Recipient Organization
Palacky University of Olomouc
Slechtitelu 11
Olomouc,null 783 712
Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component
50%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
50%
Applied
50%
Developmental
0%
Goals / Objectives
Pea (Pisum sativum) plays a key role in agro-ecosystems but the ecological adaptation of wild pea populations is less understood. Our objective is to understand the adaptive traits like flowering time control, vernalization, and winter-hardiness which are key to the needed utilization of genetic diversity to meet future needs of agriculture.
Project Methods
Genome-wide association methods will be deployed to take advantage of phenotypic and genotypic information for natural populations, either at the local or global scale. Evolutionary signatures in the genome will be exploited to screen systematically for genes involved in recent adaptations, without knowing the particular phenotype under selection. Sequencing technologies will allow us to take an inventory of genetic variation at an unprecedented scale. These methods will be used to bridge the gap between modern genetics and systems level ecological studies, as classical models of evolutionary research now amenable to genetic dissection. With these technologies, we will screen environmental samples at a large scale, to identify novel genes and ecologically relevant genetic pathways.