ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT160100267

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT160100267

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The birth and death of mammalian sex chromosomes. This project aims to unravel the molecular mechanisms that underlie the transition from autosome to sex chromosome and progressive sex chromosome differentiation in mammals. Monotremes are the only mammalian species with a sex chromosome system that consists of ten sex chromosomes in platypus and nine in echidna. This project will analyse the genetic and epigenetic composition and organisation of the monotreme autosomes that evolved into sex chromosomes in other mammals and compare individual platypus and echidna sex chromosomes to discover how sex chromosomes come to be, differentiate and ultimately are replaced by new sex chromosomes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-2017

End Date: 06-2021

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $929,464.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Genomics | Conservation and Biodiversity | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

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