Going beyond genetics: the shape of marsupial evolution and conservation

超越遗传学：有袋动物进化和保护的形态

• 批准号: FT180100634
• 负责人: A/Prof Vera Weisbecker
• 金额: $ 51.03万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-06-22 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT180100634
• 关键词: Going; beyond; genetics; shape; marsupial

This project aims to explain the past and protect the present biodiversity of endangered marsupial mammals such as bilbies and koalas. It will generate new knowledge using an interdisciplinary combination of 3D analysis of skull shape, reflecting a mammal’s ability to feed and sense its surrounds, with the fast-moving fields of marsupial conservation and evolutionary genetics. This will help to anticipate if, and how, changing environments and declining numbers reduce these species’ ability to adapt. Benefits include better information to support improved conservation decisions and identification of genes underlying the evolution of marsupial skull diversity.

该项目旨在解释过去和保护濒危的有袋类哺乳动物，如熊狸和考拉的生物多样性。它将利用头骨形状的3D分析的跨学科组合产生新的知识，反映哺乳动物喂养和感知周围环境的能力，以及有袋动物保护和进化遗传学的快速发展领域。这将有助于预测环境变化和数量下降是否以及如何降低这些物种的适应能力。好处包括更好的信息，以支持改善保护决策和识别基因的有袋动物头骨多样性的演变。