Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0453173

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0453173

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Retracing the Early Evolution of Metazoa using Novel Methods and Strategies. Metazoa is one of the best-characterised groups of species in terms of its morphology, fossil record, development, and genetic make-up, but the phylogeny remains obscure because the fossil record is incomplete and because molecular phylogenetic methods have not yet been developed with the complexity of genomic data in mind. We will develop methods and strategies for the analysis of whole genomes, and use them in studies of the mitochondrial genome. We will infer the animal phylogeny, and use it to chart the evolution of animal morphology and development, and the evolution of mitochondrial genetic codes, gene order, and nucleotide content.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2004

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $210,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Molecular Evolution | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Mathematics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences | Mathematical sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Biological Mathematics | Biological sciences | Evolutionary Biology | Mathematical sciences | Molecular Evolution

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