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<DIV dir=ltr>We have a Genetics seminar January 25 at 12.15 in KTK303 by</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">MSc Matti Salmela (Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Edinburgh)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">"Putting 'Scots' back in Scots pine - evolution of<BR> native pinewoods in Scotland"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Wellcome!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2><U>Talk summary</U>: Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is an iconic foundation <BR>species in the Scottish Highlands, but the current abundance of the <BR>species in Scotland is only a small fraction of its postglacial <BR>maximum. Today, Great Britain?s Forestry Commission recognizes 84 <BR>native pinewoods of variable size, the core area of which adds up to <BR>~18,000 ha. Starting in the late 1980s, various schemes have been <BR>initiated to promote planting of new and expansion of old pinewoods, <BR>but only little is known about patterns of adaptive genetic variation <BR>among populations within the country. As a result, seed zones for the <BR>species have been designated based on earlier studies on selectively <BR>neutral molecular marker variation. In this talk I will present <BR>results from my PhD study on the evolution of native pinewoods in the <BR>climatically heterogeneous Scotland and show evidence of <BR>environment-driven genetic differentiation in spring phenology and in <BR>photochemical capacity in response to natural winter and spring <BR>temperatures. In addition to distinct spatial heterogeneity, variation <BR>in the Scottish climate also has a strong temporal component which <BR>could contribute to adaptation processes and to patterns of genetic <BR>diversity.</FONT><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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