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SUMMARY:The genetic basis for leaf development and diversity: from underst
 anding to reconstructing [CANCELLED] - Miltos Tsiantis\, Max Planck Instit
 ute for Plant Breeding Research
DTSTART:20200304T130000Z
DTEND:20200304T140000Z
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CONTACT:Toby Andrews
DESCRIPTION:A key challenge in biology is to understand how diversity in o
 rganismal form is generated. While key regulators that shape the body plan
 s of model organisms have been identified\, less is known about how the ba
 lance of conservation versus divergence of relevant developmental pathways
  influences cell growth to generate morphological diversity. To help addre
 ss this issue\, we developed the Arabidopsis thaliana relative Cardamine h
 irsuta into a versatile system for studying morphological evolution. We us
 e a combination of genetics\, advanced imaging and computational modelling
  to understand the mechanisms through which leaf morphology evolved in the
 se species\, resulting in simple leaves in A. thaliana and complex leaves 
 with leaflets in C. hirsuta. This presentation will describe progress on i
 dentifying such mechanisms and in conceptualizing how they regulate the nu
 mber\, position and timing of leaflet production.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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