Research Grants
This page is used to provide your ranking for each application. Please use the section below the application details to enter your name, your scores, and any notes on the application.
Evolutionary patterns of RNA editing in ferns and their relation to DNA substitution rates: insights from the Pteridaceae
Project summary:
Within Pteridaceae, the genus Adiantum exhibits a slower DNA substitution rate than their sister group, the vittarioids. Preliminary data suggest levels of RNA editing are much lower in the faster-evolving vittarioids. Here, we expand the current vittarioid sampling to truly understand the relationship between RNA editing and DNA substitution rate.
First Name:
Blake Fauskee
Highest degree:
Bachelor of Science
Year obtained:
2019
Applicant Status:
Current student
United States
Ferns and fern allies
Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):
Fauskee, B. D., E. M. Sigel, K. M. Pryer, and A. L. Grusz. 2021. Variation in frequency of plastid RNA editing within Adiantum (Pteridaceae) implies rapid evolution in fern plastomes. Am J Bot. (in press).
Mower, J. P. 2008. Modeling sites of RNA editing as a fifth nucleotide state reveals progressive loss of edited sites from angiosperm mitochondria. Mol Biol Evol 25: 52-61.
Rothfels, C. J., and E. Schuettpelz. 2014. Accelerated rate of molecular evolution for vittarioid ferns is strong and not driven by selection. Syst Biol 63: 31–54.
Ishibashi, K., I. Small, and T. Shikanai. 2019. Evolutionary model of plastidial RNA editing in angiosperms presumed from genome-wide analysis of Amborella trichopoda. Plant Cell Phys 60:2141–2151.
Ranking
Your name:
Where does this proposal rank?
Notes and justification
Applicant Details
Country:
Target organism/s:
Previous publications
Budget: $
2000
Duke University
Affiliation:
Grant Assessment
email:
Last Name: