- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Published on: April 19, 2016
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Florian Schiestl
Of his research interests, he says on his website:
"My research deals with ecological and evolutionary questions in the framework of plant – pollinator interactions. The plant organ that mediates these interactions is the flower; flowers are themselves subject to pollinator-driven evolution, but also impact on species-isolation, by specifically attracting certain types of pollinators. In my group, we investigate mechanisms and consequences of floral evolution, by applying state-of-the art analytical methods such as gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, electrophysiology, spectrophotometry, as well as modern sequencing technologies and bioinformatics, and last but not least behavioural experiments with pollinator insects."
His major interests center on:
- Evolution of floral signals and flower morphology
- Pollinator-drive speciation
- Evolution of floral mimicry
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