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Calendar Name: seminars
Scheduled for: Monday, September 10 2012, 15:00 - 16:30
Event text:    Dr Paul Berkman
	       
	       CSIRO Plant Industry
	       Queensland Bioscience Precinct
	       
	       St. Lucia QLD
	       AUSTRALIA
Details:       “Polyploid genomes: where are they and where are they
	       going?”
	       
	       ABSTRACT
	       Genome duplications are recognised as a key driver in
	       evolution and are understood to have occurred in the
	       history of nearly all flowering plants, providing a
	       template from which greater adaptability can be
	       established. While some polyploid species have developed
	       stable inheritance patterns, as is the case in wheat and
	       brassica, inheritance in other species such as sugarcane
	       remains complicated. Recent developments in genomics and
	       sequencing are enabling the investigation of polyploid
	       evolution, particularly in stable polyploids. However
	       many analysis frameworks still rely on methodology and
	       statistics developed with diploid species in mind.  I
	       will present some of my work to develop new approaches
	       to investigate the state of polyploid genomes, namely
	       inheritance patterns in high ploidy species, and the
	       principles acting in the process of diploidisation.

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