Predicting genetic exchange between species under climate change

预测气候变化下物种之间的遗传交换

• 批准号: DP210102267
• 负责人: Prof Craig Moritz
• 金额: $ 35.32万
• 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: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-03-04 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP210102267
• 关键词: Predicting; genetic; exchange; between; species

This project aims to resolve the factors that lead to the mixing of species’ gene pools, with a focus on whether climate change will increase such mixing, possibly leading to extinction by genetic swamping. The significance is that the project would improve our understanding of speciation and species’ vulnerability to rapid climate change through genetic mixing; a largely overlooked process. Key outcomes would be to generate new knowledge of a fundamental evolutionary process and extend the toolbox of biodiversity managers facing rapid environmental change. The project would benefit Australia by highlighting our unique biodiversity and scientific capability, and by training early career researchers in advanced evolutionary biology.

该项目旨在解决导致物种基因库混合的因素，重点是气候变化是否会增加这种混合，可能导致遗传沼泽灭绝。 重要的是，该项目将提高我们对物种形成和物种通过基因混合对快速气候变化的脆弱性的理解;这是一个很大程度上被忽视的过程。 主要成果将是产生关于基本演变过程的新知识，并扩大面临快速环境变化的生物多样性管理人员的工具箱。 该项目将使澳大利亚受益，突出我们独特的生物多样性和科学能力，并培训高级进化生物学的早期职业研究人员。