报告题目：
1. Functional genomics identifies adaptive diversity among three brassica species
2. Conserving crop wild relatives: the need for prioritisation
报告人：Dr Brian V Ford-Lloyd,
School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK
时间：2009年1月16日（星期五）下午两点
地点：植物所生态中心二楼会议室
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报告人简介：
Dr Brian V Ford-Lloyd
Field of specialisation:
Plant genetics, ecological and conservation genetics, plant genetic resources conservation
Present position:
Reader in Plant Genetics and Deputy Head of School, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham.
Selected publications:
1. Maxted, N., Dulloo, E., Ford-Lloyd, B.V., Iriondo, J.M. and Jarvis, A. 2008. Gap analysis: a tool for complementary genetic conservation assessment. Diversity and Distributions 14: 1018-1030.
2. Maxted, N., Scholten, M., Codd, R., Ford-Lloyd, B. 2007. Creation and use of a national inventory of crop wild relatives. Biological Conservation 140: 142-159.
3. Heywood, V., Casas, A., Ford-Lloyd, B., Kell, S. and Maxted, N. 2007. Conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 121: 245-255.
4. Watson-Jones, S.J., Maxted, N. and Ford-Lloyd, B.V. 2006. Population baseline data for monitoring genetic diversity loss for 2010: a case study for Brassica species in the UK. Biological Conservation 132: 490-499.
5. Filatov, V., Dowdle, J., Smirnoff, N., Ford-Lloyd, B.V., Newbury, H.J. and Macnair, M.R. 2006. Comparison of gene expression in segregating families identifies genes and genomic regions involved in a novel adaptation, zinc hyperaccumulation. Molecular Ecology 15 (10): 3045-3059.
Present research:
His main research focus has always been upon plant genetic resources, methodologies for conservation or means of exploitation. The development of molecular methods for the improvement of conservation and understanding of biodiversity has been applied to both cultivated species of plants and their wild relatives: crops studied have included rice, sugar beet, bananas and various legumes. Most recently his research has used molecular markers for the description, identification and understanding of natural genetic variation in crop related species. The assessment of germplasm diversity in relation to quantitative traits is currently an important theme, with the development of new methodologies and criteria for such assessment using rice as a model. The need to understand what constitutes natural genetic (allelic) variation at the gene and DNA sequence level is currently a driving force, as is defining the extent to which this variation is adaptive.
