Objective The aim of the project is to trace the origin and evolution of sex chromosomes in the Silene genus via the search for their autosomal ancestor, testing the role of translocations and estimation of the age of particular chromosomal segments. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticschromosomes Programme(s) FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002) Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships) Coordinator ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON EU contribution No data Address Allée d'Italie 46 69364 LYON France See on map Total cost No data