GALLERY

Publications

Mannaert, A., Roelants, K., Bossuyt, F., & L. Leyns, 2006 - A PCR survey for posterior hox genes in amphibians.

Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 38: 449-458. pdf

Bossuyt, F., Meegaskumbura, M., Beenaerts, N., Gower, D.J., Pethiyagoda, R., Roelants, K., Mannaert, A., Wilkinson, M., Bahir, M.M., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Ng, P.K.L., Schneider, C.J., Oomen, O.V. & M.C. Milinkovitch, 2004 - Local endemism within the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot.

Science 306: 479-481. pdf

An is interested in the organization and evolution of the amphibian genome. She has constructed a BAC library of a caecilian genome (in collaboration with the Chris Amemiya lab), which serves as a starting point for her research on the evolution of gene clusters (e.g. Hox clusters) in amphibians. A comparative genomic approach allows the study of duplicated genes and their organization in clusters, their subsequent selective differentiation and the identification of potential non-coding regulatory sequences (e.g. cis-regulatory elements and miRNAs). Part of this research is embedded in the ERC program TAPAS (Tracing Antimicrobial peptides and Pheromones in the Amphibian Skin).

An Mannaert

PhD student

Research

Evolution of gene clusters in amphibians