Slate Group - University of Sheffield

MAERO - molecular adaptation in ecologically relevant organisms

MAERO is an EC funded Transfer of Knowledge project, employing four Marie Curie fellows until December 2009. The aim of the project is to develop and apply methods for distinguishing between the effects of selection and demography on patterns of molecular variation in some of the systems studied in our lab (Soay sheep, Arabisdopsis lyrata, Littorina saxatilis (rough periwinkle) and passerine birds.

Personnel:

Jon Slate (PI)
Roger Butlin (coI)
Terry Burke (coI)

Marie Curie Fellows
Deborah Johnson (arriving June 2008) - Arabidopsis lyrata
Robert Ekblom (arriving July 2008) - passerine birds
Philine Feulner - Soay sheep
Juan Galindo - Littorina saxatilis