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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0209452
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The evolution of colour vision in vertebrates. Colour vision plays a crucial role in the lives of many animals including vertebrates. However, very little is known about the origins of colour vision and we aim to fill this gap. Photoreceptors (cone cells) with sensitivities to different colours mediate colour vision (humans possess blue, green and red cones). This study will examine the structure, physiological responses and molecular biology of these cells in the closest living relatives of the early vertebrates. The underlying mechanisms for spectral tuning, the genetic rate of evolutionary change and the importance of colour in visual ecology will also be examined.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2002
End Date: 12-2004
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $345,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Molecular Evolution | Comparative Physiology | Genetics | Animal Anatomy And Histology
