Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170101193

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE170101193

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Testing models for sex evolution and maintenance. This project aims to study the evolution of sex. The short-term costs of sexual reproduction seem to outweigh its benefits, making its widespread success an evolutionary conundrum. The project will test high-profile models which predict higher rates of sex in individuals poorly adapted to their environment than in well adapted individuals. This process allows sex genes to escape from unfavourable genetic backgrounds and hastens local adaptation of populations to their environment. This work is expected to discover the link between reproductive mode and adaptation, strengthen research into consequences of environmental change, and solve a long-standing puzzle of evolutionary biology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 18-09-2017

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $372,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Behavioural Ecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Biological Adaptation | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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