Next generation sequencing Indian Knob Mountain Balm

Funding Opportunity Number: F15AS00388 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EnvironmentNatural ResourcesScience and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 15.650Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOI-FWSClosing Date: Jul 27, 2015Award Ceiling: $33,260Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jul 22, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Is initiating actions for Eriodictyon altissimum -Indian Knob mountain balm- to further its recovery in accordance with goals contained in the species recovery plan -1998. This project will examine the population genetics of Eriodictyon altissimum using ���next generation sequencing��� -NGS. Rapid advances in this new technology are reducing the cost of sequencing and, thus, making it affordable to individual investigators. We propose to use the NGS technique known as ���restriction site associated DNA sequencing��� -RADseq- to generate an extensive dataset of single nucleotide polymorphisms -SNPs- to evaluate several critical questions pertaining to E. altissimum. First, we will use the SNP dataset to examine the genetic diversity within and between occurrences of E. altissimum using traditional population gene...

Source: Grants.gov - July 24, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding