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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP180103851
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Adaptation to life in the dark: genomic analyses of blind beetles. This project aims to utilise a unique Australian model system based on multiple, independently-evolved subterranean water beetles to explore the adaptive and regressive changes in the genome that occur when surface species colonise subterranean habitats. This project focuses on the evolution of Heat Shock protein (Hsp) genes that play critical roles in adaptation to environmental stress and the process of de-canalisation, the release of cryptic genetic variation that can allow novel morphologies to evolve in new environments. The project expects to provide further understanding of how species may potentially adapt to environmental stresses in the future, including climate change.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2018
End Date: 12-2023
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $316,745.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Molecular Evolution | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics | Biological Adaptation
