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Evolution in the Time of Genomics

Conference - Venice, Italy

Principal themes and objectives of the event From changes in aminoacids to changes in nucleotides, the molecular level has provided an essential input into evolutionary investigations for the past decades. More recently, the molecular level has moved from the genes to the genome, so far mainly in the case of vertebrates (in which the coding sequences only represent about 2% of the total). The availability of full genome sequences has provided new possibilities for investigators in the field and major problems can now be tackled in a very precise way using bioinformatic tools. Indeed, an example of this approach has been the recent solution (Bernardi, 2007)of a twenty-year-old debate, that between neutralists and selectionists.

(Photo courtesy of http://events.embo.org/12-evolution/)

Monday, May 7, 2012 - Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Zattere Dorsoduro 909/A, 30123 Venezia, Italia

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