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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP220103487
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Active
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Funded Activity Summary
The immune response as a determinant of female reproductive investment. Aims: This project will define how ‘cryptic female choice’ affects reproductive outcomes through immune recognition of embryo histocompatibility genes, to modulate maternal nutrient provision and fetal growth. Significance: The research will tackle an important knowledge gap in animal reproduction science, where poorly-understood male-female compatibility effects cause variation in breeding efficiency with major economic and environmental impact. Expected outcomes: We expect to generate new understanding of the genes, immune response elements, and vascular changes that explain compatibility effects. Benefits: The results will inform strategies to improve fertility in livestock animals, and in rare and threatened species.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2022
End Date: 03-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $629,916.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Zoology | Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Livestock Raising not elsewhere classified
