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SUMMARY:The molecular basis of developmental buffering: a key to understan
 ding the interface between environment and evolution? - Dr Atsuko Sato (Oc
 hanomizu University)
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DTEND:20150805T130000Z
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CONTACT:Marcia Kishida
DESCRIPTION:The idea of developmental buffering is key to understanding th
 e environmental impact on evolutionary change. Studies using laboratory mo
 del organisms have proposed several hypotheses on the molecular basis of d
 evelopmental buffering. However\, it is still largely unknown how the leve
 l of buffering is controlled\, and whether developmental genes can be affe
 cted by environmental stress in natural populations. I have established a 
 model to test these questions using the ascidian Ciona intestinalis specie
 s complex. In the first part of my talk\, I will show my recent discovery 
 that ER chaperones might comprise a cellular basis of developmental buffer
 ing. In the latter part of my talk\, I will show how developmental genes c
 ould be affected by environmental stress\, and discuss how the idea of dev
 elopmental buffering might link to the evolutionary process.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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