Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0209452

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/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: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2004

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

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders |

Other Keywords

Animal Anatomy And Histology | Comparative Physiology | Genetics | Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders | Molecular Evolution

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