Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150102817

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150102817

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Experimental evolution of trait interactions under changed environments. This project aims to use altered light in laboratory and wild guppy populations to test directly the following questions: which traits evolve quickly or slowly and how does this depend upon their functional interactions, and how often do different solutions to the same environmental challenges evolve? The evolutionary effects of environmental change on gene regulation and functional interactions among traits are virtually unknown. Using evolution experiments, this project aims to explore traits with known functional links: opsin gene regulation patterns (for colour vision), colouration, and colour-based choice. It is expected that vegetation changes cause immediate environment changes, directly affecting animals’ abilities to choose mates, forage, and avoid predation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2015

End Date: 12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $712,600.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Behavioural Ecology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified |

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