Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2001/00297
Genomic analysis of the relationship between repetative DNA and phenotypic evolution.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor T Meagher, University of St Andrews, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of St Andrews, Biology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Conservation Ecology
- Population Ecology
- Abstract:
- One revelation of genomics is the evolutionary importance of DNA content composition as well as sequence. Our previous work on Silene latifolia showed that variation in nuclear DNA content, attributable to non-coding DNA, was negatively correlated with flower size. Other recent investigations have explored the composition of non-coding DNA elements which have been found to fall into a range of different types (e.g., microsatellites, retrotransposons, etc.). We plan to identify, by means of in situ hybridisation analysis of the S. latifolia genome, the relative contributions of different types of repetitive elements to phenotype variation. This study will provide new insight into the role of non-coding DNA in phenotypic evolution.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2001/00297
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Environmental Genomics
This grant award has a total value of £224,371
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5,744 | £119,734 | £43,817 | £55,077 |
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