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Animal Biology special issue arising from the 14th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Amsterdam, 1-2 November 2007

Animal Biology special issue arising from the 14th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Amsterdam, 1-2... © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI 10.1163/157075608X383656 Animal Biology 58 (2008) 337–339 www.brill.nl/ab Foreword Animal Biology special issue arising from the 14th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Amsterdam, 1-2 November 2007 Zoological congresses continue to be exciting meeting places for a diverse plumage of scientists interested in how animals behave and adapt to the environment and how they maintain internal homeostasis. Evolutionary theory, the unifying concept of mod- ern biology, is acting as a common theme tying together many animal biologists. Th e evolutionary view of animal biology has proven particularly fruitful in the last decade. For example, biological principles uncovered in model species have been shown to be valid in a range of non-model species. In addition, comparisons of genomes have provided new insights into the deep phylogenetic splits of the animal kingdom. Finally, knowledge about animal physiology and genetics has even provided useful guidance to the analysis of disease in humans. All these developments are still ongoing and have brought zoology to the forefront of modern biology. Th e 14th Benelux Congress of Zoology, held 1 and 2 November 2007 at VU University, Amsterdam in Th e Netherlands, displayed examples of many of these developments. A http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Animal Biology Brill

Animal Biology special issue arising from the 14th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Amsterdam, 1-2 November 2007

van Straalen, Nico; Ellers, Jacintha; Koene, Joris
Animal Biology , Volume 58 (4): 337 – Jan 1, 2008
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI 10.1163/157075608X383656 Animal Biology 58 (2008) 337–339 www.brill.nl/ab Foreword Animal Biology special issue arising from the 14th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Amsterdam, 1-2 November 2007 Zoological congresses continue to be exciting meeting places for a diverse plumage of scientists interested in how animals behave and adapt to the environment and how they maintain internal homeostasis. Evolutionary theory, the unifying concept of mod- ern biology, is acting as a common theme tying together many animal biologists. Th e evolutionary view of animal biology has proven particularly fruitful in the last decade. For example, biological principles uncovered in model species have been shown to be valid in a range of non-model species. In addition, comparisons of genomes have provided new insights into the deep phylogenetic splits of the animal kingdom. Finally, knowledge about animal physiology and genetics has even provided useful guidance to the analysis of disease in humans. All these developments are still ongoing and have brought zoology to the forefront of modern biology. Th e 14th Benelux Congress of Zoology, held 1 and 2 November 2007 at VU University, Amsterdam in Th e Netherlands, displayed examples of many of these developments. A

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