Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00272
In search of the earliest seed plants.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor JEA Marshall, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr A Hemsley, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr CM Berry, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Palaeoenvironments
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Abstract:
- One of the most significant events in plant evolution was the origin of the seed. However, it is not know from which plant group they originated or how a single seed-megaspore evolved from a homosporous sporangium. The oldest known seed-megaspores are found dispersed in Middle Devonian rocks. Recent work shows them to have a radically different sporangial organisation with a seed-megaspore and the microspores in the same sporangium. This changes our perception as to both function and evolution of seed-megaspores. However, we know nothing of the parent plant. The proposal is to collect, prepare, describe and reconstruct this most significant fossil. We can then place more fully understand its reproductive biology and seed plant origins.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00272
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £26,012
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £12,086 | £6,773 | £4,037 | £3,115 |
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