McGill University
M.Sc. candidate
Supervisor: Melania Cristescu
Start: 2015-09-01
End: 2016-08-15
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Project

Mutation accumulation in asexual Daphnia pulex
Mutation is the most fundamental process of evolution yet little is known about the mutation properties and rates in most organisms. In this study, I am performing whole-genome sequencing on 44 independent Daphnia lineages that have been accumulating spontaneous mutations for 80-100 generations. I am sequencing two different Daphnia species and including some lineages that have reduced fitness, in addition to some individuals that have been maintained in a competitive environment where selection is acting. This project will inform on the rates, patterns, biases, and fitness consequences of mutations in this organism.

Keywords

evolution, Fitness

Publications

1- Toward accurate molecular identification of species in complex environmental samples: testing the performance of sequence filtering and clustering methods
Flynn, Jullien M., Emily A. Brown, Frédéric J. J. Chain, Hugh J. MacIsaac, Melania E. Cristescu
2015 Ecology and Evolution