Cambride Entomological Club Meeting Tomorrow!

[Sarah Dendy]

Tomorrow! Join us for a meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club

Date: Tuesday, February 20th, 7:30 PM EST

Location: In Person in MCZ 101, on Zoom at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/95244632230?pwd=b0I1OXFzN2twK2dtQ25tdWZMdU1Sdz09#success

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Title: “Arthropod legs: novelty and homology over half a billion years.”

Speaker: Heather S Bruce (Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory)

Summary: Arthropods are the most successful group of animals on the planet, and this is in part due to incredible structures like insect wings, beetle horns, and crustacean carapaces. Many of these structures have been proposed to be novel structures that evolved anew in each lineage, but could some or even all of these structures be related somehow? And what does this tell us about how structures and their gene networks evolve over huge timescales of half a billion years?

NOTICE: We will be holding hybrid meetings to accommodate COVID-19 precautions and audience members from around the world.

For those able to attend, we will have an informal dinner at 6:00 pm at Cambridge Common Restaurant with the speaker, followed by our formal meeting (7:30 - 9:00 pm) in room MCZ101 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (there will be signs to help direct). The meeting will begin with club announcements, followed by a 60-minute presentation by the invited speaker and Q&A. Membership is open to amateur and professional entomologists. Welcome!