Deciphering complex reticulation in aquatic plants: what is the relationship among climate oscillations, hybridization and polyploidization?
| Name: | Deciphering complex reticulation in aquatic plants: what is the relationship among climate oscillations, hybridization and polyploidization? |
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| Researchers: |
Kaplan Zdeněk (researcher) Záveská Eliška (member in research team) Prančl Jan (member in research team) Trávníček Pavel (member in research team) Bertrand Yann (member in research team) |
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| Number: | 22-10464S |
| Realization from: | 2022 |
| Realization to: | 2024 |
| Summary: | The project aims at disentangling the pathways of reticulate evolution in a unique model group of aquatic plants that is distinguished by enormous levels of polyploidy and hybridization. Using a holistic approach integrating cytogenetic methods, up-to-date DNA sequencing approaches and cutting-edge bioinformatics tools we will unravel the evolutionary history of this group and reconstruct the genomic constitutions of allopolyploids. We will identify main evolutionary drivers that shaped this diversity as well as the role of the Quaternary climatic oscillations for triggering speciation processes in aquatics. |