S5
Control of Breathing in Reptiles
Organizers:
William K. Milsom (Dept. Zool., Univ. British Columbia, Canada)
Tobias Wang (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Aarhus, Denmark)
There have been several recent advances into various aspects of the control of breathing in reptiles. New insights have been gained into the evolution of aspiration breathing in tetrapod vertebrates. There have been recent advances in our understanding of the structure and function of reptilian lungs and the evolution of the avian respiratory system that would be addressed by Colleen Farmer. There have also been recent advances in our understanding of the relative roles of various chemoreceptor groups in both the control of ventilation as well as the control of central cardiac shunts. These would be addressed by Catalina Reyes and Tobias Wang. There have also been exciting new advances in our understanding of the control of reptilian blood pressure that will be addressed by Nini Skovgaard. We feel that the ICCPB meeting would be both timely and a perfect venue for the synthesis of this new work.
Speakers:
1) Colleen Farmer (Dept. Biol., Univ. Utah, USA)
The reptilian lung and the evolution of the avian respiratory system.
2) Wilfried Klein (Dept. Biol., FFCLRP, Univ. São Paulo, Brazil)
Buoyancy control and ventilation in turtles
3) Bill Milsom (Dept. Zool., Univ. British Columbia, Canada)
Chemoreceptor control of breathing in reptiles
4) Tobias Wang (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Aarhus, Denmark)
Control of shunting versus control of breathing