Experimental evolution in the mitochondrion

线粒体的实验进化

• 批准号: FT160100022
• 负责人: Prof Damian Dowling
• 金额: $ 56.36万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT160100022
• 关键词: Experimental; evolution; mitochondrion

This project aims to discover if the genetic variation in mitochondria (our energy centres) contributes to evolutionary adaptation. This is a long-debated hypothesis in evolutionary biology. This project will take an inter-disciplinary approach, involving experimental evolution, an ecological framework, the measurement of organismal physiologies, and fruit fly genetics. The outcomes could change how biologists view the mitochondria, reveal mitochondria’s role in adaptation to climatic stress, and their contribution to shaping evolutionary trade-offs and conflict between the sexes.

该项目旨在发现线粒体（我们的能量中心）的遗传变异是否有助于进化适应。这是进化生物学中一个争论已久的假说。该项目将采用跨学科的方法，涉及实验进化、生态框架、生物生理学测量和果蝇遗传学。这些结果可能会改变生物学家对线粒体的看法，揭示线粒体在适应气候压力方面的作用，以及它们在形成两性之间的进化权衡和冲突方面的贡献。