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Comparative population genomics of red clover domestication and improvement

Reference	BBS/E/T/000GP030
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Anthony Hall
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Earlham Institute
Department	Earlham Institute Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	41,738
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	31/08/2014
End date	31/03/2017
Duration	31 months

Abstract

The project ‘Comparative population genomics of red clover domestication and improvement’ aims to use a diverse ecotype collection of red clover alongside elite breeding populations as a platform for hypothesis testing and for characterisation of genetic diversity. Activities will include: the use of resequencing to identify genetic diversity within a diverse ecotype panel and comparison with elite breeding lines; generation of genetic map information to improve the current red clover genome assembly developed at TGAC/IBERS; and fine mapping of the growth habit trait (erect vs prostrate) using resequencing data from five mapping populations. The genotyping of the diversity panel will enable us to obtain invaluable information about genomic regions likely to be under selection, as well as the underlying genes, and thus estimate the impact of domestication on the red clover genome.

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
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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