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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140103227
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Does mother know best? Unifying proximate causation and ultimate explanation in mammalian sex allocation. The study of parental effects is a fundamental area in evolutionary ecology, but is characterised by poor integration of theory (ultimate causation) and physiology (proximate causation). This is true in sex allocation research that focuses almost exclusively on ultimate causation without integrating the physiological mechanisms for sex ratio adjustment. Using a combination of experiments and modelling, the project addresses this gap in understanding mammalian sex allocation, specifically: the lack of known mechanism; the connection between proximate mechanistic explanation and adaptive fitness explanations; and, knowledge on constraints. This project argues that one mechanism, pre-implantation glucose levels, links adaptive hypotheses with proximate causation.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $350,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Life Histories | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Ecological Physiology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
