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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP190103606
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The genomic landscape of speciation in hominins and other taxa. This project will develop a new analytical framework to build detailed genomic maps of speciation genes across different taxa, to determine whether observed speciation is the result of background selection and demography alone, or whether there are actual barriers to gene flow and introgressed DNA. The model will provide novel insights into the mechanistic basis of speciation, specifically whether a common set of genes or pathways are central to the speciation process. The framework will be developed using the large genomic datasets available across a range of plant and animal species. Applying the model to a modern human population dataset will elucidate the role introgressed DNA from Denisovan and Neanderthals has played in shaping human evolutionary history and may provide novel insights into the genetic basis of disease.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2019
End Date: 04-2021
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $364,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Genomics | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics | Anthropological Genetics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Determinants of Health | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
