Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP110102262]Researchers: Prof Arthur Georges (Chief Investigator) , Prof Jennifer Graves (Chief Investigator) , Prof Stephen Sarre (Chief Investigator) , Tariq Ezaz (Chief Investigator) , Prof Yoichi Matsuda (Partner Investigator)
Brief description Was an ancient bird-like sex chromosome system ancestral to reptiles and mammals? Recent discoveries reveal amazing similarity in the sex chromosomes of distantly related animals. This project will use advanced DNA technology to explore diverse sex chromosomes in reptiles to discover whether this signifies ancient and unsuspected common ancestry, or the convergent redeployment of genes and chromosomes predisposed to determine sex.
Funding Amount $345,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- ARC : DP110102262
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP110102262
