Plants, people and evolution
A meeting in honour of Barbara Pickersgill, Linnean Society of
London, 4 August.

Topics:

*Smith Lagenaria siceraria: Genetic and archaeological evidence
for the early history of domesticated bottle gourd.
*Vaughan Rice, people & evolution: From prehistory to the
biotechnology era
*Waines Domestication and Crop Physiology: Roots of a Green
Revolution [wheat]
*Nesbitt Wheat domestication: a critical re-evaluation of its
archaeology and genetics
*Wendel Genes, jeans, and genomes: plant exploration and the
wonders of cotton
*Zohary The impact of
self-pollination on early crop domestication in the Near East
*Casas
Evolutionary ecology of columnar cacti under domestication in
Mesoamerica
*Hughes Backyard sympatry, spontaneous hybridisation and crop
domestication in pre-Columbian Mexico – insights from Leucaena
(Leguminosae)
*Barrett The evolution of sexual diversity in
Daffodils (Narcissus)

There will also be posters on wheat/millet ancient DNA, etc.

It's not too late to book a place, but it would be helpful if anyone
thinking about coming books soon, as this will help us decide
which meeting room to use. The meeting is at the Linnean Society,
Central London, Friday 4 August 2006. The timetable will allow
plenty of time to meet the speakers. Booking form at:

http://pixbox.co.uk/linnean/eventdetails.php?eventID=51

Mark

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Dr Mark Nesbitt

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Dr Mark Nesbitt
Jodrell Laboratory
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Richmond, Surrey
TW9 3AE

Tel (direct): +44 (0)20 8332 5386
Fax: +44 (0)20 8332 5310

www.kew.org/scihort/ecbot
www.plantcultures.org.uk