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Flowers through insect eyes: the contribution of pollinator vision to the evolution of flower colour
(2010)
Flowers’ colours are an essential element of their ability to attract visits from
pollinators. However, the colours as they appear to human observers can differ
substantially from their appearance to insect pollinators, ...
The effect of molecular, morphological and spectral reflectance evolution on nicotiana polyploids of different ages
(2010)
Interspecific hybridisation accompanied by multiplication of chromosome
number, or allopolyploidy, results in rapid genetic, epigenetic, chromosomal and
morphological changes. Evidence of ancient polyploidisation is ...
Study of factors controlling the photoprotection capacity of the thylakoid membrane
(2010)
Plants require light for the process of photosynthesis, but excess of light absorption can
cause photooxidative damage. To avoid this damage, plants have evolved a photoprotective
mechanism to dissipate excess light ...
Evolution of repetitive DNA in angiosperms: examples from Nicotiana allopolyploids
(2012)
Allopolyploidy, interspecific hybridisation coupled with genome
multiplication, is a prevailing force in the evolution of angiosperms. This thesis
examines the consequences of allopolyploidy at the genomic level. The ...
Novel mechanisms operating in the central pacemaker and in the light-synchronization pathway of Drosophila’s circadian clock
(2011)
Most organisms display circadian rhythms of approximately 24 hours in many
aspects of their physiology and behaviour. The synchronization between their internal
rhythm and the environmental light-dark cycles is essential ...
Dynamics of photosynthetic complexes in the thylakoid membranes from higher plants
(2011)
Photosynthetic machinery in higher plants is localised in the thylakoids enclosed in
a chloroplast. To optimise and regulate the photosynthetic efficiency under different,
rapidly changeable environmental conditions ...
Genetic variation in the FMO2 gene: evolution & functional consequences
(2011)
Flavin-containing monooxygenase 2 (FMO2) is involved in the metabolism of
xenobiotics, including therapeutic drugs. FMO2 exists in two forms: a functional
and a non-functional form. The functional allele is found only ...
Aspects of the ecology, behaviour and ecosystem effects of the marine polychaete Nereis diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776) in the estuaries of south-east England.
(2010)
The marine infaunal polychaete Nereis diversicolor has been shown to restrict the development of pioneer saltmarsh vegetation in south-east England through bioturbation and herbivory while surface deposit feeding. This can ...
Inorganic carbon acquisition in Palmaria palmata (Rhodophyta)
(2010)
DIC acquisition mechanisms and the use of DIC in photosynthesis were
examined in the temperate red macroalga, Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) O.
Kuntze. Photosynthetic O2 evolution was unsaturated at the ambient DIC
concentration ...
Effect of solar radiation on cetaceans
(2011)
Despite the marked deceleration in the amount of ozone lost at the poles each year, high levels of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) continue to reach our biosphere, potentially threatening living organisms, which owing ...