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Investigating deep eukaryotic phylogeny using better phylogenetic methods

Reference	BB/C508777/1
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Peter Foster
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Martin Embley, Professor Robert Hirt
Institution	The Natural History Museum
Department	Zoology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	146,743
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	06/06/2005
End date	05/06/2008
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The aim of the project is to develop and apply the most sophisticated phylogenetic methods to investigate the strength of support in molecular data sets for published hypotheses of deep eukaryotic relationships. The hypotheses to be tested are the identity of the archaebacterial sister group of eukaryotes (the contrasting eocyte and archaebacterial hypotheses) and the root of the eukaryotic tree. In order to make better trees we will use heterogeneous models capable to better incorporating the salient features of these data sets, within the maximum likelihood and Bayesian/MCMC framework. Statistical tests will be developed for evaluating alternative tree topologies and thus the support for competing hypotheses. These methods will be made freely available on web as part of a phylogenetic toolkit.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics	Microbiology, Technology and Methods Development
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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