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Development and evolution of simplified body plans in the animal phylum Myxozoa
Reference
G19271
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Peter Holland
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Beth Okamura
Institution
University of Oxford
Department
Zoology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
194,720
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/10/2003
End date
31/12/2006
Duration
39 months
Abstract
The phylum Myxozoa includes economically important parasite species adversely affecting aquaculture, sport fishing and food production. These animals also pose fundamental evolutionary and developmental questions concerning the origin of their reduced body plan and a remarkable developmental switch in some species between immotile spore-forming sacs and motile worms. Our goals are to resolve the ancestral state from which these unusual animals arose, by molecular phylogenetics based on multiprotein and Hox gene analysis, test the genetic basis for the loss of anatomical complexity, and investigate the molecular basis of the developmental switch.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
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