Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP200101630

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP200101630

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Funded Activity Summary

Mechanisms that control the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations. How do humans and other organisms prevent the accumulation of dangerous mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) mutations across generations? This Project aims to uncover the cellular and molecular pathways that help prevent the inheritance of mtDNA mutations to offspring by employing cutting-edge genetic technologies that the laboratory has recently developed in the germline of an animal model system. This Project will generate new knowledge in the area of mitochondrial genetics and evolution. Expected outcomes include the development of new theories for mtDNA inheritance, which should provide significant benefits for agricultural breeding programs and the interpretation of mtDNA inheritance patterns in the human population.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-05-2020

End Date: 30-05-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $450,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Animal Cell and Molecular Biology | Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Cell and Molecular Biology | Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Genetics

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