Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101841

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150101841

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Why does the genetic nearly-null subspace exist? This project aims to determine why nearly-null genetic subspaces exist by simultaneously measuring the input of new mutational variance in these nearly-null subspaces and the selection that acts on these new mutations to result in the observed low levels of standing genetic variance. The ability of organisms to evolve in response to human disturbance, translocation to new environments, or climate variation is governed by the availability of genetic variation. Recent advances in multivariate genetic analysis have demonstrated that a substantial proportion of a phenotype described by quantitative traits has very little genetic variance associated with it, and will therefore tend to be subjected to evolutionary limits

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $648,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics) | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological Adaptation | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)

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