Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180103925

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP180103925

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The evolution of biological scaling. This project aims to understand why so few biological traits scale proportionally with body size. In contrast to previous mechanistic studies of this longstanding question, the problem will be approached from an evolutionary viewpoint, using artificial selection to engineer animals in which biological scaling laws are either broken or enhanced. By measuring the consequences of this for fitness, the project will provide a new understanding of how organismal size and physiology evolve in nature. The approach should provide significant benefits to our understanding of the role of genetic constraints in hindering or facilitating biological adaptation, furthering our understanding of the capacity of animals to respond to environmental change.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 31-12-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $379,489.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Zoology | Comparative Physiology | Animal Physiological Ecology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Physiological Ecology | Biological Adaptation | Comparative Physiology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Zoology

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