Sex in the rockpools: uncovering the private life of seaweeds
Date
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
Susana Coelho (Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen)
Location
Cafeteria / O1 / Lakeside View (I22.O1.006)
Series
Seminar/Talk
Tags
EvoLunch
Host
Beatriz Vicoso
Contact
The brown algae (brown seaweeds) are fascinating organisms that evolved complex multicellularity independently of animals and plants. Over the last few years, they have emerged as a highly valuable group to study the evolution of sex chromosomes and reproductive systems. I will describe how our lab has been using seaweeds to gain novel insights into the mechanisms and evolutionary trajectories of sex chromosomes and to reveal the functional and evolutionary interactions between the sex determination and key reproductive and life cycle traits.