Organised by Sir Peter Crane FRS, University of Chicago, Professor Else Marie Friis, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Professor William Chaloner FRS, Royal Holloway, University of London
Please find below MP3 audio files recorded at this discussion meeting for the following talks and discussions.
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Session 1
Professor Spencer C.H. Barrett FRS
A Darwinian perspective on the evolution and function of floral diversity
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Professor Else Marie Friis et al
Diversity in Obscurity: Fossil Flowers and the Phylogenetic Relationships of the EarlY Angiosperms
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Professor Sarah Mathews
The state of seed plant phylogenetics: implications for understanding the origin of flowers
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Professor Charles P. Scutt
Developmental perspectives on the origin of the angiosperm carpel
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Session 2
Dr Paula J. Rudall
The limits of flowers
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Professor Peter K. Endress
The evolution of floral biology in basal angiosperms
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Dr Susanne Renner et al
The evolution and loss of oil-offering flowers -- new insights from dated phylogenies and Cucurbitaceae
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Professor Jürg Schönenberger et al
Diversity and evolution of floral structure and biology in Ericales
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Session 3
Professor Elena Kramer
The developmental basis of floral diversity in Ranunculaceae: evidence from the Aquilegia model system
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Professor Scott Hodges
Floral adaptations in Aquilegia: from field to genomic studies
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Dr Sandra Knapp
On "various contrivances": pollination, phylogeny and flower form in the Solanaceae
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Professor Cris Kuhlemeier
Speciation genes in the genus Petunia
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Session 4
Professor Lawrence Harder et al.
Floral adaptation and diversification under pollen limitation
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Professor Raymond L. Tremblay et al
Pollination biology of orchids - past, present and future
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Professor Steven D. Johnson
Pollinator-driven diversification of the southern African flora
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Professor Kingsley Dixon
Pollination ecology, floral evolution and the possible impact of climate change in the Southwest Australian Biodiversity Hotspot
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