Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170100554

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170100554

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolution of anisogamy and the sexes. This project aims to study the evolution of anisogamy, which defines males and females by the size of their gametes – females’ large eggs and males’ small sperm. Most multicellular organisms have different sized gametes, and this size difference has affected the evolution of life on the planet. Theoretical arguments about why two sexes are ubiquitous have not been tested empirically, mainly because of technical difficulties in experimentally generating different sized gametes. This project will use algae and cell sorting technology to test this. The expected outcome is a greater understanding of how and why the sexes evolved, as well as developing biofuel production methods by paving the way for improvements in algal productivity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $400,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Life Histories | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Life Histories | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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