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SUMMARY:Molecular tools for the macroalgae - John Bothwell\, Queen's Unive
 rsity Belfast
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CONTACT:Jill Harrison
DESCRIPTION:The macroalgae\, or seaweeds\, determine the productivity and 
 biodiversity of coastal ecosystems.  They are also of great evolutionary i
 nterest as they have evolved complex multicellularity independently of man
 y other eukaryotic lineages (e.g. plants\, animals\, fungi) and have adapt
 ed to survive in variable intertidal regions.  Molecular techniques with w
 hich to investigate their biology are\, however\, few and far between.  Us
 ing case studies drawn from the past decade of macroalgal genomic work - p
 articularly patterns of protein kinase loss and gain and the evolution of 
 sex determining regions in brown algae - I will discuss how genomic and Ne
 xt Gen studies - especially in the brown Ectocarpus and red Chondrus - are
  beginning to shed new light on the seaweeds. \n
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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