Post date: Aug 26, 2015 8:23:43 AM
The project DaSiRe have been accepted by the ANR.
The scientific coordinator of this project is Nicolat Lartillot and the main scientifics involve are currently Laurent Duret Nicolas Galtier Xavier Nesme and Bernard de Massy .
This project is a collaboration between of four French research teams, based in Lyon (LBBE and LEM, Nesme) and Montpellier (IGH, de Massy; ISEM, Galtier), with complementary expertise in molecular, cellular, computational and evolutionary biology.
The project aims to increase the understanding of recombination and biased-gene conversion mechanism, including their regulation, their impact on genome structure and their consequences on fitness, health and fecundity. The project will combine experimental, population genetic and comparative genomic approaches. It will be focused primarily on mammals and humans, while benefiting from a macro-evolutionary perspective.
I will be involve in the project to better understand the process of GC-biased gene conversion (gBGC) in Birds.