Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01134
Heritability of sperm and condition traits in the zebra finch.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor T Birkhead, University of Sheffield, Animal and Plant Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Sheffield, Animal and Plant Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- This proposal addresses the question of how additive genetic variance for sperm traits is maintained despite selection. I will test two hypotheses. that sperm size traits: (1) are heritable, and (2) covary with condition and other male traits. This is a novel extension to GR3/11936 which measured the heritability of condition and other traits in male zebra finches, and assessed their effect on reproductive success. The effort required to generate 960 male offspring for this full- and paternal half sib breeding design has been considerable and in addition to the originally proposed traits, I have taken sperm samples from all males to test the two above hypotheses. If sperm size is condition-dependent and if condition shows high genetic variance, the maintenance of genetic variance in sperm traits maybe explained.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01134
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £75,240
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £47,172 | £2,189 | £2,124 | £21,699 | £2,056 |
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