ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT160100149

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT160100149

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolving with sexually transmitted infections. This project aims to understand how sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect the evolution of host mating systems. STIs threaten the health of most sexually-reproducing organisms. In evolutionary terms, their mode of transmission imposes distinct selection patterns on hosts. This project will use an Australian beetle and its sexually transmitted mite to investigate how STIs lead to evolutionary changes in host mating behaviour and explore the genetic basis for STI resistance. This project is expected to affect the evolution of host mating biology and lead to sex-specific optimal levels of disease resistance, which can influence disease dynamics and host-disease coevolution.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-09-2017

End Date: 30-08-2021

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $680,532.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Host-Parasite Interactions | Behavioural Ecology | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Biological Adaptation | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Host-Parasite Interactions

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