I have to admit that I do not follow the annual announcements of the various Nobel Prizes with equal interest. Perhaps not surprising, the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences usually scores rather low as compared to e.g., the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine that is by default […]

For benthic invertebrates, the ability to disperse is usually limited to the short time period when they are larvae. A common way is to produce huge masses of tiny planktonic larvae that float and feed among the plankton, until they reach a big enough size to metamorphose to […]

Hvorfor er denne gruppa interessant å studere?Myrfiolgruppa (Viola seksjon Plagiostigma, underseksjon Stolonosae; Violaceae) er ei av flere artergrupper i den nordlige tempererte sonen som diversifiserte som respons på global nedkjøling de siste ~5 millioner år. Å studere artene i denne gruppa gir derfor mulighet til å belyse de […]

Why is this group interesting to study? The marsh violet group (Viola sect. Plagiostigma, subsect. Stolonosae, in part; Violaceae) is one of numerous north-temperate species groups that diversified in response to climate cooling in the last ~5 million years. Thus, studying this group has the potential to elucidate […]