Biodiversity, biogeography and molecular evolution on tropical reefs

该项目旨在发现进化过程、生物地理和分子变化如何驱动生物多样性格局。珊瑚礁养活了超过80万种动植物，占海洋面积的0.1%。该项目将通过生成造礁珊瑚和与礁相关的鱼类的基因组数据来重建它们的进化史，从而研究这种生物多样性是如何形成的。它将比较不同区域间物种形成、灭绝和范围变化的模型，以确定这些过程如何有助于生物多样性梯度和区域组合差异的形成。该项目预计，对进化动态的更好理解将为保护优先事项提供信息。

This project aims to discover how evolutionary processes, biogeography and molecular change drive biodiversity patterns. Coral reefs support over 800,000 plant and animal species on <0.1% of the ocean. This project will examine how this biodiversity was formed by generating genomic data for reef building corals and reef associated fishes to reconstruct their evolutionary history. It will compare models of speciation, extinction and range change among regions to determine how those processes contribute to the formation of biodiversity gradients and regional assemblage differences. The project expects that better understanding of evolutionary dynamics will inform conservation priorities.