Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP170101198
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Cellular determinants of retrotransposition. This project aims to understand the processes that control retrotransposition in a genome. Transposable elements make up more than 50% of human genomes. The accumulation of retrotransposons through millions of years of evolution has shaped the genomes of all eukaryotic organisms, including humans. Researchers have elucidated mechanisms the host uses to defend the genome against insertional mutagenesis by retrotransposons, but the cellular machinery and genomic environments needed for retrotransposition are undefined. This project aims to use models to uncover the mechanisms that control retrotransposition. This is expected to reveal more about human origins.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 12-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $275,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Genome Structure and Regulation | Genomics | Molecular Evolution | Genetics
