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J Parasit Dis Diagn Ther 2017 | Volume 2 Issue 4
allied
academies
International Conference on
Zoology, Microbiology & Medical Parasitology
October 30-November 01, 2017 | Chicago, USA
Z
oology is important for human existence. Planning the
conservation of the biosphere and of its species richness
requires good alpha-taxonomy of animals. Yet much zoological
research fails to serve this goal. Especially, two lines of research.
First trendy genomic phylogeny studies that ignore or abuse
morphology yield controversies and questions for example:
whether tounite the lizard genera
Geckonia
and
Tarentola
, what
are the species of
Hemidactylus
lizards hitherto lumped in Israel
under
H. turcicus
? And are the morpho-taxa of
Testudo graeca
tortoises in the Levant real, despite genomic appearances?
Second, investigations and debates about nomenclature,
pitching priority against convention, and futile splitting of
genera within a clade, such as the lizard
Agama
, waste the
time of zoologists. Zoologists should practice solid morphology-
based, genomics-supported, alpha-taxonomy.
Speaker Biography
Yehudah L Werner is matriculated in 1949 from the Re’alli School (Biological Trend),
Haifa. He has army service in 1948-50. He is an amateur and researcher of fishes,
amphibians and reptiles. He studied Zoology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
MSc in 1956, PhD (summa cum laude) in 1961. He is in the University’s staff since
1953 (TA), full Professor 1978, Emeritus 2000. He is the Co-founder, Society for
Protection of Nature in Israel, 1953. Member, the Language Academy’s Committee on
Zoological Terms, 1963-99. He is the Editor of
Israel Journal of Zoology
, 1973-89. He
is the President of Zoological Society of Israel, 1991-93. He has some 470 assorted
publications, including a guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Israel (1995, Hebrew)
and reptile life in the land of israel with comments on adjacent regions (2016, Chimaira).
e:
yehudah_w@yahoo.comYehudah L Werner
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Zoological research serving conservation