Untangling the Evolution of a Balanced Lethal System

Project description

Fooling natural selection

Balanced lethal systems are bizarre because they cut reproductive potential in half. Something so maladaptive should not evolve, but balanced lethal systems are known in both plants and animals. The EU-funded BALANCED LETHALS project is trying to solve this evolutionary enigma. Supergenes, multiple tightly linked loci that encode discrete phenotypes, may be the key. Supergenes have short-term benefits, but on the long term might put natural selection in a stranglehold.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › evolutionary biology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › genetics › chromosomes

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• ERC-2018-STG - ERC Starting Grant

Call for proposal

ERC-2018-STG

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Funding Scheme

ERC-STG - Starting Grant

Host institution

UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN

Net EU contribution

€ 1 499 869,00

Address

Rapenburg 70
2311 EZ Leiden
Netherlands

Region

West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Other funding

€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (1)

UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN

Netherlands

Net EU contribution

€ 1 499 869,00

Address

Rapenburg 70
2311 EZ Leiden

Region

West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Other funding

€ 0,00