Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

Amount

$440,676.00

Award Date

7/29/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Collaborative Proposal: De Novo Genes in Drosophila: functions, origins, and polymorphisms. Genomes are dynamic: new genes are formed, compete, evolve, and occasionally die. To understand this dynamic, we need know the genetic and evolutionary processes