Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451558

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451558

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Costs and individual variation in immune function: studies on a long-lived predator in tropical Australia. Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) will be employed to quantify costs and individual variation in antibody response to a non-pathogenic antigen in water pythons (Liasis fuscus). Immune responsiveness is strongly correlated with disease and parasite resistance and has been documented to depend on environmental and genetic factors. All immunized snakes will be known-aged animals (ranging from 6 months to >20 years), of different nutritional status, known blood and gastro-intestinal parasite load and documented immuno-genetic profiles. This multidisciplinary approach will bring together population ecology, molecular genetics and immunology to elucidate links between these traits and ultimately how they affect python fitness.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-08-2004

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $135,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Population And Ecological Genetics | Genetics | Genetic Immunology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Living resources (flora and fauna) |

Other Keywords

Genetic Immunology | Genetics | Land and water management | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Population And Ecological Genetics

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