SUPR
Drosophila historical genomics
Dnr:

NAISS 2024/22-545

Type:

NAISS Small Compute

Principal Investigator:

Marcus Stensmyr

Affiliation:

Lunds universitet

Start Date:

2024-04-10

End Date:

2025-05-01

Primary Classification:

10608: Zoology

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Allocation

Abstract

The aim of the project is to elucidate genetic changes in insects brought upon by the anthropocene. To this end, we have succeeded in sequencing genomes from around 50 museum specimens of Drosophila melanogaster, dating from the early 1800s. We will now mine these genomes for outliers with a special focus on loci potentially involved in insecticide resistance.