Is regressive evolution associated with loss of gene function in subterranean animals?

回归进化与地下动物基因功能的丧失有关吗？

• 批准号: DP120102132
• 负责人: Prof Steven Cooper
• 金额: $ 17.18万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2016-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP120102132
• 关键词: regressive; evolution; associated; loss; gene

This project aims to investigate a fundamental biological process: the evolutionary basis for how non-functional characters, such as eyes in subterranean animals, are lost. It will use a unique model system based on eyeless water beetles, and utilise novel new genomic tools to test whether loss of characters results from gene inactivation.

该项目旨在研究一个基本的生物学过程：非功能性特征（如地下动物的眼睛）如何丢失的进化基础。它将使用一个基于无眼水甲虫的独特模型系统，并利用新的基因组工具来测试基因失活是否会导致性状的丧失。