Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2002/00069
The development and evolution of early metazoans: fossil embryos from the Cambrian and Ordovician of China and the USA.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor PCJ Donoghue, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Abstract:
- Embryology, the study of development, plays a pivotal role in unravelling the evolutionary history of animals and provides a causal explanation for the underlying events. Although the fossil record should be integral to this endeavour, a dearth of developmental data has led to a strictly circumscribed role for palaeontology. Our discovery of two new konservat-lagerstatten that yield fossil eggs and embryos provides an opportunity to test assumptions regarding the role of development in early animal evolution that are based exclusively upon studying living animals. Not only will our material allow us to uncover the embryogenesis of early (rather than merely primitive) metazoans, but the presence of late stage fossil embryos will allow us to constrain more fully the phylogenetic significance of this material to understanding the evolution of animal development.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2002/00069
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £51,286
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £9,982 | £22,176 | £8,927 | £10,201 |
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