Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346583

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0346583

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Regressive evolution of eyes in subterranean water beetles of arid-zone Australia: A comparative phylogenetic approach. Reduction or total loss of non-functional characters are common evolutionary phenomena, but little is known of the genetic basis of this regressive evolution. This project will use a phylogenetic framework to investigate the forces responsible for evolution of eyelessness in subterranean water beetles, by studying molecular genetic variation in three key eye developmental genes. The water beetles are explicitly suitable to address the questions due to their numerous independently evolved eyeless species and relatively old age of divergence from surface relatives. The research will provide a major new perspective on regressive evolution and the relationship between gene structure and function.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2003

End Date: 12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $240,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Molecular Evolution | Conservation And Biodiversity | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |

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