Form, Function and Fitness: Multidisciplinary Evolutionary Biology Using Lizards as Models

形式、功能和适应性：以蜥蜴为模型的多学科进化生物学

• 批准号: DP0453116
• 负责人: Prof Mats Olsson
• 金额: $ 108.01万
• 依托单位: University of Wollongong
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0453116
• 关键词: Form; Function; Fitness; Multidisciplinary; Evolutionary

What explains variation in reproductive success and its evolutionary consequences, within and among populations and species? Addressing this fundamental question in evolutionary biology requires a multidisciplinary approach, integrating ecology, genetics, behaviour and biochemistry. Using lizards as models, I will test (i) the degree to which variation in male signals reflects differences in immunogenotype and stress tolerance, (ii) the degree to which paternity is determined by male genes, or male-female genetic similarity, (iii) whether offspring survival depends mostly on genes or on maternal investments, and (iv) how the relative importance of these factors vary among populations and species.

如何解释种群和物种内部和之间的繁殖成功及其进化后果的变化？在进化生物学中解决这个基本问题需要多学科的方法，整合生态学，遗传学，行为和生物化学。以蜥蜴为模型，我将测试（一）在何种程度上男性信号的变化反映了免疫基因型和应激耐受性的差异，（二）在何种程度上父权是由男性基因，或男女遗传相似性，（三）是否后代的生存主要取决于基因或母亲的投资，以及（四）这些因素的相对重要性如何在种群和物种之间变化。