Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180103844 [ 2018-01-01 - 2023-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Bernd Gruber (Chief Investigator) ,  Christopher Dickman (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Glenda Wardle (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Richard Duncan (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Stephen Sarre (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Does dynamic ecological change cause rapid evolution? This project aims to increase understanding of how Australia’s native biota responds to rapid environmental changes. Abrupt environmental change has the potential to drive rapid evolution, which may facilitate species persistence in the face of novel challenges. This project will use long-term genomic data to quantify rates of evolutionary change in species living in arid environments, whose populations fluctuate markedly in response to rainfall variation. By measuring the pace of genomic change in these species, and the evolutionary processes driving that change, this project will reveal species’ evolutionary responses to major environmental fluctuations.

Funding Amount $530,496

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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