Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150101253
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Evolutionary history and impact of adeno-associated viruses in Australia. Recently accrued evidence identifies Australia as an ideal closed-model system in which to elucidate the evolutionary history of a group of non-pathogenic viruses, known as adeno-associated viruses (AAVs). This project aims to trace back the evolutionary history of AAVs for tens of millions of years via molecular fossil imprints left behind by ancient viral invasions of Australian marsupial genomes. Concurrently, the potential impact that these viral invasions had on the evolutionary development of their ancestral hosts will be investigated. This could facilitate previously unattainable insights into both AAV and marsupial evolution, with broader implications relevant to the advancement of the fields of virology and mammalian evolution.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2015
End Date: 02-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $469,800.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Host-Parasite Interactions | Virology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics
