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SUMMARY:The evolution of regular patterning in plants and animals - Renske
  Vroomans (Sainsbury Laboratory\, University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20221116T130000Z
DTEND:20221116T140000Z
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CONTACT:Nadine Randel
DESCRIPTION:The genetic code of multicellular organisms is decoded into a 
 phenotype through developmental processes. While both the plant lineage an
 d animal lineage each arise from a single ancestor\, millions of years of 
 evolution have transformed the genetic code of these ancestors to generate
  the staggering diversity of form and function we observe today.\nI use a 
 variety of computational evolutionary simulations to study how modern deve
 lopmental mechanisms arise from ancient mechanisms. In these simulations\,
  a population is tracked over thousands of generations of mutation and sel
 ection\, meanwhile keeping a perfect "fossil record" of intermediate genet
 ic solutions. This allows me to study how the presence of such ancient mec
 hanisms and pathways shape the convergent or divergent evolution of develo
 pmental mechanisms in extant lineages\, by rerunning the evolutionary tape
  multiple times. I will discuss two projects\, one on plant evolution and 
 one on animal evolution\, to highlight how this works and what we can lear
 n about similarities and differences in these two lineages.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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