{"id":178,"date":"2021-09-30T19:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2022-06-27T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T11:34:52","slug":"molecular-taxonomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/sample-page\/molecular-taxonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Molecular Taxonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0c1f2c\"><li>Dr. H. S. Kathriarachchi is co-supervising a research project in\u00a0<strong>DNA Barcoding, and Phylogeny of\u00a0<em>Syzygium\u00a0<\/em>spp.<\/strong>\u00a0of Family Myrtaceae in Sri Lanka: Implications for conservation and sustainable exploitation in collaboration with Department of National Botanic Gardens and National Institute Fundamental Science, Sri Lanka.<\/li><li>Dr. Saminda Fernando and Prof. Mayuri Wijesinghe together with Prof. Gaya Ranawaka are currently carrying out a collaborative study on \u201c<strong>Elucidating evolutionary affinities of\u00a0<em>Rattus<\/em>\u00a0species in Sri Lanka\u00a0<\/strong>and their reservoir host potential with respect to pathogens\u201d.<\/li><li>Dr. Saminda Fernando, together with Dr. Gihan Dahanayake, Dr. Ruwan Illeperuma and DWLC is involved in\u00a0<strong>genetic bar coding of Marine mammals<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Dr. Saminda Fernando is carrying out a study on<strong>\u00a0phylogenetic affinities of Sri Lankan bats<\/strong>\u00a0in collaboration with Prof. Wipula Yapa and Mr. Tharaka Kusuminda.<\/li><li>Dr. Saminda Fernando is co supervising a project on\u00a0<strong>Morphological and Molecular taxonomy of the Amphistomes<\/strong>\u00a0occurring in the gastrointestinal tract of the wild elephants in Sri Lanka with Prof. Jayantha Rajapakse.<\/li><li>Dr. Saminda Fernando is co supervising a project on\u00a0<strong>spatial and temporal variation of habitat relations and genetic variation in elephants in Maduru Oya National Park<\/strong>\u00a0with Dr. Kalinga Padmalal.<\/li><li>Prof. Mayuri Wijesinghe together with Dr. Saminda Fernando and other collaborators is engaged in a study that attempts to\u00a0<strong>trace the affinities of the wild buffalo in Sri Lanka.\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Nilupa Vidanapathirana, Department of Zoology &amp; Environment Sciences, University of Colombo: Graduate student<\/em>).<\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"677\" class=\"wp-image-327\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-15-at-6.31.24-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-15-at-6.31.24-PM.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-15-at-6.31.24-PM-300x159.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-15-at-6.31.24-PM-1024x542.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-15-at-6.31.24-PM-768x406.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-15-at-6.31.24-PM-1200x635.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2022\/06\/12\/impact\/new-water-buffalo-species-sri-lanka\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2022\/06\/12\/impact\/new-water-buffalo-species-sri-lanka<\/a><\/li><li>Prof. Mayuri Wijesinghe is co-supervising a project related to\u00a0<strong>morphology and genetic composition of dragonflies<\/strong>\u00a0in different bioclimatic zones with other collaborators Snr Prof. Devaka Weerakoon (Principle Investigator) &amp; Prof. Gaya Ranawaka (<em>Amila Sumanapala, PhD candidate: Department of Zoology &amp; Environment Sciences, University of Colombo<\/em>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. H. S. Kathriarachchi is co-supervising a research project in\u00a0DNA Barcoding, and Phylogeny of\u00a0Syzygium\u00a0spp.\u00a0of Family Myrtaceae in Sri Lanka: Implications for conservation and sustainable exploitation in collaboration with Department of National Botanic Gardens and National Institute Fundamental Science, Sri Lanka. Dr. Saminda Fernando and Prof. Mayuri Wijesinghe together with Prof. Gaya Ranawaka are currently carrying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions\/334"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoserv.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}