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The development of precise genetic stocks of wheat
Reference
BBS/E/J/00000321
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor John Snape
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
John Innes Centre
Department
John Innes Centre Department
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
149,603
Status
Completed
Type
Institute Project
Start date
01/04/1997
End date
24/04/2001
Duration
48 months
Abstract
Wheat is the UK's and the world's most widely grown and productive cereal crop. The hexaploid constitution of bread wheat allows `aneuploid' plants with abnormal chromosome numbers to survive and reproduce. The project aims to develop a complete series of plants with reduced or increased chromosome numbers in a wide range of varieties. Aneuploids are used a) directly in genetic analysis to determine the chromosomal location of important genes, and b) to develop more precise genetic stocks including `intervarietal substitution lines' and single chromosome recombinant lines which are the most precise of all genetic stocks limiting recombination to a single specified chromosome. Stocks are utilised in a wide array of multidisciplinary approaches by JIC staff with UK and international collaborations to study genetics, physiology, genome analysis and molecular biology.
Summary
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Committee
Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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