Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210100868

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210100868

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Male-male competition vs female choice: same-same or something different? This project aims to increase our understanding of the phenotypic, genetic and genomic outcomes of evolution, by both enhancing, and reversing, sexual selection in laboratory fruit flies. In doing so, this project expects to separate the entangled effects of female choice and male competition, generating new knowledge in evolutionary ecology and genetics. Expected outcomes of this project include identifying the separate molecular effects on the genome of selection through male competition and female choice. This should provide significant benefits in understanding the role of different forms of sexual selection in removing mutations and maintaining population fitness: vital factors in securing the long term viability of vulnerable species.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2021

End Date: 06-06-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $378,087.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments not elsewhere classified | Climate Change Mitigation Strategies | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Climate Change Mitigation Strategies | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments not elsewhere classified | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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