Biodiversity and Systematics

生物多样性和系统学

• 批准号: CRC-2016-00287
• 负责人: Maddison, Wayne
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=695231
• 关键词: Biodiversity; Systematics

The evolutionary tree of species is life's genetic history. Because genetics are so powerful in explaining the characteristics of organisms, this evolutionary tree is central to our interpreting information about organisms, from structure and physiology to genomics. I will develop novel quantitative methods that analyze the tree of life, and implement them in widely-used computer programs. I will also apply them to spiders to understand their diversity and evolution, revealing general evolutionary processes. To gather data for this research, I will discover and document new species, and find their places in the evolutionary tree using modern genetic approaches.

物种的进化树是生命的遗传史。 由于遗传学在解释生物体的特征方面非常强大，这棵进化树是我们解释生物体信息的核心，从结构和生理学到基因组学。我将开发新的定量方法来分析生命之树，并在广泛使用的计算机程序中实现它们。我也将把它们应用于蜘蛛，以了解它们的多样性和进化，揭示一般的进化过程。为了收集这项研究的数据，我将发现和记录新的物种，并使用现代遗传学方法找到它们在进化树中的位置。