Canada Research Chair In Evolutionary Biology

加拿大进化生物学研究主席

• 批准号: CRC-2014-00114
• 负责人: Schluter, Dolph
• 金额: $ 10.93万
• 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: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=729539
• 关键词: Canada; Research; Chair; Evolutionary; Biology

My research focuses on the causes of adaptive radiation ¿ the rise of ecological diversity in groups of organisms whose species are multiplying rapidly ¿ which is thought to be responsible for much of life's diversity. This work uses mainly threespine stickleback of small coastal lakes of BC, which include some of the youngest species on earth of any organism, and have enormous advantages for study. The last decade has seen rapid development of genetic resources for stickleback, and our future work will take advantage of this to investigate the origin of genetic differences, the mechanisms by which new species have formed, and the role of interactions between species on evolution.

我的研究重点是适应性辐射的原因——在物种迅速繁殖的生物体群体中生态多样性的增加——这被认为是大部分生命多样性的原因。这项工作主要使用不列颠哥伦比亚省沿海小湖泊的三刺棘鱼，其中包括地球上任何生物中最年轻的物种，具有巨大的研究优势。近十年来，棘鱼遗传资源得到了快速的发展，我们未来的工作将利用这一点来研究遗传差异的起源、新物种的形成机制以及物种间相互作用在进化中的作用。