BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Plant Biology Colloquium | Lessons from Charismatic Megaflora i n Plant Evolution and Hybridization\, Feb. 19\n\nThe Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Nora Mitchell on Friday\, Feb. 19\, at 11:50 a.m.\n\nJoin Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 833 0506 5937 Passcode: 1kJyC KMitchell is Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire.\n\nThe host is the Plant Biology graduate students\, and the co ntact is Hoang Luu.\n\nAbstract: Charismatic megafauna may dominate public perception of conservation\, but charismatic megaflora are excellent and at tention-grabbing taxa for researching the ecology and evolution of plants. Understanding the evolution and function of diversity in a group as large a nd varied as flowering plants requires evidence at multiple taxonomic\, geo graphic\, and temporal scales. I combine approaches from the microevolution ary to macroevolutionary scales to understand the history of two iconic pla nt groups. I use phylogenomics to disentangle relationships between species and patterns of trait-environment evolution in the Protea of South Africa and long-term field experiments to assess the role of hybridization in adap tive evolution in Helianthus (sunflowers) in the United States. Finally\, I employ the comparative method to understand hybridization across plants mo re broadly. This combination of systems and approaches allows for investiga tion into the patterns and potential mechanisms generating the astonishing diversity of plants. DTEND:20210219T174000Z DTSTAMP:20241124T024820Z DTSTART:20210219T165000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Plant Biology Colloquium | Lessons from charismatic megaflora in pl ant evolution and hybridization\, Feb. 19 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_35777919102543 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/plant_biology_colloquium_nora_mitchell_ feb_19 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR