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Will genetic engineering have pleiotropic effects that enhance rhizobial fitness?
Reference
D13193
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Robert Jones
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Lance Mytton
,
Dr Glynis Scott
,
Professor Leif Skot
Institution
Aberystwyth University
Department
Inst of Biological, Environ & Rural Sci
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
195,480
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/02/2001
End date
01/02/2004
Duration
36 months
Abstract
A Rhizobium strain transformed with kanamycin resistance and Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin genes has an increased ability to compete for nodule sites, compared to the parent. We will determine if this is due to pleiotropic or positional effects of the transgenes by comparing a number of independently transformed Rhizobia of the same strain. The relative biosafety of such transgenics will partly depend on whether transformation enhances their fitness. We will therefore investigate the relationship between nodulation and fitness, including a possible cause of variation in these traits. The results will be relevant to both the efficacy and biosafety of these and other genetically modified organisms.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
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