Antonio Bernardo de Carvalho, Ph.D.
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- 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 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.