Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0344027

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0344027

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Can Sexual Selection Generate Reproductive Isolation? Sexual selection has long been thought to be central to the process of speciation and numerous models have been proposed to explain its contribution. However, the ability of sexual selection to generate reproductive isolation has never been evaluated experimentally and there is limited direct evidence for its role in speciation in nature. Using Drosophila serrata, I intend to conduct a large scale experimental test of the role of sexual selection in the origin of new species. I will manipulate mate choice by placing male pheromones under artificial selection and then tracking the evolution of reproductive isolation in the presence and absence of sexual selection.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 30-09-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $208,345.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Evolutionary Biology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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