Projects funded by the NCN
Genetic basis and adaptive significance of male dimorphism in two species of acarid mites with contrasting morph determination systems.
2011/03/B/NZ8/00015
Keywords:
alternative mating tactics sexual competition gene expression polymorphism polyphenism
Descriptors:
- NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
Panel:
NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography
Host institution :
Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii i Nauk o Ziemi
woj. małopolskie
Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 4
Call: OPUS 2 - announced on 2011-09-15
Amount awarded: 320 800 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-08-22
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-08-21
Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Project settled
Equipment purchased [PL]
- macierz dyskowa (25 000 PLN)
- Mikroskop stereoskopowy (15 000 PLN)
Information in the final report
- Publication in academic press/journals (2)
- Experimental evolution reveals balancing selection underlying coexistence of alternative male reproductive phenotypesAuthors:Skrzynecka, A.M., Radwan, J.Academic press:Evolution (rok: 2016, tom: 70, strony: 2611–2615), Wydawca: WileyStatus:Accepted for publicationDOI:10.1111/evo.13038 - link to the publication
- Colony size, but not density, affects survival and mating success of alternative male reproductive tactics in a polyphenic mite, Rhizoglyphus echinopusAuthors:Radwan, J., Łukasiewicz, A., Twardawa, M.Academic press:Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (rok: 2014, tom: 68, strony: 1921–1928), Wydawca: SpringerStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1007/s00265-014-1787-7 - link to the publication