Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT130101965
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Identifying the genes and population histories that drive rapid adaptive change and speciation. This project will uncover the genetic variation and demographic histories that allow rapid adaptation and speciation in natural populations. It will leverage the powerful framework provided by Indo-Australian sea snakes, and new gene sequencing technologies, to reconstruct the evolutionary histories of genes, populations and species. Using this data, it will address inter-related key questions that are critical to effective biodiversity conservation but have rarely been evaluated in the same taxon. It will address what genetic changes are involved in adaptive shifts and speciation, whether these originate de novo or from pre-existing variation and how gene flow and changes in population size promote or constrain adaptation and speciation.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2013
End Date: 03-2019
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $686,550.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Speciation and Extinction | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Natural Hazards in Marine Environments | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
