Plants in a Changing Environment: A Glimpse at Polyploidy in Plants with Sarah DeVries
Fri, Oct 20
|Pender Island
Sarah will give us a sneak peek into what she learned during her Masters research on sources of genetic variation in unreduced gamete production in fireweed. Suggested $10 donation at the door.


Time & Location
Oct 20, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Pender Island, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Rd, Pender Island, BC V0N 2M1, Canada
About the Event
The Conservancy’s own Sarah De Vries will present Plants in a Changing Environment: A Glimpse at Polyploidy in Plants.
Sarah will discuss how plants are affected by changes in their environment, specifically focussing on "polyploidy" in plants. Polyploidy is when an organism possesses more than two complete sets of chromosomes. In plants, polyploidy provides an avenue for adaptation to changing environments; could this help them survive under climate change? Sarah will give us a sneak peek into what she learned during her Masters research on sources of genetic variation in unreduced gamete production in fireweed. Suggested donation at door: $10