Seq #90 Thursday, 29 June 2006
1:30 PM-3:30 PM Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre M2, Symposium - Group/Division Sponsored
Mineralization Genes of Bones & Teeth: the New Evolutionary Synthesis

Sponsored by: Mineralized Tissue
Description: Some very interesting evolutionary relationships have recently been proposed concerning the genes/proteins involved in Mammalian biomineralization. This symposium seeks to bring together leading scientists that have identified intriguing similarities among the genes encoding extracellular matrix proteins involved in vertebrate biomineralization, and have proposed that these similarities reflect decent from a limited number of ancestral genes. Special emphasis is placed on the amelogenin gene and its history on the sex chromosomes. It is hoped that bringing these scientists together will lead to an expert discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of their ideas and lead to a better understanding of the common features in different biomineralization systems. This symposium is aimed at scientists interested in biomineralization and the new theories on its origin. Supported by Procter & Gamble and the Straumann Institute
Chairperson: J. SIMMER
 
  1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
1054  1:35 PM The changing genetic basis of vertebrate mineralized tissues
K. KAWASAKI, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
  2:00 PM The origin and evolution of enamel mineralization genes
J.-Y. SIRE, University Paris 6, France
  2:25 PM Genetic and Functional Relationships of SIBLINGs
N. FEDARKO, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
  2:50 PM Evolutionary history of sex-linked mammalian amelogenin genes
N. TAKAHATA, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Kanagawa, Japan
  3:15 PM Panel Discussion

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