The evolutionary effect of the domestication process in a model organism

模式生物驯化过程的进化效应

• 批准号: LX0668753
• 负责人: Prof Simon Griffith
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage - International
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2006-05-18 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LX0668753
• 关键词: evolutionary; effect; domestication; process; model

A significant proportion of research in the field of evolutionary biology, focuses on captive populations of laboratory-bred animals. Little is known about the impact of the domestication process on these species, raising questions about the relevance of such studies. The Australian zebra finch is the avian model species of choice in evolutionary biology laboratories in Europe and the USA and the focus of many high profile publications. Our investigation into the affect of domestication on the evolutionary biology of this key model species will have a high international impact, raising the profile of Australian research, in addition to providing fundamental knowledge across several areas of reproductive biology.

进化生物学领域的一个重要部分的研究，集中在实验室繁殖的动物圈养种群。人们对驯化过程对这些物种的影响知之甚少，这引发了人们对此类研究相关性的质疑。澳大利亚斑胸草雀是欧洲和美国进化生物学实验室选择的鸟类模式物种，也是许多高知名度出版物的焦点。我们调查驯化对这一关键模式物种进化生物学的影响将产生很大的国际影响，提高澳大利亚研究的知名度，此外还提供生殖生物学几个领域的基础知识。