Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0988711

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0988711

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Genetic variation without sex: frequency-dependent selection and the maintenance of variation in asexual organisms. The proposed research will gain insight into one of the most fundamental yet puzzling questions in evolutionary biology and determine the generality of frequency-dependent selection as a mechanism for maintaining variation in asexual organisms. The results will have broad appeal, both internationally and nationally, and will also provide insight into why most species reproduce sexually. The results will also help in the development of two asexual species as environmental indicators by linking clones with specific environmental changes. These indicator clones could then be adopted by natural resource managers to monitor environmental pollution and contamination.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-05-2009

End Date: 01-05-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $555,000.00

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)

Land and water management | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Genetics | Land and water management | Population And Ecological Genetics

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