Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170100049

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170100049

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolution of the alternation of generations in the land plant life cycle. This project aims to investigate the genetic and evolutionary basis of land plants’ dimorphic life cycle where a single genome can generate two body plans. Like animals, land plants spend part of their life as a diploid, where meiosis generates haploid spores. Unlike animals, these spores grow into multicellular organisms before generating gametes. The project will study a homeodomain protein encoding a gene family that controls the haploid to diploid transition in unicellular algae and fungi. It will investigate land plant genes in a flowering plant and a liverwort. These findings could help scientists understand and manipulate important processes such as pollen and seed production.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 30-06-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $415,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Evolution of Developmental Systems | Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Evolution of Developmental Systems | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology

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