Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of British Columbia
$200,000.00
Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Biology
FY 2020-21
Summary
My research focuses on the causes of adaptive radiation the rise of ecological diversity in groups of organisms whose species are multiplying rapidly which is thought to be responsible for much of life's diversity. This work uses mainly threespine stickleback of small coastal lakes of BC, which include some of the youngest species on earth of any organism, and have enormous advantages for study. The last decade has seen rapid development of genetic resources for stickleback, and our future work will take advantage of this to investigate the origin of genetic differences, the mechanisms by which new species have formed, and the role of interactions between species on evolution.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
1000230315
Name nom
Schluter, Dolph
Department département
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2014
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
4700
Research subject group en
Evolution and ecology
Research subject group fr
Évolution et écologie
Research subject en
Evolution and ecology
Research subject fr
Évolution et écologie
Partie
0
Nb partie
0
Application title
Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Biology
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
My research focuses on the causes of adaptive radiation the rise of ecological diversity in groups of organisms whose species are multiplying rapidly which is thought to be responsible for much of life's diversity. This work uses mainly threespine stickleback of small coastal lakes of BC, which include some of the youngest species on earth of any organism, and have enormous advantages for study. The last decade has seen rapid development of genetic resources for stickleback, and our future work will take advantage of this to investigate the origin of genetic differences, the mechanisms by which new species have formed, and the role of interactions between species on evolution.
