Theme: Evolution & Adaptation
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Project Description:Genetic diversity varies by several order of magnitude among living species. Many marine species, such as oysters or sea urchins have a very high genomic heterozygosity whose functional consequences and impact of species conservation remain poorly investigated. Particularly, while coding regions are usually conserved between alleles in such species, the way genetic variation is distributed in non-coding regions is not fully characterised. These regions conceal the DNA elements that regulate gene expression and control for instance embryonic development. |
Policy Impact of Research:This project will constitute a reference dataset to assess the population structure and history of the sea urchin P. lividus, which will be an important tool for the conservation of this species. P. lividus has economic importance for fisheries and some of its populations have shown decline. |
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