Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770050

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770050

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Sex, Sperm and Society. Insights into the evolutionary potential of sexual conflict in insects: a fundamental question in evolutionary biology. Social insects are biologically and economically important species. Honeybees or stingless bees are used for crop pollination and honey production and invasive ants or termites are severe pest species causing economic damage. Part of the biological success of social insects is based on the capability to produce colonies with many workers although colonies typically contain only one or very few reproductives. Consequently, colony success is bound to queen fertility and studying social insect reproduction can therefore optimize breeding regimes of species of interest or offer new possibilities to control pest species. Detailed information on sperm form and function will provide pioneering insights into the complexity of sexual reproduction.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2007

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $840,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Cell Metabolism

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Livestock not elsewhere classified | Reproductive system and disorders | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Cell Metabolism | Ecology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Livestock not elsewhere classified | Reproductive system and disorders | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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