Wednesday, 4th March, 2015, 11:00

Identification of recently evolved genes in human and chimpanzee using deep

For a very long time, major mechanisms driving the evolution of new genes were thought to be restricted to gene duplication or rearrangements in existing protein-coding material. Nevertheless, recent comparative genomic analyses have shown that some genes are originated de novo from previously non-functional genomic sequences. These recently evolved genes may be related with the emergence of species or lineage specific adaptations.

Speaker: Jorge Ruiz Orera. Evolutionary Genomics Group, GRIB (IMIM-UPF)

Room 473.10_AULA