[Cnidaria] Mitochondrial genomics of Cnidaria

[Ehsan Kayal]

Hello all,

My name is Ehsan Kayal and I am a new Ph.D. student in Dennis  
Lavrov's Lab at the Iowa State University (USA). I'm interested in  
the evolution of non-bilaterian animals (in particular cnidarians and  
sponges) and I'm currently working primarily with mtDNA.  We have  
recently published our analysis of Hydra oligactis mtNDA http:// 
www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/LavrovD/publications/PDF_files/ 
2008_Gene.pdf.  Among other things this analysis revealed a profound  
scarcity of mitochondrial data from most Cnidarian lineages, in  
particular the Hydrozoa and the Scyphozoa, but also the Alcyonaria.   
Thereby, I would like to fill up this gap in our knowledge by  
sequencing a few additional mt genomes from each of these groups, and  
I would like to hear about other related project that people conduct  
or contemplate so we do not duplicate others' efforts.  I would also  
appreciate any suggestions on the choice of species for such a  
project that would benefit most the Cnidarian scientific community  
and that also would be easily accessible.

Thank you very much in advance.

Sincerely,

Ehsan





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