[PCA] Don't forget: Smithsonian Botanical Symposium 2009 - Gene, Genomics, and Genome Evolution in Plants - Washington, D.C. Marh 27-28, 2009

Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Mon Mar 9 12:15:09 CDT 2009


Gene, Genomics, and Genome Evolution in Plants
27-28 March 2009
National Museum of Natural History and the U.S. Botanic Garden
Washington, DC

"Ever since Darwin, biologists have sought to understand how species 
evolve. The complexity and flexibility of the plant genome, as first 
revealed by Mendelian genetic methods, likely render plants especially 
able to adapt to changing environments. The new tools of genomics, 
initially driven by studies of model organisms, are now being applied 
across the diversity of plant life. Comparative studies have addressed the 
role of variation in genes, gene families and genomes in such processes as 
speciation, domestication and floral development. This Symposium, hosted 
by the Department of Botany, will highlight results of current studies on 
plant genes and genomes, especially as they apply to fundamental questions 
in evolutionary biology, crop improvement and ecosystem sustenance in 
rapidly changing environments worldwide."

Registration: $85 or $50.00 for full-time students - due 20 March 2009 
*Includes opening reception on Friday and a boxed lunch and dinner on 
Saturday

The program and speaker's schedule, titles, and abstracts are available on 
the website, at: 
http://botany.si.edu/sbs/

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