Phylogenetic Symposium

The Phylogenetic Symposium is a German-language conference that deals with fundamental questions about evolutionary biology. It is an informal meeting of predominantly German-speaking evolutionary biologists and foreign guests, which takes place at different locations at the invitation of the local residents. The general topic and venue are determined at each meeting by the plenum of the participants for the following year or, if possible, for the year after next. This procedure was decided in 1982 at the 25th Phylogenetic Symposium and renewed in 2008 at the 50th Symposium. The Phylogenetic Symposia are primarily forums for discussion. As a result, only a limited number of speakers are invited and the program leaves time for extensive discussion of current problems, concepts and research approaches.

The Phylogenetic Symposia

To meet	place	date	theme
1.	Hamburg	1956	Genetics and evolution
2.	Kiel	February 22-23, 1958	Modern problems of systematics
3.	to water	November 29-30, 1958	Trends in evolution
4th	Bremen	November 28-29, 1959	Ontogeny and Phylogeny
5.	Frankfurt am Main	November 26-27, 1960	Parallel formations and tribal history
6th	Kiel	2. – 3.12.1961	Pre-adaptation, speciation, adaptation
7th	Hamburg	1. – 2.12.1962	Problems of metamerism of the head
8th.	Marburg	November 30 - December 1, 1963	Monophyly and polyphyly
9.	Hamburg	November 28-29, 1964	Polymorphism
10.	Frankfurt am Main	November 27-28, 1965	Animal Geography and Evolution
11.	Kiel	November 26-27, 1966	Phylogenetic methods outside of morphology
12.	Hanover	2. – 3.12.1967	Species Differentiation
13.	Hamburg	November 30 - December 1, 1968	Ethological Aspects of Evolution
14th	Frankfurt am Main	November 29-30, 1969	Cytology and evolution
15th	gain	November 28-29, 1970	The archicoelomatics problem
16.	Freiburg in Breisgau	November 27-28, 1971	Introgression, Hybrid Belts and Biospecies Concept
17th	Frankfurt am Main	2. – 3.12.1972	Analogy, convergence and parallel formation
18th	Hamburg	1. – 2.12.1973	Evolutionary change in connection with the Pleistocene
19th	gain	November 30 - December 1, 1974	Problems of Sexual Dimorphism
20th	Hamburg	November 28-30, 1975	Co-evolution
21st	Goettingen	November 27-28, 1976	Arthropod Phylogeny
22nd	Karlsruhe	November 26-27, 1977	The evolutionary plateau mammal
23.	Mainz	2. – 3.12.1978	Karyotypes and Evolution
24.	Freiburg in Breisgau	1. – 2.12.1979	recapitulation
25th	Hamburg	November 19-21, 1982	Phylogenetic systematics - advances and limits of applicability
26th	Berlin (West), Free University	November 25-27, 1983	Species concept and formation from a zoological, botanical and paleontological point of view
27.	Bielefeld	November 30 - December 2, 1984	Competition and niche theory
28.	Tübingen	November 29th – December 1st, 1985	Genetic variability
29	Kiel	November 28-30, 1986	Channeling processes in ontogeny and their significance for evolution
30th	Neuchâtel (Switzerland)	November 27-29, 1987	Macro evolution
31.	Freiburg in Breisgau	November 25-27, 1988	Homology
32.	Bremen	1. – 3.12.1989	Parallel evolution and convergence
33.	Amsterdam, Netherlands)	November 30 - December 2, 1990	The ontogeny of features
34.	Hamburg	December 13-15, 1991	Evolution - coercion and chance
35.	Berlin, Free University	November 26-28, 1993	Progress in the work on the phylogenetic system
36.	Innsbruck (Austria)	November 25-27, 1994	Phylogeny of the Spiralia
37.	Bonn	November 24-26, 1995	Molecular versus non-molecular characteristics in phylogenetics
38.	to water	November 22-24, 1996	Speciation and ecological differentiation
39.	Osnabrück	November 21-23, 1997	Evolution of the chorus data
40.	Berlin, Museum of Natural History	November 20-22, 1998	Paleontology and Ontogeny
41.	Vienna, Austria)	November 19-21, 1999	Large scale - homologies and convergences
42.	Hamburg	November 24-26, 2000	Phylogeny and Ecology
43.	Bielefeld	November 23-25, 2001	Origin and evolution of the arthropods
44.	Bonn	November 22-24, 2002	Adaptive radiation
45.	Munich	November 21-23, 2003	Paraphyly - 50 years after Hennig
46.	Jena	November 19-21, 2004	Evolutionary Developmental Biology - New Challenges for the Homology Concept?
47.	Goettingen	November 19-20, 2005	The importance of morphology in today's phylogenesis reconstruction
48.	Dresden	November 25-26, 2006	Historical biogeography
49.	Frankfurt am Main	November 24-25, 2007	Origin of multicellularity
50.	Hamburg	November 21-23, 2008	Phylogenetic systematics, integrative science?
51.	Braunschweig	November 21-22, 2009	Darwin's Origin of Species - in the light of current research
52.	Munich	November 20-21, 2010	Quo vadis, taxonomy?
53.	Bern (Switzerland)	November 18-20, 2011	Evolution of the chordata - new data, new knowledge?
54.	Greifswald	November 23-25, 2012	Cladograms and evolving scenarios - who can test whom? In memoriam Günther Osche
55.	Oldenburg	November 22–24, 2013	The time for phylogenetics, inferring and applying timetable trees in biology
56.	Hamburg	November 21-22, 2014	Peter Ax and the phylogenetic system
57.	Rostock	November 20-22, 2015	Endless forms most beautiful - the role of morphology in evolutionary biology
58.	Leipzig	November 18-20, 2016	Evolution meets Ecology
59.	Berlin, Museum of Natural History	November 17-19, 2017	Phylogeny in the post-genomic era
60.	Tübingen	November 23-25, 2018	Functional morphology and bionics
61.	Goettingen	November 22–24, 2019	Reticulate evolution

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DS Peters: Almost a breakthrough . In: Yearbook for the History and Theory of Biology . tape 9 , 2003, p. 1-8 .
2. ↑ O. Kraus: Dominance and Quality. Review of 50 Phylogenetic Symposia . In: NF . tape 45 . Relative to natural science Association, Hamburg 2010, p. 9-15 .
3. ^ Schmitt M., Sudhaus W .: 60 years of Phylogenetic Symposium, a scientific meeting with a difference . In: Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology . tape 21 , p. 247-308 .
4. ^ City of Braunschweig
5. ^ Foundation Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald
6. ↑ University of Oldenburg ( Memento of the original dated November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ University of Rostock ( Memento of the original dated November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ https://conference.uni-leipzig.de/phylosym2016/. In: conference.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved June 6, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Werneburg I, Betz O (2018). 60th Phylogenetic Symposium. Functional morphology and bionics. Program and abstracts. Scidinge Hall Verlag Tübingen. Retrieved April 24, 2018 .