SBiK-F - Molecular Evolutionary Biology

Research group Prof. Dr. Imke Schmitt: Environmental and evolutionary drivers modify the genomes of populations, species, and communities. We study such molecular signatures using methods of comparative genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, meta-transcriptomics, community barcoding, phylogenetics, population genetics, ecological genomics, and ecological modeling. The focus of our research is the functioning and environmental adaptation of the lichen symbiosis. Materials we use include lichen thalli, fungal and algal cultures, and microorganisms associated with the lichen symbiosis. Keywords that summarize our research include: Adaptation, biosynthetic gene clusters, black fungi, chlorophyll fluorescence, circadian clocks, climate, distributions, fungal genomics, green algal genomics, mutualism, 'omics, photosynthesis, physiology, secondary metabolism, species interactions, symbiosis.

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