Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0450490

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0450490

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Early animal evolution: reconstructing the last common metazoan ancestor through the analysis of developmental and structural genes in sponges. All animals, from the simplest invertebrates to humans, arose from a common ancestor. Reconstruction of this ancestor requires the comparison of metazoan developmental genetic architectures. Here we contribute to this pursuit by studying a phylogenetically and biological appropriate metazoan system - marine sponge embryos and larvae. Using high-throughput gene profiling techniques, we will analyse the developmental genetics underlying the sponge body plan. Commonalities shared between sponges and more sophisticated animals are likely to have been present in the "genetic toolkit" of the most ancient metazoan ancestor and, as such, is the genetic foundation from which all animal biodiversity arose.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $300,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Genetics | Genetic Development (Incl. Sex Determination) | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary products from animals | Aquaculture | Structural glass and glass products |

Other Keywords

Aquaculture | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Genetic Development (Incl. Sex Determination) | Genetics | Invertebrate Biology | Primary products from animals | Structural glass and glass products

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