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Yamnomics

Phylogenomics, evolution, biogeography and key traits for breeders in yams (Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae)

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Project "Yamnomics" data sheet

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Coordinator
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW 

Organization address
address: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
city: RICHMOND
postcode: TW93AB
website: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk

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 Coordinator Country United Kingdom [UK]
 Project website https://www.researchgate.net/project/YAMNOMICS-Phylogenomics-evolution-biogeography-and-key-traits-for-breeders-in-yams-Dioscorea-Dioscoreaceae
 Total cost 183˙454 €
 EC max contribution 183˙454 € (100%)
 Programme 1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility)
 Code Call H2020-MSCA-IF-2015
 Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-EF-ST
 Starting year 2017
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2017-01-09   to  2019-01-08

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1    ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW UK (RICHMOND) coordinator 183˙454.00

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 Project objective

Biodiversity conservation has become a priority concern for both science and society. Human population growth and resource exploitation have impacted on worldwide species richness, and affecting evolutionary trajectories of species and the stability of ecosystems. The increased focus on understanding biodiversity and its sustainable use have evolved concurrently with the new genomic (next-generation sequencing, NGS) and bioinformatic techniques that have revolutionized the availability of DNA sequence data for comparative biodiversity studies and lead to the emergence of Phylogenomics, in which evolutionary relationships are recovered based on comparative analyses of genome-scale data. The overarching goal of the proposed project, YAMNOMICS, is to elucidate the evolutionary relationships within the highly diverse genus Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae). The genomic-scale methods proposed in this project constitute the key for this goal and open up opportunities for the researcher and YAMNOMICS participants to generate substantial and long-term career outputs in biodiversity science. Dioscorea contains 600 species distributed in the tropics and with a low representation in temperate regions, and includes crops that feed tens of millions worldwide. Its economic importance is complemented by other species which accumulate secondary steroidal compounds of pharmacological interest. Molecular studies in yams have focused on studying species of agricultural interest.Additionally, Dioscorea constitutes a focus of interest in evolutionary studies due to its high diversity and the enormous distribution range of its lineages. Several studies focused on the phylogeographic patterns at low taxonomic levels for endangered species. Broader molecular approaches have dealt with phylogenetic relationships des, establishing a Cretaceous Laurasian origin. However traditional molecular methods remain insufficient to determine evolutionary relationships among recently derived species.

 Publications

year authors and title journal last update
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2018 Juan Viruel, Félix Forest, Ovidiu Paun, Mark W Chase, Dion Devey, Ricardo Sousa Couto, José Gabriel Segarra-Moragues, Pilar Catalán, Paul Wilkin
A nuclear Xdh phylogenetic analysis of yams (Dioscorea: Dioscoreaceae) congruent with plastid trees reveals a new Neotropical lineage
published pages: 232-246, ISSN: 0024-4074, DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boy013
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 187/2 2019-06-13

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