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SUMMARY:Bullseye! Understanding the mechanisms of petal patterning - Dr Ed
 wige Moyroud\, Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU)
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CONTACT:Caroline Newnham
DESCRIPTION:The patterns on the petals of flowering plants play a crucial 
 role in pollinator attraction and are striking examples of evolutionary di
 versification by natural selection. These patterns are often highly elabor
 ated but the processes that permits their set-up across flowering plants a
 re not well understood.\n\nOur group combines genetic and phylogenomic app
 roaches with imaging and modelling to investigate the mechanisms that regu
 late pattern formation and diversification in petals\, using Venice mallow
 \, a small hibiscus species with a striking bullseye pattern\, and its clo
 se relatives as model systems.\n\nOur results should help us understand ho
 w cells integrate chemical and mechanical cues to make decisions\, how pla
 nts set-up boundaries within their petal epidermis to create communication
  devices and how evolution tinkers with these processes to generate the di
 versity of patterns observed in nature.\n
LOCATION:Part II Room\, Department of Genetics\, Downing Site
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