Tomislav Domazet-Lošo
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Tomislav Domazet-Lošo is a Croatian biologist. He developed genomic phylostratigraphy
which enabled reconstruction of any organism evolution
through development of its fetus
. An article he co-authored with Diethard Tautz, A phylogenetically based transcriptome age index mirrors ontogenetic divergence patterns, was published in Nature
in 2010.
He was born in Split, Croatia as the son of Davor Domazet-Lošo. He graduated in biology from the University of Zagreb
Faculty of Science in 1997, and received a doctorate from the University of Cologne
Institute of Genetics in 2003. He works for the Ruđer Bošković Institute.
Genomic phylostratigraphy
Genomic phylostratigraphy is a statistical approach for reconstruction of macroevolutionary trends based on the principle of founder gene formation and punctuated emergence of protein families. Phylostratigraphy, a novel statistical method, was developed by Tomislav Domazet-Lošo at the Ruđer...
which enabled reconstruction of any organism evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
through development of its fetus
Fetus
A fetus is a developing mammal or other viviparous vertebrate after the embryonic stage and before birth.In humans, the fetal stage of prenatal development starts at the beginning of the 11th week in gestational age, which is the 9th week after fertilization.-Etymology and spelling variations:The...
. An article he co-authored with Diethard Tautz, A phylogenetically based transcriptome age index mirrors ontogenetic divergence patterns, was published in Nature
Nature (journal)
Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
in 2010.
He was born in Split, Croatia as the son of Davor Domazet-Lošo. He graduated in biology from the University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
Faculty of Science in 1997, and received a doctorate from the University of Cologne
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...
Institute of Genetics in 2003. He works for the Ruđer Bošković Institute.