Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/B500658/1
How and when did the major disjunctions between North American and Eurasian Tertiary relict floras arise?
Fellowship Award
- Fellow:
- Dr RI Milne, University of Edinburgh, Inst of Cell and Molecular Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of Edinburgh, Inst of Cell and Molecular Biology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Palaeoenvironments
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Abstract:
- The timings of vicariance between species pars now disjunct between America and Eurasia offer insights into the locations, and lifespans of intercontinental land bridges over the past 65 mya. However divergence times calculated using different markers for the same pairs often disagree. This project will calculate divergence based on each of three DNA sequences (rbcL, ITS and matK) for each of a series of disjunct pairs, to compare the accuracy of each marker and also different methods of calculating substitution rates. The most reliable method will be chosen and used to determine, from clusters of divergence times, the likely dates at which the Bering and North Atlantic Land Bridges were severed, and which taxa might have used each route.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/B500658/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
This fellowship award has a total value of £130,972
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £102,472 | £28,500 |
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