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SUMMARY:Big Trees for Big Problems - Sam Brockington\, Molecular Developme
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DTSTART:20130201T130000Z
DTEND:20130201T133000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Evolutionary trees can and should play a critical role in the 
 formulation and testing of hypotheses\, in experimental design\, and in th
 e articulation of key research priorities. The influx of new genomic and t
 ranscriptomic data from across the tree of life ensures that it is now pos
 sible to build meaningful comparative frameworks with a long ‘shelf life
 ’. I will briefly discuss how these new data meet the perennial challeng
 es involved in building robust evolutionary trees. I will then discuss the
  application of evolutionary approaches to various collaborative projects 
 within the department including: 1) the diversification of trichome specif
 ication\; 2) the genetic origins of the land plant cuticle\; 3) the evolut
 ionary link between obesity and biofuels\, and\; 4) the diversity of auxin
  patterning among major lineages of land plants.
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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