Projects of laboratory Plant genomics:
The main goal of the first three projects is to understand the molecular basis of apomixis, asexual reproduction of plants through seeds. Apomixis could be a key enabling technology for advanced agriculture helping to fix heterosis in F1 and a further indefinite number of generations. We are interested in the role of sexual and asexual reproduction in evolution and population genetics, molecular mechanisms of switching from sexual reproduction to apomixis.