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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0343682
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Intersexual arms races - are individuals within marine meta-populations less able to interbreed than assumed? A meta-population structure is thought to describe the inter-connected nature of many populations of marine animals with dispersive larvae. However, new theory predicts some of these populations might be not very inter-connected at all, despite larval migration. In some circumstances, independent, co-evolutionary arms races between sexes might develop within local populations, resulting in individuals becoming increasingly less able to interbreed freely. I will directly test for this, measuring how successfully broadcast spawners can cross-fertilise across populations. This will reveal the genetic structure of these populations and if these animals really do live in a meta-population.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2003
End Date: 12-2004
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $60,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Ecology | Population And Ecological Genetics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Aquaculture | Fisheries—commercial |
