Early environmental effects on phenotypic development and evolution

早期发育环境可以深刻地影响包括人类在内的有机体的生存和繁殖成功。该项目旨在使用一种特殊的模型蜥蜴系统来测试一种新的理论，即如何通过操纵后代环境来影响个性和学习，以及这如何影响一生的健康。了解这些影响对于预测环境变化对选择的反应、濒危物种重新引入计划的成功与否以及了解种群的长期生存能力都是重要的。该项目旨在融合生活史理论和进化生物学的理论发展，并为一个新的研究领域贡献重要的经验进展。

Early developmental environments can profoundly influence the survival and reproductive success of organisms, including humans. The project aims to use an exceptional model lizard system to test a new theory about how personality and learning are influenced through the manipulation of offspring environment and how this affects lifetime fitness. Understanding these effects is important for predicting the responses to selection imposed by changing environments, the success of re-introduction programs for threatened species, and for understanding the long-term viability of populations. This project aims to merge theoretical developments in life history theory and evolutionary biology and contribute important empirical advances to a new research field.