Date/Time
Date(s) - 18/03/2004
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Title: A Molecular View of the Origin & Large-Scale Evolution of Life

Speaker: Dr. Norman R. Pace

Institute: ORIGINS PUBLIC LECTURE
The University of Colorado
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

Location: CNH-104

Description:

Gene sequences can be used to explore the relations between all existing life forms. The results also provide the first objective views of the large-scale structure of evolution throughout the history of biology. Analyses with some genes even reach into the pre-cellular period of life. The lecture will review our current understanding of the molecular Tree of Life, with emphasis on how our perception of biological diversity has expanded with studies of natural microbial communities. Correlation of geological information with landmarks in the molecular Tree will be used to carry us beyond the textbook versions of the course of life and the origin of eukaryotic cells.