The role of hybridization in plant evolution – In situ hybridization technique
| Name: | The role of hybridization in plant evolution – In situ hybridization technique |
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| Researchers: |
Paštová Ladislava (member in research team) Machač Jiří (member in research team) Krak Karol (member in research team) Jarolímová Vlasta (member in research team) Mahelka Václav (member in research team) Krahulec František (member in research team) Kaplan Zdeněk (member in research team) Chrtek Jindřich (member in research team) Fehrer Judith (member in research team) |
| Provider: | GA ČR |
| Number: | GA206/09/1126 |
| Realization from: | 2009 |
| Realization to: | 2012 |
| Summary: | In some groups of species, hybridization is considered to be a potent evolutionary force that creates opportunities for adaptive evolution and speciation. In particular, we focus on interspecific hybridization that can lead to the origin of stabilized introgressants and homoploid or allopolyploid hybrid species. The project is focused on particular hypotheses on the origin and evolution of selected model organisms in various species groups (i.e., Chenopodium, Elytrigia, Allium, Taraxacum, Hieracium, Potamogeton) using in situ hybridization technique. Since the model organisms of the species groups have already been studied by other approaches, diverse hypotheses on their origin emerged. Establishment of in situ technique, which represents a unique tool for understanding the physical organization of particular genes and genomes, incl. detection of alien/introgressed genetic material within the model organisms, not only enables us to evaluate the existing hypotheses, but could also significantly extend our knowledge about the origin and evolution of the respective polyploid complexes. |