Molecular Phylogenetics

Molecular Phylogenetics RoomS19, second floor Third Science Building	Research Activity
	Staff
Responsible Prof. Adriana Canapa	Equipment

Research Activity		Study of the evolutionary relationships in different taxa of organisms using molecular phylogenetics; molecular and cytogenetic characterization of repetitive DNA, evaluation of the activity of transposable elements and their influence on genomic and chromosomal plasticity; identification of Hox and ParaHox genes and correlations of the evolution of these genes with the body plan development along the antero-posterior axis in metazoans; evolutionary studies of gene families using NGS techniques in basal sarcopterygians, in particular the coelacanth Latimeria menadoensis and the lungfish Protopterus annectens.

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Research projects in progress Analysis of the genome and transcriptomes of the living fossil Latimaria menadoensis Analysis of the genome and transcriptomes of the living fossil Protopterus annectens Analysis of the genome and transcriptomes of amphibian Cynops orientalis Molecular phylogeny of marine organisms, particularly shellfish and corals. Analysis of satellite DNA in Arctic and Antarctic molluscs. Project: GEcoMar 2018 (Genetic study of Chamelea gallina in support of Ancona fishing district ) Project: PSA 2017

Staff
Prof. Adriana Canapa PO tel. 071 2204619 a.canapa@univpm.it		Dr Maria Assunta Biscotti RTDb tel. 0712204625 m.a.biscotti@univpm.it		Dr. Federica Carducci, Post Doc tel. 0712204625 f.carducci@univpm.it		Dr. Elisa Carotti Dottoranda tel. 0712204625 e.carotti@pm.univpm.it

Equipment
Centrifuge: Beckman Microcentrifuge E Centrifuge: Eppendorf 5415R Centrifuge: Heraeus Biofuge primo Thermal cyclers: Bio-Rad Mycycler Speedvaq: Eppendorf Concentrator 5301 Transilluminator: Bio-Rad GelDocXR Power supply for electrophoresis: Bio-Rad powerpac300 Horizontal electrophoresis chambers: Bio-Rad Subcell GTand Bio-Rad Minisubcells GT