BLM WY Bluehead Sucker and Flannelmouth Sucker Genetic Analysis

Post Date

May 10th 2010

Application Due Date

May 25th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

L10AS00030

CFDA Number(s)

15.231

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $15543

• Award Range:

  $15543 - $15543

Grant Description

A. Project Background Information: The Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, intends to award a cooperative agreement with the University of Wyoming to obtain information that provides guidance for management decisions such as removal of hybrids most likely to produce genome swamping of fish species. Next-generation sequence data will be generated from Muddy Creek suckers using AFLP genetic techniques. Additionally, this agreement will help establish criteria for selection of BLM-sensitive fish species that are as genetically pure as possible for stocking, captive rearing, and other management objectives. B. Project Objective: The University of Wyoming will work to complete the following tasks: 1: Next-generation DNA sequencing 2: Identification of genetic regions important to ongoing hybridization between natives and non-natives 3: Admixture mapping of important phenotypic traits 4: Identification of candidate genes 5: Provide information useful to managers and biologists concerned with native fisheries management. Products of the project include 1) a manuscript describing the highlights of the hybridization architecture analysis plus associations to the zebrafish and stickleback reference geneomes and 2) information on single nucleotide polymorphisms which will supply material for additional analyses regarding hybridization of catostomids in the Colorado River Basin. C. Period of Agreement: 1 year

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Land Management

• Agency Contact:

  Ilze J Karklins-Powers, Grants Management Officer, 307-775-6293
  ipowers@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  ipowers@blm.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  ipowers@blm.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov