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"Investigating the Evolution of Plant Form: Conceptual Integration from the Molecular to the Ecological"
a MORPH minicourse at the University of Colorado, Boulder December 14th-16th, 2007
This course and workshop provided an opportunity for a select group of doctoral students and distinguished investigators in plant evolutionary developmental biology to interact. The goal was to address current methodological and conceptual hurdles associated with the study of the evolution of plant form. In particular, participants focused on the integration of developmental information across molecular, organismic and ecological levels of plant biology. In addition to presentations by the faculty, each student outlined critical issues associated with his/her own evolutionary developmental research for discussion by all participants.
Faculty
Faculty members participated in the course include:
| Scott Armbruster |
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The Adaptive Accuracy of Flowers: Developmental Stability and Integration Meet Pollination Ecology |
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| Spencer Barrett |
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Morphology and Mating in Sexually Polymorphic Plant Populations |
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| Peter Crane |
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Paleobotanical Insights on the Development of Plant Form |
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| Pamela Diggle |
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Positional Variation Among Metamers: a Key to Understanding the Evolution of Whole-Plant Phenotypes |
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| Michael Donoghue |
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The Evolution of Plant Form in Relation to Genes, Geography, and Diversification with Examples Mainly from the Dipsacales |
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| Peter Endress |
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Flower Development and Evolution Viewed from a Diversity Perspective |
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| William Friedman |
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| Larry Hufford |
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| Vivian Irish |
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Petal Development: Variations on a Theme |
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| Amy Litt |
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Gene Duplication, Diversification, and Redeployment |
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| Michael Purugganan |
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Microevolution of Plant Developmental Patterns: Probing Variation within Species |
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Students
Students who participated in the course include:
| Robert Baker |
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The Microevolution of Development: Mimulus guttatus shoot architecture |
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| Conny Bartholmes |
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Roles of Leaf Polarity Genes in the Basal Eudicot Eschscholzia californica |
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Madelaine Bartlett |
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Evolution of Floral Symmetry in the petaloid monocot order Zingiberales |
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Benjamin Blackman |
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Evolution of Genetic Networks Underlying Plastic Traits: Lessons from Flowering Time |
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| Sara Carlson |
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Evolution of a Novel Floral Organ in Dipsacaceae: consequences for dispersal and diversification |
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Jill Duarte |
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The Role of Gene Duplication in the Evolution of Flowering Plants |
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Dior Kelley |
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The Origin of Derived Unitegmy |
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Kathryn Larson |
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Investigating the Evolution of Plant Form in Extinct Plants: Understanding Bennettitales and their Evolutionary Significance |
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Jae-Hyeok Lee |
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Exploring the Origin of Sporophytes in Land Plants: Insight from the Study of Sexual Development in Chlamydomonas |
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Rachel Meyer |
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Investigating the Mechanism of Fruit Development and Evolution within the Solonaceae |
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Matt Ogburn |
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Reconstructing Evolutionar Transitions in Photosynthetic Tissues of Opuntioid Cacti |
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Natalia Pabon-Mora |
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Functional Evolution of the AP1/FUL Gene Lineage Outside the Core Eudicots |
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Alma Pineyro-Nelson |
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Possible Regulatory Modifications in B-gene Expression Underlying the Unique "inside-out" Flower Phenotype of Lacondonia schismatica |
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Mackenzie Taylor |
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Developmental Evolution of the Progamic Phase: Insights from Nymphaeales |
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The Agenda
MORPH hosted a three-day, all-expenses paid meeting. Facutly and students from around the world gave presentations, discussed critical topics and directions in the field of plant evolution and development, toured the Ramaley Greenhouse and met for more informal discussions of over meals.
Hosted by University
of Colorado, Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
