Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170100097

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170100097

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The molecular basis of sperm competition. This project aims to unravel the molecular basis of reproductive conflicts. Males compete for paternity and this continues after mating if females copulate and receive semen from multiple males. In ants and bees, molecules in males’ ejaculates recognise and kill rival males’ sperm. Reproductive proteins in leaf cutter ants’ seminal fluid may be the molecular agents of sperm competition. This project will investigate reproductive proteins and their functioning and effects on reproductive success. This project will show how reproductive conflicts over paternity operate on the protein level and may lead to novel avenues for future pest control.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-02-2017

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $414,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Zoology | Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Animal Reproduction

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Livestock Raising not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Animal Reproduction | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Livestock Raising not elsewhere classified | Zoology

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