Plant Population Genetics
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- Section head Reiner Finkeldey is on special leave scheduled until 14 August, 2025, since he is currently working as Vice President for International Affairs at the German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan (http://www.gju.edu.jo/content/members-presidency-13733). No teaching and research activities are carried out in the section during his absence. -
Intraspecific or genetic diversity is the basis of biological diversity and for evolutionary adaptations to changing environmental conditions. Genetic variation patterns of plants have been under human impact for thousands of years, either directly by means of breeding or indirectly, for example by man-made changes of environmental conditions or population sizes.
The section ‘Population Genetics of Plants’ investigates the spatial and temporal dynamics of genetic variation of plants as an aspect of biodiversity. Human impact due to, for example, changing land use patterns or climate change, on this dynamics is of key interest. Genetic variation patterns and evolutionary adaptations are mainly investigated in plant species which have not been subjected to intense breeding.