Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150100608

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150100608

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolutionary origins of sexual parasitism in an Australian freshwater fish. Carp gudgeons are the most abundant, widespread and biodiverse freshwater fishes in southeastern Australia. The unacknowledged presence of many cryptic species and sexually-parasitic lineages severely taints all research on this cornerstone group. This project aims to provide unrivalled evolutionary, genomic, and taxonomic insights into this new instance of vertebrate sexual parasitism, which offers a unique mix of research advantages not displayed by any other sexual/unisexual complex. The knowledge gained could impact many research fields, including evolutionary theory addressing the unexplainable prevalence of sex, native fish ecology, and environmental monitoring of the Murray-Darling Basin, an ecosystem of world significance.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2015

End Date: 12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $344,600.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Science and Management | Conservation and Biodiversity | Biogeography and Phylogeography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Rehabilitation of Degraded Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

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