PHYLOBAS

Towards an improved animal phylogeny: Congruence between morphology and molecules in basal metazoans

Coordinatore	AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS    more  Organization address address: CALLE SERRANO 117 city: MADRID postcode: 28006 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Carlos Manuel Cognome: Abad Ruiz Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 566 8852 Fax: +34 91 566 8913
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	229˙077 €
EC contributo	229˙077 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-IOF-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-IOF
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-10-14   -   2012-10-13

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS  Organization address address: CALLE SERRANO 117 city: MADRID postcode: 28006 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Carlos Manuel Cognome: Abad Ruiz Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 566 8852 Fax: +34 91 566 8913	ES (MADRID)	coordinator	229˙077.83

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Comparative zoology is predicated on the assumption of a phylogenetic history. Today, phylogenetics relies on using explicit algorithmical methods to infer the past from features of contemporary species, with the fossil record as the only window to the history of life on our planet. A new field of research, called phylogenomics, uses large numbers of sequences to reconstruct the evolutionary history of organisms. Genomic data may palliate phylogenetic problems caused by sampling effects by expanding the number of characters for comparisons from hundreds to thousands. The congruence of results obtained from various data sets and/or various methods is the key validation of evolutionary inference. The value of morphology to corroborate and understand metazoan phylogeny and body plan evolution is now incontestable. It is the scientific aim of this project to resolve the phylogeny of basal metazoans using a phylogenomic approach and corroborating the results with morphological data of basal animals.'