| title: | Genome diversity and biological history of human populations. |
|---|---|
| reg no: | SF0182474As03 |
| project type: | targeted financing |
| subject: |
1.6-1.9. Chemistry and Molecular Biology 3. Medical Sciences 6. Humanities |
| status: | accepted |
| institution: | University of Tartu |
| head of project: | Richard Villems |
| duration: | 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2007 |
| description: | To be finished shortly, the elucidation of the primary structure of the human genome has opened doors for many new directions in research and developmental work, among others to the study of genome diversity. The latter is a prerequisite to find "disease genes", as well as to the reconstruction of the genetic history of human populations. These problems overlap in a deep but so far poorly understood ways. The scope of the present proposal is to study genetic variability of human populations worldwide.In coming years we will concentrate on the global variation of uniparentally inherited Y chromosome and mtDNA, including, in a course of new possibilities, autosomal polymorphisms. Our main aim is to understand the emergence of the diversity of Homo sapiens sapiens populations from its beginning - in a global scale and, specifically, bearing in mind the biological history of northern Eurasian populations. The programm will be carried out in a tight collaboration with researchers from many countries. |
| project group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Alexandra da Silva Rosa | University of Tartu | dok.üliõ. | |
| 2. | Daniel Dion | res.stud. | ||
| 3. | Jana Eensalu | University of Tartu | magistrand | |
| 4. | Hela Help | University of Tartu | mag.üliõ | |
| 5. | Ille Ilpus | University of Tartu | v.-lab. | |
| 6. | Monika Karmin | University of Tartu | magistrand | |
| 7. | Kedy Kivirand | University of Tartu | magistrand | |
| 8. | Evelin Loit | University of Tartu | mag.üliõ | |
| 9. | Eva-Liis Loogväli | University of Tartu | dok.üliõ. | |
| 10. | Ene Metspalu | University of Tartu | vanemteadur | |
| 11. | Mait Metspalu | University of Tartu | doktorant | |
| 12. | Jüri Parik | University of Tartu | lektor | |
| 13. | Erwan Pennarun | University of Tartu | doktorant | |
| 14. | Maere Reidla | University of Tartu | vanemteadur | |
| 15. | Urmas Roostalu | University of Tartu | magistrand | |
| 16. | Piia Serk | University of Tartu | magistrand | |
| 17. | Richard Villems | University of Tartu | prof. | |