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Crane, Peter R. |
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Oak Spring Garden Foundation |
| Primary Field
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Evolutionary Biology |
| Secondary Field
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Environmental Sciences and Ecology |
 Election Citation
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From the United Kingdom, Crane's careful comparisons of fossil flowers with those of their living relatives provided insight into how different groups of flowering plants are interrelated and have changed through time. His analyses of the origin and early evolution of flowering plants opened up whole new areas of research on this dominant group of organisms. |
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Research Interests
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In addition to my leadership and administrative responsibilities at Oak Spring I continue my research on the evolution of seed plants and the early evolution of flowering plants (angiosperms). Most of this work consists of research on well-preserved and informative fossil material and their comparison with living plants, including studies with synchrotron radiation X-ray tomographic microscopy. Among the specific questions under investigation as part of my research are the origins of the angiosperm stamen, carpel and second integument, and the putative close relationship between Gnetales and conifers, including the possibility that different group of living conifers are of diverse relationships with respect to other seed plants. |
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