GONDWANA

Origin of biodiversity in Gondwanan Arthropods: from phylogeography to phylogenomic

Coordinatore	MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE    more  Organization address address: RUE CUVIER 57 city: PARIS postcode: 75005 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Philippe Cognome: Grandcolas Email: send email Telefono: -173 Fax: -222
Nazionalità Coordinatore	France [FR]
Totale costo	239˙169 €
EC contributo	239˙169 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-1-IOF
Funding Scheme	MC-IOF
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-10-17   -   2011-10-16

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE  Organization address address: RUE CUVIER 57 city: PARIS postcode: 75005 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Philippe Cognome: Grandcolas Email: send email Telefono: -173 Fax: -222	FR (PARIS)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The goal of the project is to understand the origin of biodiversity and endemism in diverse gondwanan Arthropods. The study groups, Opiliones, Myriapoda and Onychophora, are distributed in all southern temperate Gondawanan landmasses. They are therefore adequate model groups to achieve this goal. This project will involve different scales and approaches. In order to understand the global evolution of the group, large-scale molecular phylogenies will be conducted. This part will comprise whole mitochondrial genome sequencing and analysis. The sequencing step includes the acquisition of new molecular biology techniques like long-PCR or rolling circle amplification. The analysis step includes the use of new methodologies like large scale phylogenetic parallel computing. This global and regional approach will allow testing if the present distribution results from vicariant or dispersal events. On a different scale, a comparative phylogeographic study will be conducted on the different regions. This part will allow testing hypothesis regarding rates and modes of speciation on a local scale in biodiversity hotspot. The applicant will receive high quality training in modern phylogenetic tools and methodology. Based on the study of mitochondrial DNA, the applicant will conduct a project going from microevolution (genetic structuration of populations) to macroevolution (phylogenomics).'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Evolutionary relationships among a group of arthropods from Gondwana, a supercontinent that existed between 510 and 180 million years ago, were investigated by EU scientists using molecular sequencing technology. The results provided researchers with a clearer picture of the origins of biodiversity and why species arise in a particular place.