Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01133
Speciation in sexual and asexual rotifers.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor TG Barraclough, Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A Burt, Imperial College London, Life Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Population Ecology
- Abstract:
- Sexual reproduction is thought to be a major factor explaining why life comes in discrete packages we call species, but evidence has been sparse. We will investigate the macro-evolutionary consequences of sex in rotifers, famous for including the largest asexual clade of metazoans, the bdelloids. We will combine a detailed survey of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence diversity of individuals from a range of habitats and global sites with morphometric analyses to compare genetic and functional clustering in representative bdelloid and (sexual) monogonont taxa. The ecological and biogeographic context of sexuality, in terms of endemism, dispersal and habitat specialisation, will be investigated using gene trees and lab/field experiments.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01133
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £168,061
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £7,697 | £79,313 | £23,054 | £21,512 | £36,484 |
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