Stockholm university

Research group Group Petersen

Phylogeny and evolution of parasitic plants

Our main emphasis is on genomic evolution. Some of the questions we ask are: How has the genome evolved as a response to nutritional dependence of a host? What happens when a parasite loses photosynthesis? What is the molecular interaction between parasites and hosts? We address these and other questions in different groups of parasitic plants, but a main interest is on mistletoes.

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Gitte Petersen

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Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
Gitte Petersen

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