Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2000/00714
The Pillars of hercules: using DNA sequence and current and previous marine barriers to reconstruct historical biogeography and evolution of..........
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr E Arnold, The Natural History Museum, Zoology
- Grant held at:
- The Natural History Museum, Zoology
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- None
- Abstract:
- Estimates of population differentiation based on DNA sequence will be combined with knowledge of current and past marine barriers to investigate the history of reptile and amphibian groups occurring around the westernmost Mediterranean. The following hypotheses will be tested: the barriers have been important in biogeography and evolution; group histories may involve both vicariance and dispersal; rates of morphological change vary radically and are 'uncoupled' from molecular change; molecular evolutionary rates of groups divided by the opening of the Gibraltar strait are similar; current taxonomy is appropriate. At least 1500 b.p. of mtDNA and nuclear DNA (cytochrome b, 12S rRNA, c-mos) will be analysed for over 350 samples from 26 separate clades.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2000/00714
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £27,125
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £4,125 | £9,434 | £9,225 | £4,340 |
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