Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160100892

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160100892

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Development and evolution of land plant shoots. How do plants grow and develop their wonderful diversity of forms, from cereal crops to eucalypt forests? The project aims to understand basic mechanisms of plant development via comparative studies using the model angiosperm, Arabidopsis, and the liverwort, Marchantia, which possesses a simplified genome. Comparative studies of the genetic basis of the body plan, branching, and hormonal action could unlock their evolutionary elaboration from the simpler liverworts to more complex flowering plants. The project may generate new understanding of the principles of how genes and hormones control the architecture of plant shoot systems, and support the targeted selection of new agricultural plants.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $527,400.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Evolution of Developmental Systems | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Evolution of Developmental Systems | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Genetics

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