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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE150101393
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Genetic and epigenetic drivers of the Australian cane toad invasion. Although invasive species are a massive threat to biodiversity, and costly to society, we still do not understand the evolutionary processes that shape invasions. Invasive populations often show rapid evolutionary change in novel environments but attempts to identify the underlying genetic mechanisms have been largely unsuccessful. This project aims to explore an innovative and untested alternative possibility: that invader evolution is primarily driven by epigenetic change. Using an iconic Australian invasive species, the cane toad, the project aims to quantify genetic and epigenetic change across the invasion and use manipulative experiments to determine the influence of epigenetic change on the evolution of phenotypic traits important to invasion.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2015
End Date: 04-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $360,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Invasive Species Ecology | Genetics | Biological Adaptation
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
