Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160101056

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160101056

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The extent, causes and implications of pleiotropy among complex traits. The project seeks to understand how a DNA mutation can affect many characters or traits. Many traits are called complex because they are controlled by a very large number of genes, most of which have small effects. Complex traits include traits important in medicine (such as susceptibility to heart disease) and in agriculture (such as tenderness of meat). Because there are many genes affecting each trait, most genes have small effects which makes them hard to identify. The fact that a mutation that has a small effect on a complex trait also has a larger effect on a less complex trait may help us to identify the mutation and use it in agriculture or medicine.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2016

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $338,300.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Breeding | Genetics | Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Inherited Diseases (incl. Gene Therapy) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Dairy Cattle |

Other Keywords

Animal Breeding | Dairy Cattle | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Genetics | Inherited Diseases (incl. Gene Therapy) | Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)

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