Measuring the fitness implications of metabolic inefficiency.
Informations
- Funding country
United Kingdom- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 11/1/2001
- End date
- 10/31/2004
- Budget
- 260,284 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Grant | Grant | - | - | - |
Organisations
| Name | Role | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cambridge | Lead Partner | - | - |
Abstract
It is widely presumed that the need for energy efficiency drives a process of continual optimisation in living organisms, but the cost of inefficiency remains unclear. We intend to measure the fitness consequences of wasted energy. Sight is extremely meta