Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140104454
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Packed to perform: the effects of telomere traits and free radicals on sperm phenotypes, fertilization success, and offspring viability. This project will integrate telomeres, free radicals and sperm biology into a coherent research program on the roles of free radicals in eroding telomeres and dictating: success in sperm competition and cryptic female choice; longevity and life time fitness in the wild; and, transgenerational effects on offspring viability, in particular mediated via paternal telomere length. Specifically, the project researches how sperm telomere length in sires shorten under stress and how this epigenetic effect is transferred from sires to sons and potentially moderates also filial success in sperm competition and attractiveness in cryptic female choice.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2014
End Date: 12-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $621,094.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation | Physiology not elsewhere classified
