Browsing by Subject "evolution"
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The anatomical and phylogenetic nature of the first mitochondrial ancestor
(2020-01-21)Mitochondria are cell organelles that evolved by endosymbiosis. Even though the nature of the last mitochondrial common ancestor is well constrained, little is known about the nature of the first mitochondrial common ... -
Comparative Proteomics: Studies on the Composition and Evolution of the Mitochondrial Proteome in Eukaryotic Microbes (Protists).
(2011-08-19)Mitochondria are eukaryotic organelles derived in evolution from within the ? subdivision of Proteobacteria. Although mitochondria are structurally and metabolically complex, modern-day mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) encode ... -
THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANELLE GENOME ARCHITECTURE
(2010-08-31)Genomic sequence data from the three domains of life have revealed a remarkable diversity of genome architectures. The relative contributions of adaptive versus non-adaptive processes in shaping this diversity are poorly ... -
The Genome of Blastocystis sp. Isolated from the Oriental cockroach
(2019-11-28)Blastocystis spp. are unicellular anaerobic stramenopiles that inhabit the colons of a wide range of animals. Previous genome studies of Blastocystis were restricted to mammalian and avian-colonizing subtypes. To investigate ... -
THE INTERSECTION OF HOST IMMUNITY AND VIRAL EVOLUTION: SPECIFIC AND NON-SPECIFIC HOST IMMUNE PRESSURES HAVE DIFFERENTIAL INFLUENCES ON INFLUENZA VIRUS AND SARS-COV-2 ANTIGENIC CHANGES
(2021-12-22)Improvements to public health strategies surrounding vaccination against mutating respiratory pathogens requires a more in-depth understanding of the host factors driving viral evolution. In this thesis, I used informatic ... -
On cultural inheritance: Evolution, behaviour and social structure of Eastern Caribbean sperm whales
(2022-08-25)Cultural inheritance is a “second inheritance system” which can affect ecology and evolution in unexpected ways. However, although its implications in humans are recognized and extensively studied, cultural inheritance has ... -
Sampling Discrete Combinatorial Spaces in Phylogenetics
(2015-04-28)Phylogenetics is the study and identification of evolutionary structure, and phylogeneticists often present evolutionary inferences as leaf-labelled trees. We investigate the combinatorial nature of phylogenetic tree ... -
Studies on the genome biology and evolution of Acanthamoeba
(2024-08-22)Acanthamoeba castellanii has the potential to be a model organism for studying genome evolution and lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes. However, its complex and dynamic genome has posed a challenge to realizing the full ...