Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/01319
Latitudinal temperature gradients and the evolutionary adaptation of heavy chain myosin genes in gammarid amphipods.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor NM Whiteley, Bangor University, Sch of Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr DH Lunt, University of Hull, Biology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A El Haj, University of Birmingham, Chemical Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor G Goldspink, University College London, Surgical Biotechnology
- Grant held at:
- Bangor University, Sch of Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Genomics
- Environmental Physiology
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Abstract:
- This proposal aims to correlate latitudinal adaptation of myosin genes to the genetic diversity of marine amphipod species distributed from eurythermal temperate regimes in the British Isles to cold stenothermal regimes in the Arctic. Species belonging to the genus Gammarus will be sampled at 3 different latitudes (Anglesey, 53 degrees N; Tromso, 70 degrees N; and Svalbard, 80 degrees N): (a) to examine sequence variation in regions of the myosin gene known to characterise muscle function (ATP and actin binding sites); (b) to investigate the extent to which these changes are attributed to phylogenetic relationships, neutral polymorphism or adaptive changes between latitudinal populations; (c) to quantify intra-specific differences in myosin isoform expression in fast and slow muscle fibres with increase in latitude.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/01319
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £212,344
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £103,708 | £10,604 | £40,646 | £57,387 |
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