Interactions of sexual selection & ecological divergence during speciation

性选择的相互作用

• 批准号: DE150101904
• 负责人: Dr Danielle Edwards
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE150101904
• 关键词: Interactions; sexual; selection; ecological; divergence

Understanding the processes driving speciation is fundamental to understanding how biodiversity is generated. The two main forces underlying speciation, ecological divergence and sexual selection, are well characterised, yet how they interact during the speciation process is remarkably poorly understood. This project aims to test hypotheses regarding how ecological divergence and sexual selection interact during speciation, from its inception to its completion. In doing so, this research aims to identify genomic regions underlying divergence in colour patterns, which are important for ecological and sexual interactions. Consequently, this project will significantly enhance our understanding of ecological and genetic mechanisms underlying speciation.

了解物种形成的驱动过程是了解生物多样性如何产生的基础。物种形成背后的两个主要力量，生态分化和性选择，都有很好的特征，但它们在物种形成过程中如何相互作用，却知之甚少。该项目旨在测试关于生态分歧和性选择如何在物种形成过程中相互作用的假设，从开始到完成。在这样做的过程中，这项研究的目的是确定颜色模式差异的基因组区域，这对生态和性互动很重要。因此，该项目将大大提高我们对物种形成的生态和遗传机制的理解。