Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00310
Genetic control of habitat-mediated species barriers: development of a model system.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor RJ Abbott, University of St Andrews, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of St Andrews, Biology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Genomics
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- The importance of extrinsic selection in maintaining plant species boundaries is not well known, because confounding variables obscure such effects in most hybrid zone studies. Studying a hybrid population where extrinsic selection is the prime factor governing recruitment would avoid this problem. Hybrid zones in which fertile F1s outcompete other genotypes within a narrow habitat range satisfy this requirement, and would permit future breeding experiments leading to the detection of habitat-tolerance QTLs, assuming that generation time of the organism is short enough. Salvia x sylvatica is a likely candidate for such analysis. Alternative hypotheses will be evaluated to test whether S. sylvatica is a population of F1s, if non-Fl genotypes are preferentially eliminated after germination, and if the superiority of F1s over other hybrid classes is habitat-mediated.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00310
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £30,607
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|
| £16,656 | £6,290 | £7,662 |
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