Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100476

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140100476

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Under female control: egg defence, adaptive sex allocation, and sperm selection. Sexual conflict is prevalent at the gametic level, and females may respond to sperm competition via fertilisation barriers that mediate sperm entry. Surprisingly, the extent of female control over fertilisation is unknown, and the specific mechanisms that females utilise to manipulate fertilisation events are poorly understood. This project will combine innovative investigations that utilise whole organisms and in vitro fertilisation technology to study their gametes in isolation. The project offers pioneering work on gametic interactions that have not previously been characterised. It will extend knowledge on the mechanisms that underpin successful mammalian fertilisation and provide critical insight into the etiology of infertility.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 04-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $393,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales

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