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SUMMARY:Evolution\, development and function of flower patterns - Ms Alice
  Fairnie (Sainsbury Laboratory\, Botanic Garden Cambridge)
DTSTART:20190221T131000Z
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CONTACT:Domi Baretic
DESCRIPTION:Flowers show a huge diversity of colourful patterns on the sur
 face of their petals which are thought to act as visual signals to animal 
 pollinators. My research is exploring flower patterns: their evolution\, d
 evelopment\, and function. I work with Hibiscus which has a bullseye patte
 rn created by combining contrasting cell types and pigmentation in the bas
 al and distal regions of the petal.\nThe talk will cover the work carried 
 out in my first six months of my  PhD which focused on understanding how f
 lower patterns form\, creating Hibiscus flowers with modified patterns\, a
 nd observing bumblebees interacting with flowers with different patterns. 
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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