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BBSRC Fellowship: Dr S A West University of Edinburgh. Testing explanations of sexual reproduction
Reference
FG20590
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Stuart West
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Edinburgh
Department
Inst of Cell, Animal and Population Biol
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
16,296
Status
Completed
Type
Fellowships
Start date
01/10/2002
End date
01/09/2003
Duration
11 months
Abstract
The objectives of the proposed research programme are to determine: 1) whether sex facilities adapt to a new environment; 2) whether the amount of sex will increase as a correlated response to selection against deleterious mutations; 3) the deleterious mutation rate per genome per generation, and whether it differs between individuals; 4) whether there is synergistic epistasis between deleterious mutations; 5) the coefficient of dominance of deleterious mutations; and 6) whether environmental and mutational factors interact synergistically in their fitness consequences.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
Fellowship - Fellowship Grant (FG) [1997-2001]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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