This meeting, sponsored by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center at Duke University, was focused on the subject "Myelin: A new model for evolutionary innovation." The purpose of the meting was to bring togeterh a diverse group of scientitst to consider the possibilities for utilizing myelin for the purposes indicated in the title. These pages provide an overview of the meeting and its outcomes. The meeting does not purport to have included all the researchers with interest in this area (although we tried!), mostly through ignorance on the part of the principal organizers. If you include yourself in this category, we welcome your interest and will gladly add your name to our list.
PBRC Home Page.
Petra Lenz' Home Page
Dan Hartline's Home Page
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author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Scinence Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, or any other sponsoring organization."