Lecture ’From Morphology to Genomes: Integrative Approach in Disentangling Relationships in Different Euphorbia Lineages’

From Morphology to Genomes: Integrative Approach in Disentangling Relationships in Different Euphorbia Lineages is the lecture title which Professor Božo Frajman is to deliver at the SASA Grand Hall, on Wednesday, 20 December, at noon.

Euphorbia is one of the largest genera of flowering plants including more than 2150 species. Most European species belong to Euphorbia subgenera Esula, which is sister to three other subgenera. This genus comprises around 480 species and represents the most significant radiation of the genus in temperate areas of the Old World. The Balkan Peninsula, a hotspot of European biodiversity, is with 70 species one of Euphorbia-richest regions of Europe. On this occasion, Professor Božo Frajman will present the outcomes of past and ongoing studies on the diversification of different Euphorbia species from the Balkan Peninsula, based on DNA sequencing, including next-generation RAD sequencing, AFLP fingerprinting, relative genome size measurements, chromosome number estimations and morphological analyses.

Božo Frajman graduated from the University of Ljubljana, at the Department of Biology in 2001, and he received his PhD from Uppsala University, at the Evolutionary Biology Centre in 2007. He works as an associate professor at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, as well as a teaching and laboratory assistant at the Biology Department of the University of Ljubljana.

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