Phyloinformatics and biodiversity: developing bioinformatic tools for understanding the dynamics of extinction and invasion within species assemblages

系统信息学和生物多样性：开发生物信息学工具来了解物种组合内灭绝和入侵的动态

• 批准号: DP0880582
• 负责人: Prof Lindell Bromham
• 金额: $ 18.58万
• 依托单位: The Australian National 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 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0880582
• 关键词: Phyloinformatics; biodiversity; developing; bioinformatic; tools

DNA sequence data provides an exciting new way to study biodiversity, because the genome of each organism records its evolutionary history. By analysing DNA sequences co-existing species, we can reconstruct the ecological and evolutionary history of a biological community. This allows us to track biodiversity changes over time, and examine how the state of a species assemblage determines which species are lost through extinction or gained through the invasion of exotic species. Understanding the factors that govern changes in biodiversity over time is essential for planning for future conservation in the face of a rapidly changing environment.

DNA序列数据为研究生物多样性提供了一种令人兴奋的新方法，因为每个生物的基因组都记录了它的进化历史。通过分析共存物种的DNA序列，我们可以重建生物群落的生态和进化历史。这使我们能够跟踪生物多样性随时间的变化，并研究物种组合的状态如何决定哪些物种因灭绝而消失或因外来物种入侵而获得。了解生物多样性随时间变化的因素对于在快速变化的环境中规划未来的保护至关重要。