Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0772030

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0772030

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Organization, function and evolution of marsupial Y chromosomes. The Y chromosome of humans and other mammals contains only a few genes, most specialized for male sex and reproduction. How the Y chromosome evolved to be so peculiar has been debated for 90 years. It began as an ordinary chromosome, but has degraded until there is almost nothing left, and it is likely to disappear in about 13 million years. Molecular characterization of the Y chromosomes of distantly related mammals could serve to 're-run the evolutionary tape', but the Y chromosome has been left out of whole genome sequencing because it is hard to do efficiently. We developed a novel technique to isolate DNA sequences and genes on the Y chromosome in three species of marsupials, which are especially valuable because they are so different from human and mouse.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $615,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Molecular Evolution | Genome Structure | Genetics | Genetic Development (Incl. Sex Determination)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Genetic Development (Incl. Sex Determination) | Genetics | Genome Structure | Molecular Evolution

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