Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140104107

Funding Activity

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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140104107

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Sexual antagonism and the consequences of sex-specific selection. Males and females arise from essentially the same genome yet are selected in vastly different ways. This exposes gene pools to alternate episodes of feminising- and masculinising-selection, thereby promoting Sexually Antagonistic (SA) evolution. Sex chromosomes are predicted to play an important role in SA evolution because sex-linkage allows for gender-specific gene expression, but data on the role of sex-linked genes are limited to Drosophila, a male heterogametic (XY) model. This project will determine the consequences of SA selection in the butterfly Eurema hecabe (a female ZW heterogamete) using experimental evolution and the feminising endosymbiont Wolbachia to force male genomes through bouts of feminising selection.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2014

End Date: 29-09-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $266,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Genetics | Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics) | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological Adaptation | Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Genetics | Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)

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