Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0878924

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0878924

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Understanding social cancers: Intra-specific parasitism by honeybee workers. Our project will study the conditions under which normally altruistic honeybee workers parasitise other colonies. Thus we will explore a fundamental question: how is the expression of selfish behaviour normally controlled? Outcomes of this project will be important to our understanding of insect societies but will also have application for those studying the development of tumours in multicellular organisms, the development of metazoan bodies, and social cohesion in human and non-human societies. Our project will also help protect Australia's honey industry from the devastating social parasites that have ruined the industry in South Africa.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-01-2008

End Date: 02-01-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $620,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Zoology | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of pests and exotic species | Biological sciences

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Control of pests and exotic species | Invertebrate Biology | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Zoology

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