| Grant number: | 12/17196-2 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| Start date: | December 01, 2012 |
| End date: | July 31, 2017 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Molecular Biology |
| Principal Investigator: | João Carlos Setubal |
| Grantee: | Luiz Thibério Lira Diniz Rangel |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 14/23975-0 - Horizontal gene transfer of genes related to niche adaptation in prokaryotes, BE.EP.DR |
Abstract This project aims to study Horizontal Gene Transfer in prokaryotes using phylogenomic networks. In a phylogenomic network nodes represent genomes and edges between nodes represent shared gene families. We plan to extend standard networks by the addition of phenotypic and ecological metadata. In addition we plan to focus the network analysis on certain classes of genes, in particular type III system secreted effectors and genes related to nitrogen fixation. The main contributions expected in this work are a methodology to efficiently incorporate metadata into phylogenomic networks, new algorithms and programs to analyze such extended networks, and new discoveries about gene flow in the biosphere. | |
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