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The development evolution of fruiting body size and pattern in social amoebae

Reference	COD16760
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Pauline Schaap
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Dundee
Department	College of Life Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	171,304
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/07/2002
End date	01/07/2005
Duration	36 months

Abstract

We describe a three year project to study the developmental evolution of the Dictyostelids. Our aim is to elucidate the mechanisms which underlie morphological variation across closely related, through morphologically distinct, species. We will specifically concentrate on genes that affect development through the major D. discoideum signalling molecule, cAMP, in order to address the following questions: 1) What is the phylogeny of the Dictyostelids? 2) Are genes that affect size and pattern of developmental structures conserved across the species? 3) How have homologous genes diverged in biochemical function and pattern of expression? and 4) To what extent can these functional changes explain morphological variation across Dictyostelids? (Joint with grant 87/COD16761).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Comparative Development Initiative (COD) [2001]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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COD16761 The development evolution of fruiting body size and pattern in social amoebae

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