International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridization, and Biodiversity
Průhonice, Česká republika (Květen, 07-10, 2012)
The International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridization and Biodiversity aims at promoting knowledge exchange and discussion of the latest developments concerning these major drivers of genome shaping and evolution. A wide range of topics will be covered such as
- polyploid speciation and phylogeny
- diversity of reproductive modes and their impact on population structure
- analysis and modeling of population structure
- influences of polyploidy and hybridization on genome and chromosome structure, transcriptome, metabolome, physiology, development, and ecological adaptation; accommodation of epigenetics into evolutionary concepts
- external and internal factors driving genome dynamics and evolution
- ecological and molecular aspects of biological invasions
- consequences of polyploidy on biodiversity
The conference shall be open to all groups of organisms in which polyploidy and hybridization are playing a role, but plants will naturally be more in the focus.
Invited speakers
- Pamela S. Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History (USA)
- Jonathan F. Wendel, Iowa State University (USA)
- Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, University of Georgia (USA)
- Jeffrey J. Doyle, Cornell University (USA)
- Peter H. van Tienderen, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Frank R. Blattner, IPK Gatersleben (Germany)
- Anna M.G. Koltunow, CSIRO Plant Industry Adelaide (Australia)
- Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (Austria)
