Mate choice near and far: Genetic compatibility, sexual selection, and speciation in Australian grass finches

个体选择基因相容的伴侣的压力有能力推动交配系统的进化和物种形成过程，因此是生物多样性的主要引擎。当来自碎片化和遗传结构的种群的个体彼此交配时，由于个体之间的不相容而导致的生殖失败的可能性更大。这项工作将为推动生物多样性和管理受威胁种群和濒危物种的生物过程提供新的见解。这项拟议的研究将提高澳大利亚科学和生物多样性的国际形象，并提高我们管理自然生物资源的能力。

The pressure on individuals to choose a genetically compatible partner has the capacity to drive the evolution of mating systems and the process of speciation, and is therefore a major engine of biodiversity. Reproductive failure resulting from incompatibility between individuals is more likely when individuals from fragmented and genetically structured populations mate with one another. This work will give new insight into biological processes that drive biodiversity and effect the management of threatened populations and endangered species. The proposed research will raise the international profile of Australian science and biodiversity and improve our ability to manage our natural biological resources.