Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160102575

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160102575

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Diet influences the selective advantage of mitochondrial DNA mutations. This project aims to examine critical mechanisms that affect mitochondrial DNA variation within species. It aims to test the hypothesis that mitochondrial DNA haplotypes have the potential to be under nutritionally induced balancing selection as a consequence of cellular signalling and/or Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production by mitochondria. Diet can vary both seasonally and geographically and is a key environmental parameter that influences the ability of a species to colonise new habitats. The project plans to characterise the functional links between specific mitochondrial DNA haplotypes, mitochondrial functions and organismal traits. The expected outcome is a more precise grasp of the processes influencing genetic variation within and among species, which would inform current issues in ecology and genetics.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 31-08-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $313,600.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Population Ecology | Bioinformatics | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences |

Other Keywords

Bioinformatics | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Genetics | Population Ecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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