Mate choice near and far: Genetic compatibility, sexual selection, and speciation in Australian grass finches

近远交配选择：澳大利亚草雀的遗传相容性、性选择和物种形成

• 批准号: DP0881019
• 负责人: Prof Simon Griffith
• 金额: $ 49.94万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0881019
• 关键词: Mate; choice; near; far; Genetic

The pressure on individuals to choose a genetically compatible partner has the capacity to drive the evolution of mating systems and the process of speciation, and is therefore a major engine of biodiversity. Reproductive failure resulting from incompatibility between individuals is more likely when individuals from fragmented and genetically structured populations mate with one another. This work will give new insight into biological processes that drive biodiversity and effect the management of threatened populations and endangered species. The proposed research will raise the international profile of Australian science and biodiversity and improve our ability to manage our natural biological resources.

个体选择基因相容性伴侣的压力有能力推动交配系统的进化和物种形成过程，因此是生物多样性的主要引擎。当来自分散和遗传结构化群体的个体彼此交配时，个体之间不相容导致的生殖失败更有可能发生。这项工作将为推动生物多样性和影响受威胁人口和濒危物种管理的生物过程提供新的见解。拟议的研究将提高澳大利亚科学和生物多样性的国际形象，并提高我们管理自然生物资源的能力。