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Molecular phylogeny and genetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Reference	P13883
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Peter Young
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Thorunn Helgason
Institution	University of York
Department	Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	211,828
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/01/2001
End date	30/09/2004
Duration	45 months

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbioses with plant roots and confer benefits to plant growth and survival. AMF cultures have been shown to be genetically complex. We propose to construct a multi-gene phylogeny that will show the relationships among AMF and to other groups of Fungi. We have identified 3 case study isolates that show different levels of intra-isolate genetic variation. Spores, hyphae and single nuclei will be tested to show how gene variants are structured within these isolates. We purpose to develop in- situ labelling that allows the location of gene variants in single nuclei. Understanding the genetic structure of AMF is a prerequisite for developing methods by which we can study AMF we cannot currently culture.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
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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