Quantifying condition-dependence in sexual selection

这项研究的核心是验证性选择的进化模型。该项目对于理解突变在降低种群适合度方面的作用具有现实意义，因此对濒危物种的保护和人类健康具有影响。这项研究还调查了在一种特征上的投资，比如角，会如何从另一种特征中夺走资源，比如肌肉。这对动物生产有影响。该项目利用害虫物种作为研究模型，因此将提供对害虫生活史的进一步了解，这些知识对控制方案的成功至关重要。澳大利亚的科学将进一步受益于这位研究员与国际科学家建立的合作关系。

This research centres on testing evolutionary models of sexual selection. The project has relevance for understanding the role of mutations in reducing the fitness of populations and hence has implications for the conservation of endangered species and for human health. The research also investigates how investment in one trait, such as horns, will take resources away from another, like muscle. This has implications for animal production. The project utilises pest species as research models and will hence provide further understanding of pest life-history, knowledge critical to the success of control programmes. Australian science will further benefit through the research fellow's established collaborations with international scientists.