Titre de la Présentation :
Looking for lost genomes
Date / Heure / Emplacement :
Mercredi, 14 décembre 2011 – 16:00
Salle 232, Édifice Leacock
McGill University
855 Sherbrooke Ouest
Conférence commanditée par :
Affiliation :
Université Simon Fraser
URL :
Cédric Chauve
Abstract :
Paleogenomics aims at reconstructing the genomes of extinct species, whose DNA can not be sequenced due to molecular decay. Hence the only possible approach is the study of current genomes (i.e. descendants of these extinct species) to detect conserved features that might indicate ancestral genomic characters and then to assemble these characters into ancestral genomes. In this talk I will describe recent (successfull?) efforts to reconstruct the architecture of ancient vertebrate genomes, from placental mammalians to amniotes.