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Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of actinopterygian fishes as inferred from mitochondrial protein coding sequences

Reference	G13225
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Mark Thomas
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr M Coates, Dr Katherine Dunn, Professor Ziheng Yang
Institution	University College London
Department	Genetics Evolution and Environment
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	157,648
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	05/04/2000
End date	08/08/2003
Duration	40 months

Abstract

This project proposes to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome of six species of Actinopterygii, and use the newly acquired sequence data and other mitochondrial genome data to examine the phylogenetic relationship of Actinopterygii. In addition, newly developed methods for estimating divergence dates will be used to estimate dates for basal lineages. The impact of evolutionary models on phylogenetic inference and date estimation will be carefully examined. The project will improve our understanding of the relationships and divergence dates of Actinopterygii and will greatly impact future studies of fish evolution. Furthermore, a better understanding of how model selection affects phylogenetic inference and date estimation will be beneficial to analyses of other vertebrate groups.

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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	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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