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Start date:
October 2015
End date:
December 2015
Locations:
Explorers Cove
Principle Investigator:
Dr Samuel Bowser
Organisation:
New York State Department of Health
Our research addresses the evolution of highly endemic foraminiferan protists (forams) inhabiting McMurdo Sound. Two members each of three basal (early−evolving) clades have been chosen for genomic analysis with the goal of understanding their phylogenetic placement in the Tree of Life and the identification of biomedical/biotechnological genes, e.g., novel bioadhesives.