Date: 24 Apr 97

From: "dept inv.zoology" <list_cru@1.inv.bio.msu.ru>

To: crust-l@VIMS.EDU

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: NEW METHODS IN COPEPOD TAXONOMY

May 4 - 8, 1998

St.-Petersburg, Russia

Topics: The central goal is to bring together researchers

dealing specifically with morphology as it relates to

taxonomy in various groups of Copepods, in order to

better delineate species. New and rare used methods are

of particular interest: DNA - analysis, chromosome

analysis (chromosome diminution especially), enzyme

analysis, hybridization of closely related species,

LARVAL sign analysis., etc. Other topics include analysis

of variability and taxonomic weight of signs used in

describing copepods now to validate the many new species

that have been described in the last decades using

morphological details only.

In the context of this meeting two workshops are planned:

1. chromosome diminution; 2. hybridization techniques

with using of the Fischer's Cyclopoid species.

Conference is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ulrich

Einsle.

Contact: Victor R. Alekseev, Zoological Institute of

Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St.-Petersburg,

Russia (Fax: 7-812-114-0444 ; avr@zisp.spb.su) We prefer

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