Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210930

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0210930

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The genetic and molecular organisation of the self incompatibility gene region in the grasses. Self-incompatibility (SI) is a cell-cell recognition process used by plants to prevent self-pollination and force outcrossing. It is widespread, occurring in a third of plant families. Although studies of SI go back to the 1800s, the origin of SI remains a mystery. Recent advances in the molecular characterisation of SI loci in some species has re-ignited debate on its origins but has provided few answers. This project uses the grasses to explore the origins of SI. As a model system, the grasses offer detailed genetic and molecular data and aspects of floral architecture associated with SI can be investigated

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2002

End Date: 12-2004

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $231,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Molecular Evolution | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Genome Structure | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Barley | Sown grasses |

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