01 Adaptive integration in the human pelvis
Fischer, Barbara (CEES, Oslo, NOR); Mitteroecker, Philipp (University of Vienna, AUT)

C21-02 Grasping flexibility: Evolutionary modularity and developmental origin of carapace integration in Chelonians
Djurakic, Marko (University of Novi Sad, SRB); Herrel, Anthony (UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN, Paris, FRA); Jojic, Vida (Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic", University of Belgrade, SRB)

C21-03 Systematic knock-down analysis of the gap gene network in the scuttle fly Megaselia abdita reveals quantitative system drift
Wotton, Karl (Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ESP); Jimenez-Guri, Eva (Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ESP); Crombach, Anton (Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ESP); Jaeger, Johannes (Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ESP)

C21-04 Evolution of skull shape in Triturus newts: An ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspective
Ivanovic, Ana (University of Belgrade, SRB); Cvijanovic, Milena (Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic", Belgrade, SRB); Arntzen, Jan W. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, NDL); Zelditch, Miriam (University of Michigan, MI, USA)

C21-05 Evolution of salamander limbs: Influence of different functional demands of larvae and adults
Vukov, Tanja (University of Belgrade, SRB); Üzüm, Nazan (Adnan Menderes Universitesi, Aydin, TUR); Urosevic, Aleksandar (University of Belgrade, SRB); Slijepcevic, Maja (University of Belgrade, SRB); Tomasevic Kolarov, Natasa (University of Belgrade, SRB)

Contributed Session C22: Less is more: Loss of gene functions as a driving force of developmental evolution
Chairs: Cristian Cañestro and Ingo Braasch

C22-01 The repertories of developmental transcription factors in sponges were shaped by extensive independent gene loss events
Fortunato, Sofia (University of Bergen, NOR); Adamski, Marcin (University of Bergen, NOR); Adamska, Maja (University of, NOR)

C22-02 Placode size evolution in Astyanax mexicanus blind cavefish
Rétaux, Sylvie (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Hinaux, Hélène (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Alié, Alexandre (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Blin, Maryline (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA)

C22-03 Evolution and development of the bifurcated axial skeletal system in the twin-tail goldfish
Abe, Gembu (Academia Sinica, Yilan, TWN); Lee, Shu-Hua (Academia Sinica, Yilan, TWN); Chang, Mariann (Academia Sinica, Yilan, TWN); Liu, Shih-Chieh (Academia Sinica, Yilan, TWN); Ota, Kinya (Academia Sinica, Yilan, TWN)

C22-04 A mollusk retinoic acid receptor (RAR) ortholog sheds light on the evolution of ligand binding
Schubert, Michael (Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, FRA)

C22-05 Darwin's "living fossil" as a new model: Spotted Gar and the genomic basis of vertebrate EvoDevo
Braasch, Ingo (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Batzel, Peter (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Loker, Ryan (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Amores, Angel (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Fontenot, Quenton (Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, USA); Ferrara, Allyse (Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, USA); Postlethwait, John H. (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA)

Contributed Session C23: EcoEvoDevo: Symbiosis and Epigenetic Inheritance
Chairs: Scott Gilbert and Yoav Soen

C23-01 Development of symbiotic organ: Hox genes regulate development of bacteriome and localization of bacterial symbiont in seed bug Nysius plebeius
Matsuura, Yu (Graduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JPN); Kikuchi, Yoshitomo (Bioproduction Research Insitute, AIST, Hokkaido, Sapporo, JPN); Koga, Ryuichi (Bioproduction Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba, JPN); Miura, Toru (Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JPN); Fukatsu, Takema (Bioproduction Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba, JPN)

C23-02 Ancestral developmental potential facilitates parallel evolution of a novel supersoldier caste in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole
Rajakumar, Rajendhran (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN); San Mauro, Diego (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN); Dijkstra, Michiel B. (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN); Huang, Ming H. (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA); Wheeler, Diana E. (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA); Hiou-Tim, Francois (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN); Khila, Abderrahman (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN); Cournoyea, Michael (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN); Abouheif, Ehab (McGill University, Montreal, QC, CAN)

C23-03 Investigating the role of genetic assimilation in an adaptive radiation
Gunter, Helen (University of Konstanz, GER); Karner, Immanuel (University of Graz, AUT); Schneider, Ralf (University of Konstanz, GER); Sturmbauer, Christian (University of Graz, AUT); Meyer, Axel (University of Konstanz, GER)

C23-04 Genetic assimilations: How they impact blind variation
Danchin, Etienne (Evolution & Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, CNRS, UPS, ENFA, Toulouse, FRA); Pocheville, Arnaud (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

C23-05 The propensity interpretation of fitness and the Modern Synthesis
Chiu, Lynn (University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA)

Contributed Session C24: Origin and diversification of regeneration
Chair: Jeremy Brockes

C24-01 Using sponges to investigate the evolution of stem cell gene regulatory networks
Revilla-i-Domingo, Roger (Max F. Perutz Laboratories / University of Vienna, AUT); Steudle, Friederike (Max F. Perutz Laboratories / University of Vienna, AUT); Raible, Florian (Max F. Perutz Laboratories / University of Vienna, AUT)

C24-02 Transcriptional activation of Tgf-beta and Wnt pathways during whole body regeneration in sponges
Adamski, Marcin (University of Bergen, NOR); Laplante, Mary (University of Bergen, NOR); Liu, Jing (University of Bergen, NOR); Bråte, Jon (University of Oslo, NOR); Leininger, Sven (University of Bergen, NOR); Leon Florian, Luis Anthony (University of Bergen, NOR); Ereskovsky, Alexander (Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Marseille, FRA); Adamska, Maja (University of Bergen, NOR)

C24-03 Unexpected capacity for the primary body plan regeneration in Nematostella vectensis embryos dissociated into single cells
Kozyreva, Anastasia (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Moscow, RUS); Genikhovich, Grigory (University of Vienna, AUT); Technau, Ulrich (University of Vienna, AUT)

C24-04 Posterior elongation in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii involves stem cells molecularly related to primordial germ cells
Gazave, Eve (CNRS — Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, FRA); Béhague, Julien (CNRS - Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, FRA); Laplane, Lucie (CNRS — Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, FRA); Demilly, Adrien (CNRS — Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, FRA); Balavoine, Guillaume (CNRS — Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, FRA); Vervoort, Michel (CNRS — Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, FRA)

C24-05 Early evolution of limb regeneration in tetrapods - evidence from a Palaeozoic amphibian
Fröbisch, Nadia (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, GER); Bickelmann, Constanze (Museum für Naturkunde, GER); Witzmann, Florian (Museum für Naturkunde, GER)

Symposium S22: ‘NEPTUNE’ ITN: The evolution of sensory systems in the marine environment
Organizers: Andrew Hejnol and Maria Ina Arnone
Chair: Andrew Hejnol and Maria Ina Arnone

S22-01 Novel photoreceptors in brachiopod embryos
Passamaneck, Yale (University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA); Martindale, Mark (University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL, USA)

S22-02 Mechanism of phototaxis in Platynereis larvae and the origin of visual eyes
Jékely, Gáspár (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, GER)

S22-03 Eye evolution: Common use and independent recruitment of genetic components
Vopalensky, Pavel (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, CZE); Pergner, Jiri (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, CZE); Kozmikova, Iryna (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, CZE); Kozmik, Zbynek (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, CZE)

S22-04 Opsins and the evolution of eyespots in the Acoelomorpha
Pang, Kevin (University of Bergen, NOR); Hejnol, Andreas (University of Bergen, NOR) 

Symposium S23: Quantitative EvoDevo in model and non-model organisms II
Organizers: Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Chris Klingenberg, Philipp Mitteroecker, and Ruth Flatscher
Chair: Benedikt Hallgrimsson

S23-01 Yin and yang of EvoDevo: Evolutionary transitions and developmental experiments
Jernvall, Jukka (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN)

S23-02 Wnt signalling underlies craniofacial variability in Lake Malawi cichlids
Parsons, Kevin (Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, Glasgow, GBR); Taylor, Trent (University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA); Powder, Kara (University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA); Albertson, R. Craig (University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA)

S23-03 Using false flowers to study evolution of modularity & integration
Armbruster, W. Scott (University of Portsmouth / School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth, GBR)

S23-04 Looking for modularity in morphometric data: Exploratory search without a hypothesis
Klingenberg, Chris (Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, GBR)

Symposium S24: Origin and diversification of regeneration
Organizer: Florian Raible
Chair: Florian Raible

S24-01 Taxon-specificity in Salamander limb development and regeneration
Brockes, Jeremy (University College London, GBR)

S24-02 Planarians as model system for the evolution of regeneration
Rink, Jochen (MPI-CBG, Dresden, GER) 

S24-03 Germline replacement in the Crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis
Patel, Nipam (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA)

S24-04 Injury-induced cell death, an evolutionarily-conserved force to drive regeneration?
Galliot, Brigitte (University of Geneva, Geneva, CHE); Reiter, Silke (CHE); Wenger, Ivan (CHE); Chara, Osvaldo (CHE); Martinvalet, Denis (CHE); Buzgariu, Wanda (CHE)

Symposium S25 ‘Living fossils’, myth or reality?
Organizers: Patrick Laurenti and Didier Casane
Chairs: Didier Casane and Patrick Laurenti

S25-01 'Living fossils' the facts beyond the myth
Laurenti, Patrick (CNRS, U. Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA); Casane, Didier (CNRS, U. Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRA)

S25-02 Coelacanth and the myth of living fossil
Dutel, Hugo (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, JPN)

S25-03 Evolution and diversity of the Chondrichthyes
Cuny, Gilles (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen K, DNK) 

S25-04 Embryology of the hagfish and early evolution of vertebrates
Kuratani, Shigeru (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, JPN), Ota, Kinya G. (Marine Research Station, Yilan, TWN), Oisi, Yasuhiro (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, FL, USA)

Contributed SessionC25: ‘NEPTUNE’ ITN: The evolution of sensory systems in the marine environment
Chair: Gaspar Jékely

C25-01 An ancient neuropeptide regulates both larval settlement and feeding in the marine worm Platynereis dumerilii
Williams, Elizabeth (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, GER); Conzelmann, Markus (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, GER); Jékely, Gáspár (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, GER)

C25-02 Regulation of apical sense organ formation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis by Frizzled 5/8 and Glypican 4/6
Bause, Markus (University of Bergen, NOR); Rentzsch, Fabian (University of Bergen, NOR); Leclère, Lucas (Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, FRA); Sinigaglia, Chiara (Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, FRA)

C25-03 Expression of neuropeptides in the brachiopod Terebratalia transversa
Thiel, Daniel (University of Bergen, NOR); Jékely, Gáspár (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, GER); Hejnol, Andreas (University of Bergen, NOR)

C25-04 Evolution and development of photoreceptors in Polyplacophora
Vöcking, Oliver (University of Bergen, NOR); Hausen, Harald (University of Bergen, NOR)

Contributed Session C26: Quantitative EvoDevo in model and non-model organisms II
Chair: Philipp Mitteroecker

C26-01 A differentially expressed gene network in the head of divergent arctic charr morphs is potentially regulated by Ets-2
Pashay Ahi, Ehsan (University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ISL); Hristova Kapralova, Kalina (University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ISL); Pálsson, Arnar (University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ISL); Helene Maier, Valerie (University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ISL); Gudbrandsson, Jóhannes (University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ISL); Snorrason, Sigurður (University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ISL); R. Franzdóttir, Sigrídur (University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ISL); O. Jónsson, Zophonías (University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ISL)

C26-02 Gap domain shifts caused by damped oscillations represent a dynamic fossil of short-germband evolution
Verd, Berta (Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ESP); Crombach, Anton (Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ESP); Jaeger, Johannes (Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ESP)

C26-03  Quantification of developmental variation in rainbow trout using geometric morphometric image analysis 
Mayer, Christine (University of Vienna, AUT); Metscher, Brian (University of Vienna, AUT); Müller, Gerd B. (University of Vienna, AUT); Mitteroecker, Philipp (University of Vienna, AUT)   

C26-04 Compartmentalization and spatial complexity of gene expression through development
Salvador-Martínez, Irepan (University of Helsinki, FIN); Salazar-Ciudad, Isaac (University of Helsinki, FIN)

Contributed Session C27: How does developmental robustness facilitate the evolution of biodiversity?
Chairs: Günter Theissen and Rainer Melzer

C27-01 The significance of developmental robustness for the biodiversity of life
Melzer, Rainer (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, GER); Theißen, Günter (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, GER)

C27-02 A computational approach to the evolution of development under conservative selection
Zimm, Roland (University of Helsinki, FIN); Salazar-Ciudad, Isaac (University of Helsinki, FIN)

C27-03 Divergent role of the Hox gene Antennapedia in spiders is responsible for the convergent evolution of abdominal limb repression
Khadjeh, Sara (Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, GER); Turetzek, Natascha (Georg August University of Göttingen, GER); Prpic-Schäper, Nikola-Michael (Georg August University of Göttingen, GER)

C27-04 Designing a mesodermal molecular toolkit in the marine annelids Alitta virens and Platynereis dumerilii
Kozin, Vitaly V. (St. Petersburg State University, RUS); Raible, Florian (Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, AUT); Kostyuchenko, Roman P. (St. Petersburg State University, RUS)

Contributed Session C28: Uncovering the genomic bases of phenotypic change in the NGS era II
Chairs: Juan Pascual and Ignacio Maeso 

C28-01 Evolution of the eye transcriptome under constant darkness in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish
Meng, Fanwei (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CHN); Braasch, Ingo (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Phillips, Jennifer (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA); Zhang, Chunguang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CHN); Postlethwait, John (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA)

C28-02 Evolution of the head developmental gene regulatory network in three closely related Drosophila species
Torres Oliva, Montserrat (Georg August University of Göttingen, GER); Almudi, Isabel (Oxford Brookes University, GBR); Nunes, Maria D. S. (Oxford Brookes University, GBR); McGregor, Alistair P. (Oxford Brookes University, GBR); Posnien, Nico (Georg August University of Göttingen, GER)

C28-03 Evolutionary innovation by rewiring of gene networks – origin of sense organs in the vertebrate 'new head'
Riddiford, Nick (National University of Ireland, Galway, IRL); Schlosser, Gerhard (National University of Ireland, Galway, IRL)

C28-04 Expression and diversification of CYCLOIDEA genes in Asteraceae: A case from the highly derived tribe Anthemideae
Bello Gutiérrez, M. Angélica (Real Jardín Botánico Madrid, CSIC, Madrid, ESP); Cubas, Pilar (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Madrid, ESP); Álvarez, Inés (Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid, ESP); Durán, Fátima (Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid, ESP); Sanjuanbenito, Guillermo (Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid, ESP); Fuertes Aguilar, Javier (Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid, ESP)

Contributed Session C29: Developmental mechanisms underlying evolutionary change III
Chair: Jack Green

C29-01 Evolution of the germ cells: Insights from a centipede
Green, Jack (University of Cambridge, GBR)

C29-02 DNA methylation and phenotypic plasticity: Is DNA methylation a conserved mechanism for phenotypic plasticity in insects?
Duncan, Elizabeth (University of Otago, Dunedin, NZL); O'Neill, Meaghan (University of Otago, Dunedin, NZL); Dearden, Peter (University of Otago, Dunedin, NZL)

C29-03 Modification of anterior-posterior patterning system toward fin-to-limb transformation: Origin of thumbs and radius
Onimaru, Koh (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JPN); Kuraku, Shigehiro (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, JPN); Takagi, Wataru (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, JPN); Hyodo, Susumu (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, JPN); Tanaka, Mikiko (Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JPN) 

C29-04 Evolution of neurosecretory brain centres: A cell population with an apical-organ-like transcriptional profile pioneers the central nervous system in the centipede Strigamia maritima
Hunnekuhl, Vera (Cambridge University, Cambridge, GBR); Akam, Michael (Cambridge University, Cambridge, GBR)

Keynote Lecture (K4)
Stuart Newman
New York Medical College, NY, USA

Ancient genes, mesoscale physics, and the origins of animal development
Chair: Frietson Galis