The genetic basis of differentiation: Towards a predictive understanding of evolution in the wild

鉴于澳大利亚无法逃脱气候变化和栖息地恶化等影响，这将如何影响澳大利亚独特的动植物是一个重要的问题。由于灭绝是无法以足够快的速度适应不断变化的环境条件的最终结果，这就提出了一个问题，即我们对进化适应背后的过程有多好的理解。该项目将深入了解种群分化的过程和遗传学在其中的作用，并将加深我们对环境变化、栖息地碎片化和种群瓶颈对种群生存能力和整个澳大利亚生物多样性的影响的了解。

Given that Australia cannot escape the effects of, among others, climate change and habitat deterioration, the question of how this is going to impact Australia's unique flora and fauna is an important one. Since extinction is the final consequence of the inability to adapt with sufficient speed to changing environmental conditions, this raises the issue of how well we understand the processes underlying evolutionary adaptation. This project will provide insight into the process of population divergence and the role of genetics therein, and will enhance our understanding of the effects of environmental change, habitat fragmentation and population bottlenecks on population viability and Australia's biodiversity in general.