Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0664629

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0664629

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Solving Darwin's dilemma: Molecular analysis of worker sterility in social insects. One of Darwin's greatest puzzles was how natural selection resulted in worker sterility in social insects. We now know from mathematical modelling that a gene that causes sterility in workers can be at a selective advantage if it increases the reproductive success of queens. This project will take the only known gene that causes sterility, 'Anarchy' from honey bees, and determine how this gene evolved. We will determine if Anarchy is the same gene that causes sterility in all social insects, or only in honey bees. The project will be at the forefront of international research by providing a molecular perspective to Darwin's greatest dilemma.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-05-2006

End Date: 11-05-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $476,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Molecular Evolution | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Gene Expression | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Gene Expression | Genetics | Molecular Evolution | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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