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Laboratory of Genetics
The Laboratory of Genetics studies genetic variation from the processes that produce it (mutation, recombination), to the factors and processes that have shaped its architecture in the past and determine its fate now and in the future. Evolutionary theory applies to all life forms, and heredity is a key characteristic of life. Therefore, the genetic and evolutionary analysis of biodiversity requires a broad range of model species that span the major kingdoms. The Laboratory of Genetics uses computer simulations, and studies bacteria, fungi, insects and plants.
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The interrelationship between genetics, heredity and evolution is the
focus of research of the Laboratory of Genetics.
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The effect of L-histidine on nickel translocation and the activities of antioxidant enzymes in hyperaccumulator (Odontarrhena inflata) and non-accumulator (Aurinia saxatilis) plants
Plant and Soil (2024), Volume: 495, Issue: 1-2 - ISSN 0032-079X - p. 411-428. -
A life-history allele of large effect shortens developmental time in a wild insect population
Nature Ecology and Evolution (2024), Volume: 8, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2397-334X - p. 70-82. -
A butterfly egg-killing hypersensitive response in Brassica nigra is controlled by a single locus, PEK, containing a cluster of TIR-NBS-LRR receptor genes
Plant, Cell & Environment (2024), Volume: 47, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0140-7791 - p. 1009-1022.