Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0209099

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0209099

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolutionary genetics of kin recognition and task specialization in termite societies. Social insects must be able to recognize kin and task specialize in order to maintain colony cohesion and maximize colony labour, respectively. While it is known that kin recognition and task specialization are two key mechanisms underpinning insect societies, the extent to which their expression is mediated by genetic versus environmental variables is not known. This project integrates classic approaches to the study of animal behaviour with recent advances in molecular genetics to test, for the first time, the role that genetic variables have in mediating kin recognition and task specialization in a major group of social insects, the termites.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-2002

End Date: 12-2004

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $201,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Molecular Evolution | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Biological sciences

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