Dr. Slotte will talk about "Evolution via gene expression regulation in plants - Selection on cis-regulatory variation and divergence in Capsella"

More about Slotte lab:

Recent publications:

Steige KA, Reimegård J, Koenig D, Scofield DG, Slotte T. 2015. Cis-regulatory changes associated with a recent mating system shift and floral adaptation in Capsella. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32:2501-2514. 

Douglas GM*, Gos G*, Steige KA*, Salcedo A, Holm K, Josephs EB, Arunkumar R, Ågren JA, Hazzouri K, Wang W, Platts AE, Williamson RJ, Neuffer B, Lascoux M**, Slotte T**, Wright SI**. 2015. Hybrid origins and the earliest stages of diploidization in the highly successful recent polyploid Capsella bursa-pastoris. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 112:2806-2811

Slotte T et al. 2013. The Capsella rubella genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution. Nature Genetics. 45:831-835.