Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1097265

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1097265

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The evolution of caste determination systems in termites. Termites cause around a billion dollars of damage in Australia each year. To date, all this damage is from native species, but there is the constant threat of invasion by voracious exotics. This project will provide fundamental knowledge on the mechanism termites use to produce the distinctive worker and royal castes, and on the way colony budding arises via juvenile reproduction. This will provide the basis for novel and highly specific termite control methods that target caste determination. The existence of sterile, altruistic castes famously posed a conundrum for Darwin. This project is ground-breaking because it will provide the critical link between the theory that explains the puzzle (kin selection) and molecular biology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2015

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $810,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Zoology | Genetics Not Elsewhere Classified | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences | Living resources (flora and fauna) |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Genetics Not Elsewhere Classified | Invertebrate Biology | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Zoology

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