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SUMMARY:Cardamine hirsuta: a new system for evo-devo studies. - Angela Hay
 . Plant Sciences Dept\, Oxford University
DTSTART:20081105T130000Z
DTEND:20081105T140000Z
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CONTACT:Matt Box
DESCRIPTION:A key question in biology is how differences in gene function 
 or regulation produce morphological variation during evolution. Cardamine 
 hirsuta - a plant related to the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana - is 
 a powerful new experimental system for investigating this question. Our re
 search aims to determine the genetic basis of divergence in floral structu
 re between A. thaliana and C. hirsuta\, which differ in stamen and petal n
 umber. We are using a combination of mutagenesis and quantitative trait lo
 cus analysis to uncover the genomic regions underlying both induced and na
 tural variation in C. hirsuta floral structure. This work should provide a
 n exciting opportunity to understand how gene regulatory networks are reco
 nfigured during evolution to produce divergent morphologies.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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