Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0209939

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0209939

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Origins of Parasitism in the Psocodea (Insecta). The Psocodea has 2 groups: the lice and the psocopterans (the psocids and their kin). The lice are parasites whereas the psocopterans are free-living. The Psocodea are a unique model-system that will allow us to discover the processes that preadapt arthropods for parasitism and the processes that facilitate "explosive" radiations of arthropods once they become parasites. We will infer evolutionary trees for these insects from 3 genes. Then we will use these trees to track the evolution of feeding, attachment, senses and reproduction through evolutionary time. Our work should provide unprecedented insight into the evolution of parasitism in the arthropods.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2004

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $176,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Molecular Evolution | Zoology | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Infectious diseases | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Biological sciences | Infectious diseases | Invertebrate Biology | Molecular Evolution | Zoology

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