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<p class=pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=a3><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Smithsonian
Botanical Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=a3><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>“Genes,
Genomics, and Genome Evolution in Plants”<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=a3><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>27-28
March 2009</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><span class=a3><font size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>National</span></font></span></st1:PlaceName><span
class=a3><font size=5 color=black><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></span></font></span></st1:place><span
class=a3><font size=5 color=black><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> of Natural
History</span></font></span><font size=5 color=black><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=a4><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>In
collaboration with the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">United
States</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Botanic Garden</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=a4><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Supported
by the National Science Foundation and the Cuatrecasas Family Foundation</span></font></span><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default style='text-indent:14.0pt;line-height:12.05pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ever since <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Darwin</st1:place></st1:City>, biologists have
sought to understand how species evolve. The complexity and flexibility of the
plant genome, as first revealed by Mendelian genetic methods, likely render
plants especially able to adapt to changing environments. The new tools of
genomics, initially driven by studies of model organisms, are now being applied
across the diversity of plant life. Comparative studies have addressed the role
of variation in genes, gene families and genomes in such processes as
speciation, domestication and floral development. This Symposium, hosted by the
Department of Botany, will highlight results of current studies on plant genes
and genomes, especially as they apply to fundamental questions in evolutionary
biology, crop improvement and ecosystem sustenance in rapidly changing
environments worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=default style='line-height:12.05pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Information
and registration at </span></font><a href="http://botany.si.edu/sbs/">http://botany.si.edu/sbs/</a><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=pa2><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fax:
202-786-2563 – e-mail: <a href="mailto:sbs@si.edu">sbs@si.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=pa2><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Registration
is now open<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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