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Diversity of molecular and phenotypic traits

Reference	BBS/E/J/00003304
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Robert Koebner
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	7,759
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	30/06/1997
Duration	3 months

Abstract

This project undertakes to investigate whether breeding programmes in the UK and northern Europe have resulted in a reduction in genetic diversity in wheat and barley. The project is a collaborative one involving NIAB and JIC, with NIAB mainly providing data relevant to morphological and agronomic characters, and JIC using DNA fingerprinting methods. Recent development in PCR- based DNA fingerprinting, specifically microsatellites and AFLP, will be used to allow a more realistic estimate of genetic diversity at the molecular level than was possible using first generation DNA markers, which have proven to be rather non-polymorphic in both cereal species but particularly in wheat.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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