Award
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 5R35GM139597-05
MIRA: The biological basis of paternal care in stickleback fish
Recipient
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Award Amount
$385,624.00
Ceiling
$385,624.00
Awarded
December 20, 2024
Identifier
5R35GM139597-05
Research project funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study the biological basis of paternal care in stickleback fish, aiming to uncover genetic and neurological mechanisms relevant to parental care in humans.
Description
The project capitalizes on natural variation in paternal care within a single species of stickleback fish to identify genes, brain regions, cell types and neuronal mechanisms that regulate paternal care. Given the evolutionary conservation of molecular mechanisms and brain circuitry regulating parental care, the proposed research could help reveal fundamental principles that are applicable to parental care in humans.