Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150101117

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150101117

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The functional impact of new genes acquired through retrotransposition. Novel copies of genes often arise through retrotransposition of processed messenger RNAs. Many thousands of gene copies have arisen over evolutionary time and some of these have retained functionality while diverging from the parental gene leading to new paralogs under different regulatory regimes. Through analysis of whole-genome sequence data, we are now able to identify very recent gene copies that are not present in the reference genomes for various species, giving us the opportunity to explore the effects of new copies on the regulation of the original gene and the surrounding genomic environment into which the new copy is inserted. This project aims to address these important open questions through computational and biochemical approaches.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-03-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $327,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genomics | Molecular Evolution | Bioinformatics | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Bioinformatics | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Genetics | Genomics | Molecular Evolution

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