Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP220100120

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP220100120

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Choosing to persist: sexual selection in the wild. This project aims to investigate the role of sexual selection in maintaining healthy wild populations. The prevailing story of sexual selection, in which the sexes either compete for or choose the other sex, has been of extravagant ornaments and displays that drive species to extinction. However, an opposing story has emerged, with elaborate ornaments reflecting a healthy genome and sexual selection instead sweeping away damaging genetic material. This project expects to generate new knowledge on the potential for sexual selection to remove harmful mutations in the wild. Expected outcomes include determining if sexual selection can help prevent extinction in wild populations, with direct benefits for conservation programs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2022

End Date: 31-12-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $563,312.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Conservation and Biodiversity |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Conservation and Biodiversity | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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