Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01123
Using late Pleistocene DNA to examine the effects of paleoenvironmental change.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor B Shapiro, University of Oxford, Zoology
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Zoology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Quaternary Science
- Palaeoenvironments
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- A previous NERC funded study of DNA from permafrost bones revealed unexpected patterns of localised extinctions, replacements and genetic bottlenecks in East Berinigian bison and bear populations over the past 60,000 years. This genetic record contains the effects of global climate change, human invasion, and the megafaunal mass-extinction. The current application seeks to use these methods to measure change in the biogeographical and temporal distribution of bison, caribou, brown bear and lion populations across the Holarctic. This data will be used to determine the distribution and significance of genetic effects due to major paleoenvironmental changes during the closing phases of the last Ice Age. Data from Russian and European specimens will be combined with that from the New World, and new physical and genetic dating techniques, to create a Holarctic palaeogenetic record throughout the Pleistocene.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01123
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £167,025
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £80,636 | £5,752 | £43,545 | £37,092 |
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