The evolution of insect genitalia: phallic reversal in Australian praying mantids

这个项目将加强我们对推动物种内生物多样性和物种形成本身的进化过程的了解。这些问题是进化生物学的基础，也是公众非常感兴趣的。我们非常成功地通过自然历史文章和电影向公众传播我们的研究。我们将继续从这项研究中产生影响较大的出版物，以提高澳大利亚在科学界的国际研究形象。该项目将在澳大利亚和英国康沃尔的埃克塞特大学之间建立国际合作，并为一名研究助理和一名研究助理提供就业和高质量的培训。

This project will enhance our knowledge of the evolutionary processes that drive biodiversity within species and speciation itself. These issues are fundamental to evolutionary biology, and are of great interest for the general public. We have been extraordinarily successful in communicating our research to the public via natural history articles and films. We will continue to generate high impact publications from this research that will increase the international research profile of Australia in the scientific community. This project will establish international collaborations between Australia and the University of Exeter in Cornwall (UK) and provide employment and high quality training to a research associate and a research assistant.