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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP230100613
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
A Universal Power Law for Growth and Diversity of Dinosaur and Bird Beaks. Universal rules that govern how animals grow have tremendous power to explain the highly complex processes of growth and development. The project investigators have recently discovered a new rule of growth that controls how teeth, horns, claws and beaks are generated in animals. This project aims to use this new rule to examine the evolution and diversity of beaks in birds and dinosaurs. By combining 3D modelling, biomechanics and genetic analysis of bird beak development with the study of dinosaur fossils, this project expects to reveal the underlying processes controlling the growth and evolution of beaks. The anticipated goal of this project is to show the power of new theoretical models to explain the diversity of life.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2023
End Date: 10-2026
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $467,058.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeontology (incl. palynology) | Animal structure and function | Evolution of developmental systems | Evolutionary biology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
