Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0208050]Researchers: Dr Robert Brooks (Chief Investigator) , Dr Anna Lindholm (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Brief description How sexually antagonistic genes and sexual selection influence the evolution of the Y chromosome. Sexually antagonistic genes are beneficial to members of one sex, but costly to the other. They are of significance both to the coevolution between the sexes and the evolution of the sex chromosomes. We will measure the sexually antagonistic effects of genes that make male guppies sexually attractive. We will then study how these genes, and the process of sexual selection that favours them influence the process of recombination between the X and Y chromosomes.
Funding Amount $301,800
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0208050
- ARC : DP0208050