Natural variation for drought tolerance in the grass Brachypodium distachyon, a new model species for ecological genomics
Category
FP7 Project with U.S. partner
Short name and number
VarGenDrouTolBrachy (220983)
Area
Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology
Description
Ecological genomics aims to understand the genetic basis of ecologically important traits which constitutes a long-term goal for evolutionary biologists. Although recent advances in genomics have revealed huge amount of segregating variation, we have little understanding of why genes segregate for polymorphisms that influence ecologically important quantitative traits.
Participating Countries
Spain and United States.
Name of US Partner
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Contact
UNIVERSIDAD DE JAEN (ES) / REY Pedro