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Clinal variation in immune-related genes of Drosophila melanogaster

Grant number: 16/01354-9
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Master
Start date: March 01, 2016
End date: August 31, 2018
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Genetics
Principal Investigator:Rodrigo Cogni
Grantee:Murillo Fernando Rodrigues
Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:13/25991-0 - Ecological genomics of insects: climate adaptations and evolution of ecological interactions, AP.JP
Associated scholarship(s):17/06374-0 - Global patterns of natural variation in Drosophila melanogaster's immune genes, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Selective pressures imposed by natural enemies may vary clinally, and the strongest pressure occurs in tropical regions. This spatial structure in selective forces may lead to the evolution of clines in polymorphisms related to resistance to natural enemies. The goal of this project is to investigate, with clinal variation, contemporaneous selection in genes of the Drosophila melanogaster immune system. Genomic data for natural populations distributed along a broad latitudinal transect was made available by previous studies; thus, it will be possible to examine the presence of clines in immune-related genes, comparing them to control genes without immune function.

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Scientific publications
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
RODRIGUES, MURILLO F.; COGNI, RODRIGO. Genomic Responses to Climate Change: Making the Most of the Drosophila Model. FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, v. 12, . (16/01354-9, 13/25991-0, 17/06374-0, 17/02206-6)
RODRIGUES, MURILLO F.; VIBRANOVSKI, MARIA D.; COGNI, RODRIGO. Clinal and seasonal changes are correlated in Drosophila melanogaster natural populations. Evolution, v. 75, n. 8, . (17/02206-6, 17/06374-0, 15/20844-4, 13/25991-0, 16/01354-9)
Academic Publications
(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)
RODRIGUES, Murillo Fernando. Adaptive or neutral clines? Integrating genome-wide clinal and seasonal variation to infer natural selection in Drosophila melanogaster. 2018. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.

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