Exploring evolvability: its causes, consequences and practical applications in a changing environment.

探索进化性：其原因、后果以及在不断变化的环境中的实际应用。

• 批准号: FT0992193
• 负责人: Prof Lindell Bromham
• 金额: $ 51.36万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-03-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT0992193
• 关键词: Exploring; evolvability; its; causes; consequences

Are some species better able to adapt to a changing world? This question has been the focus of theoretical debate, but, as the scale of current environmental change becomes apparent, it has increasing practical importance, because it concerns the ability of biological communities to respond to climate change and the potential for agriculture to adapt a changing landscape. This project is the first of its kind, because it translates theoretical concepts into practical information needed for the development of salt-tolerant crops, new strategies for avoiding the growing problem of resistance in parasites, and new ways of detecting biological communities at risk of extinction and invasion.

一些物种是否能够更好地适应不断变化的世界？这个问题一直是理论辩论的焦点，但是，随着当前环境变化的规模变得明显，它具有越来越大的实际重要性，因为它关系到生物群落应对气候变化的能力和农业适应不断变化的景观的潜力。该项目是同类项目中的第一个，因为它将理论概念转化为开发耐盐作物所需的实用信息，避免寄生虫抗性问题日益严重的新策略，以及检测面临灭绝和入侵风险的生物群落的新方法。