Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0986175

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0986175

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Speciation and the breakdown of coevolution during hybridisation. The preservation of Australia's biodiversity depends on understanding its origins and the mechanisms that prevent its disappearance. Interacting genes, such as those coding for the machinery of the cell, evolve together and can prevent the fusion of species during hybridisation. This occurs because the cellular machinery evolves independently in different species, leading to incompatible parts that fail in hybrids. This project will investigate novel genetic mechanisms that lead to reduced hybrid survival and reproduction, and therefore to the preservation of species. Australian students will receive advanced training at the frontier where ecology, genetics, and molecular biology intersect.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 28-02-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $221,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Population And Ecological Genetics | Genetics | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Genetics | Population And Ecological Genetics

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