Colour polymorphisms and speciation: linking macroevolutionary patterns with microevolutionary processes

颜色多态性和物种形成：将宏观进化模式与微观进化过程联系起来

• 批准号: DP1092908
• 负责人: Prof Devi Stuart-Fox
• 金额: $ 43.36万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-02-01 至 2015-05-05
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP1092908
• 关键词: Colour; polymorphisms; speciation; linking; macroevolutionary

Polymorphic species with many different colour forms have inspired biological inquiry since Aristotle. This project takes advantage of remarkable variation in male throat coloration in the South Australian tawny dragon lizard to contribute to a fundamental, yet unresolved, question in biology: what are the evolutionary processes generating biodiversity? This research will reinforce Australia's outstanding reputation in the fields of Ecology and Evolution and contribute to the training of internationally competitive postgraduate students. It will also improve our understanding of the biology and genetic diversity of a fascinating Australian reptile and its habitat, within a region of national biodiversity significance.

自亚里士多德以来，具有多种不同颜色形式的多态物种激发了生物学探究。该项目利用南澳大利亚黄褐色龙蜥蜴雄性喉咙颜色的显着变化来解决生物学中一个基本但尚未解决的问题：产生生物多样性的进化过程是什么？这项研究将巩固澳大利亚在生态学和进化领域的杰出声誉，并有助于培养具有国际竞争力的研究生。它还将提高我们对具有国家生物多样性重要性的地区内一种迷人的澳大利亚爬行动物及其栖息地的生物学和遗传多样性的了解。