Quantifying condition-dependence in sexual selection

这项研究的重点是测试性选择的进化模型。该项目与了解突变在降低种群适应性方面的作用有关，因此对濒危物种的保护和人类健康都有影响。该研究还调查了对一种特征（如角）的投资是如何从另一种特征（如肌肉）中夺走资源的。这对动物生产也有影响。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，这是控制方案成功的关键知识。澳大利亚科学将进一步受益于该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.