Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180101708

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP180101708

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Sexual conflict and the evolution of nuptial gifts. This project aims to understand how sexual conflict drives the evolution of “manipulative” nuptial gifts in male arthropods and how females respond to ingesting these gifts. Nuptial food gifts comprise materials (other than sperm) that are offered by males to females to consume at mating, and are an integral feature of the mating systems of a wide variety of arthropods. The project will study the decorated cricket, a species where males produce a nuptial food gift that contains a cocktail of chemicals known to influence female reproduction when eaten. The project is expected to strengthen Australia’s international standing in evolutionary research and help train the next generation of evolutionary biologists.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 31-12-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $432,608.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Biological Adaptation | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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