Florida Museum of Natural History
Mavrodiev Lab
Led by Evgeny Mavrodiev · Florida Museum of Natural History
What we study
The Mavrodiev Lab studies plant evolution and polyploidy using the goatsbeard genus Tragopogon. A recent student project extracts DNA and uses PCR to study the origin of new Wyoming populations; its papers cover gene-editing tools for this system.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Plants
- No coding
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
What Molecular Data Tell Us About the Origin of the Newly Discovered Populations of Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae) from Wyoming State
The lab studies how new plant species in Wyoming came to be by looking at their DNA. Students extract DNA from plant tissue, amplify it with PCR, sequence the product, and compare the results to see if the populations in Pullman and Sheridan started separately.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 272
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Recent papers, explained
- (3146) Proposal to reject the name Xuris ( Iridaceae)
2026 · Taxon
Proposes rejecting the name Xuris for its unclear type species in Iridaceae.
- Getting Back to the Sources: New Insights on the Phylogenetic Placement and Circumscription of Sclerosiphon (Iridaceae) and Its Relationships to the Re-Circumscribed Cryptobasis
2026 · Taxonomy
Explores the evolutionary relationships and traits of Sclerosiphon and Cryptobasis irises.
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- Development of a homeolog-specific gene editing system in an evolutionary model for the study of polyploidy in nature
2025 · Frontiers in Genome Editing
Develops a gene-editing tool to study homeolog loss in polyploid Tragopogon species.
- Development of an efficient CRISPR-mediated genome editing platform in the diploid-polyploid model system Tragopogon (Asteraceae)
2025 · Journal of Experimental Botany
Uses CRISPR to edit genes in plants to study how polyploidy affects their development.
- Watching the South China Sea—Portiodora (Iridaceae), a New Genus for Iris speculatrix Based on Comprehensive Evidence: The Contribution of Taxonomic Resolution to Biodiversity Conservation
2025 · Biology
Describes a new genus, Portiodora, for Iris speculatrix based on molecular and morphological evidence.
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