The genetic basis of differentiation: Towards a predictive understanding of evolution in the wild

分化的遗传基础：对野生进化的预测性理解

• 批准号: DP0774511
• 负责人: Dr Erik Postma
• 金额: $ 3.07万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2008-07-07
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0774511
• 关键词: genetic; basis; differentiation; Towards; predictive

Given that Australia cannot escape the effects of, among others, climate change and habitat deterioration, the question of how this is going to impact Australia's unique flora and fauna is an important one. Since extinction is the final consequence of the inability to adapt with sufficient speed to changing environmental conditions, this raises the issue of how well we understand the processes underlying evolutionary adaptation. This project will provide insight into the process of population divergence and the role of genetics therein, and will enhance our understanding of the effects of environmental change, habitat fragmentation and population bottlenecks on population viability and Australia's biodiversity in general.

鉴于澳大利亚无法逃脱气候变化和栖息地恶化等因素的影响，这将如何影响澳大利亚独特的植物群和动物群是一个重要的问题。由于灭绝是无法以足够的速度适应不断变化的环境条件的最终结果，这就提出了我们对进化适应过程的理解程度的问题。该项目将深入了解人口分化的过程和遗传学在其中的作用，并将提高我们对环境变化，栖息地破碎化和人口瓶颈对人口生存能力和澳大利亚生物多样性的影响的理解。