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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP190100071
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Genomics and mixed source populations in wildlife translocations. Translocation is a conservation strategy to help the plight of endangered species, and is becoming increasing important to mitigate against climate change. However translocations often fail. Theory suggests mixing individuals from different source populations would benefit species' genomic diversity and potentially success rates, however this is untested in animals. Also unclear is what parts of the genome are important for mitigating against climate change. Using an endangered lizard model, this project aims to understand how to best start new populations by 1) providing the first empirical test in terrestrial vertebrates of using mixed source populations; and 2) uncovering regions of the genome important for considering in translocations.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2020
End Date: 10-2025
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $400,940.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Environmental Science and Management | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Conservation and Biodiversity
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Climate Change Mitigation Strategies |
