Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00226
The development of molecular markers to test models of breeding-system and ploidy evolution in the ruderal weed Mercurialis annua.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Pannell, University of Oxford, Plant Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr SA Harris, University of Oxford, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Plant Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Population Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Mercurialis annua is an annual European weed with striking variation in its breeding system and ploidy levels: diploid populations are dioecious, but polyploid populations may be dioecious, monoecious or androdioecious. Published work on the species has hypothesised models implicating selection at both population and metapopulation levels to account for distribution patterns; these models bear on quite general questions regarding the evolution and ecology of polyploidy and reproductive systems in plants. We propose here (1) to develop microsatellite and chloroplast DNA markers with which to test these models in further work; and (2) to fill in gaps in our collection of genetic material from the range of the species in western Europe.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00226
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £31,088
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1,454 | £18,069 | £3,253 | £8,312 |
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