Meeting Abstract

LBS4.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Amphipod Genomics and Development PATEL, N.H.; Univ. of California, Berkeley nipam@uclink.berkeley.edu

My lab has been developing the amphipod crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis, as a model system for the study of development and evolution in the malacostracan crustaceans. In addition to comparative studies of gene expression, we have developed methods to manipulate gene function in this species. Furthermore, we will provide an update on the genomic resources now available for this species, as well as summarize our progress with the related crustacean, Jassa slatteryi, which has been recently approved for whole genome sequencing.