Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/01325
Genetic and environmental contributions of parents to offspring life-history, behaviour and morphology.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor A Moore, The University of Manchester, Life Sciences
- Grant held at:
- The University of Manchester, Life Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Genomics
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- Both genes and environments provided by parents are important determinants of offspring trait values. Nicrophorus vespilloides, a burying beetle where mothers feed their offspring for the first few days of life, will be used to collect data on genetic and environmental influences of parents on their offspring. These data will be used to test two hypotheses. 1) The importance of both indirect genetic and environmental effects of care depends on the category of offspring character examined. 2) The relationship between parental effects and life-history stage is related to the form of selection and the type of parental effect the trait experiences. Data will be used to evaluate existing theoretical models to produce general predictions regarding the expected patterns of parental effects and consequences of parental effects for ecological and evolutionary interpretations.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/01325
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £220,426
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £4,497 | £130,826 | £10,225 | £14,698 | £60,179 |
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