Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0666147

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0666147

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Does mate choice play a role in the fertilization ecology of free-spawners? Botanists have long recognised the consequences of differential compatibility between mates for breeding programs and agriculture. In important aquaculture species such as abalone and sea-urchins, similar variation in mate compatibility has been observed but current theory struggles to explain this variation and its consequences. I have identified a new explanation for this variation and will test this explanation using a marine invertebrate that is a model system for study around the world. A positive result offers promise of explaining how females 'select' mates in free-spawning species and explaining the consequence of this mate selection.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-04-2006

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $355,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Aquaculture |

Other Keywords

Aquaculture | Ecology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology)

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