Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150100705
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Genome dynamics following plastid endosymbiosis. Plastid endosymbiosis events (enslavement of an algal cell inside of a host cell to form a plastid) are difficult to pinpoint because the genomic data required for a broad array of species are rarely available. Furthermore, the classical method used to infer endosymbiotic gene transfers is being criticised. This project will elucidate the origin of chlorarachniophyte and dinoflagellate plastids and characterise the genome dynamics following endosymbiosis. It uses densely sampled genome data obtained with high-throughput sequencing technologies. Simulation studies will be used to evaluate methods for inferring endosymbiotic gene transfer and alignment-free methods will be used to improve phylogenomic pipelines.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2015
End Date: 12-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $443,900.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses) | Plant Biology | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Genomics |
