SUPR
Evolution of Acrasidae
Dnr:

NAISS 2023/22-332

Type:

NAISS Small Compute

Principal Investigator:

Sanea Sheikh

Affiliation:

Uppsala universitet

Start Date:

2023-04-01

End Date:

2024-04-01

Primary Classification:

10615: Evolutionary Biology

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Allocation

Abstract

We have sequences from acrasis kona genome and transcriptome at different stages of the life cycle. We are interested in exploring the multigene families and their impact on the aggregative multicellularity in acrasids. As acrasids are in supergroup Excavata which might be the root of eukaryotic tree of life, this will help us understand the pattern of evolution of multicellularity in other eukaryotes.