Identifying genetic groups in the Eastern populaion of the toad species group

Post Date

December 9th 2014

Application Due Date

December 16th 2014

This is a notice of intent to award a CESU Cooperative agreement to Florida Gulf Coast University under the South Florida-Caribbean CESU

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00045

CFDA Number(s)

15.660

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

This is a notice of intent to award a CESU Cooperative agreement to Florida Gulf Coast University under the South Florida-Caribbean CESU

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a notice of intent to award a CESU Cooperative agreement to Florida Gulf Coast University under the South Florida-Caribbean CESU

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $70000

• Award Range:

  $70000 - $70000

Grant Description

The tasks to be performed under this agreement are as follows: Obtain nuclear gene sequence data from 25-40 samples representing all known species and divergent mtDNA lineages within the entire geographic distribution of the boreal toad species group. Obtain sequence data from the most informative nuclear genes from about 100 samples (already entirely or largely in-hand) representing the full known distribution of the Eastern Population and toads immediately surrounding the Eastern population in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Nevada. A third round of data collection and analyses from an estimated 100 samples will be conducted to refine the geographic boundaries of the major groups as needed, to confirm the divergence of specific groups of interest (e.g. SRM population, southern Utah), and to confirm divergence of any additional groups that may be discovered with the previous analyses in Objectives 1 and 2.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Terry Ireland, 970-628-7188
  terry_ireland@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  terry_ireland@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  terry_ireland@fws.gov

• More Information:

  None