ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Mon, 06 Jan 1990 00:00:01 GMT"> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1250" http-equiv=Content-Type> <TITLE>Department of Taxonomy of Vascular Plants</TITLE> <base target="main1"> <STYLE> A:link{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:active{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:visited{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:hover{COLOR:#cc0066;TEXT-DECORATION:none} </STYLE> </head> <body link=#527D49 vlink=#527D49 alink=#527D49 topmargin=5 background=../bcg2.gif> <p> <blockquote> <p align="center"><font color="#333366" size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#709B63" size="4"> <a name=phylogeography>Phylogeography, postglacial history and taxonomy of model groups of taxa in Europe </a></font></strong></p> <div align=center>&nbsp;</div> <font face=verdana size=2 color="#333366"><strong>Principal investigator: ??? </strong> <P align="left"><strong> <FONT face=verdana size=2>Co-investigators: </strong> ????<br> <strong>Duration: 2007 - 2012</strong><br> <stong>Financial suport:</strong> Research and Development Support Agency, Bratislava, Slovak Republic (RPEU-0003-06)</font></p> <p align="left"> <p> <font size=2 face=verdana> Objectives of the project, which aims to solve some phylogenetic and taxonomic problems of model groups of plants and animals, are as follows: (1) Solve taxonomic problems in the genus Prosimulium as well as in the <i>Simulium variegatum </i>group (<i>Diptera: Simuliidae</i>) using molecular and morphometrc approaches; (2) Morphological ang genetic analysis of species of the genus <i>Prosimulium</i> and the <i>Simulium variegatum </i> group from the area of glacial refugia in the West Palearct; (3) Analysis of the distribution areas of European species of the genus <i>Prosimulium </i>and the <i>Simulium variegatum </i>group and maps of recent and potential distribution; (4) Phylogenetic and phylogeographic analysis of the arctic-alpine group <i>Cardamine resedifolia </i>and <i>C. bellidifolia</i>; (5) Monograph of European <i>Cardamine</i>, printed and on-line; (6) World checklist of the genus <i>Cardamine</i>, printed and on-line. </p> </blockquote> <hr> </BODY> </HTML>