Antonio Bernardo de Carvalho, Ph.D.

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Antonio Bernardo de Carvalho, Ph.D.
Title
Professor
Department
Department of Genetics
Institution
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Address
Caixa Postal 68011
CEP 21944-970
City
Rio de Janeiro
Country
Brazil
Phone
5521 22608820
Email
[email protected]
Website
http://b200.nce.ufrj.br/genetica/profs.html
Research field
Genetics
Award year
1998
Country of origin
Brazil
Mentor name
Andrew G. Clark, Ph.D.

Research

Notwithstanding their biological importance, Y chromosomes remain poorly known in most species. I am studying the origin and evolution of these chromosomes, particularly in the Drosophila genus. A major obstacle to the study of Y-chromosomes is the identification of their sequences: due to its high content of repetitive sequences, in most genome projects the Y is fragmented into a large number of small, unmapped contains. I am developing computational and experimental methods to accomplish this, that has lead to the identification of nearly all known Drosophila Y-linked genes. Identification of Drosophila Y-chromosome genes yielded important insights on its origin and evolution.

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