Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/B000079/1
Ancient mariners or recent stowaways? Tempo and mode of evolution of seabird lice
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor R Page, University of Glasgow, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of Glasgow, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Abstract:
- This project will use molecular techniques to reconstruct the coevolutionary history of three groups of seabirds and their parasitic lice. Because seabirds host a variety of different lineages of louse, we will be able to test whether these lineages have responded to the evolution of their hosts in the same way. Some kinds of seabird (such as albatrosses and petrels) have more lice than others (such as gulls). We will we test whether 'intrinsic factors' such as body size or metabolic rate, and 'extrinsic' factors such as evolutionary tree shape can predict how many louse species a bird has, and the degree to which that bird and its louse fauna have speciated together (cospeciation). Evolutionary trees will also be used to test whether all the species of louse on the same bird share a recent common ancestor, or whether the lice are distant relatives. This research will led to a greater understanding of the factors involved in the evolution of host-parasite assemblages.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/B000079/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £166,615
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £93,185 | £6,694 | £16,768 | £7,103 | £42,865 |
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