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From left to right: Arbutus
unedo, Celtis Australis, Myrtus communis and Nerium oleander.
©
E. Laguna, 2005-2009
FILMED is the acronyme of the
project CGL2006-09427BOS 'Comparative phylogeography of
representative plant species of the Mediterranean flora. Data of
forestry and ecological interest', selected in the 2006 call of
proposals of the Spanish Ministry of Research and Education's National
Plan of Scientifical Research. It is developed between 2007 and 2009 by
the Department of Botany of the University of Valencia and the CIEF
(Centre for Forestry Research and Experimentation) of the Generalitat
Valenciana's Department of Environment, Water, Land Planning and Housing.
FILMED attempts to know the ways of
historic colonisation and genetic diversification of a selected
representation of the Mediterranean vascular plants, through 8 of their
species with major distribution area: Arbutus unedo, Celtis australis,
Myrtus communis, Nerium oleander, Pistacia lentiscus, Quercus
coccifera, Rhamnus alaternus and Rosmarinus officinalis
The activity carried out by 10 researchers and it encloses 2 subprojects:
1) Characterisation of geographical
pathways, and the rules of evolution and genetic diversification for the
8 targeted species, using the microsatellite analysis, taking samples
from not less than 20 populations per species, taken in all the
Mediterraneann-climate countries around the 'Mare Nostrum' sea.
2) Comparative study of germination
parameters and early development phases of plantets in the above citated
species, using seeds picked up in representative populations around the
Mediterranean sea, and cultivated in the CIEF nurseries under controlled
conditions
Left to right: Pistacia
lentiscus, Quercus coccifera, Rhamnus alaternus and Rosmarinus
officinalis. ©
E. Laguna, 2005-2009 |
