Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100190

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140100190

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Tracing the Evolutionary History of Plant Developmental Mechanisms. Knowledge of the evolutionary history of genes involved in developmental processes provides a foundation for understanding how genetic networks were established and how their manipulation may influence plant growth and form. Genetic programs that direct growth and development in response to light will be examined functionally in Marchantia, a liverwort. Liverworts hold a key position in plant evolution as the sister group to all other land plants and possess many attributes reminiscent of the ancestral land plant. This project is expected to reveal some of the ancestral mechanisms for how light regulates plant form via the hormone auxin and could, in the future, aid the precise design of plants for diverse agricultural applications.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-12-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $388,600.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Evolution of Developmental Systems | Plant Biology | Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Other Keywords

Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Evolution of Developmental Systems | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Plant Biology | Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology

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