Project Details

Description

Convergent evolution, the independent acquisition of similar traits in multiple lineages in response to the same selective pressures, is ubiquitous, facilitating adaptation and diversification across the tree of life.

Therefore, understanding the genetic mechanisms by which convergence occurs is critical if we are to understand the adaptations that already exist, and the predictability of evolution.

We propose to study mimetic convergence across the Lepidoptera using high-throughput sequencing technologies coupled with gene expression analyses to address a major question in this field: the contributions of different genetic mechanisms to convergence across a evolutionary timescale.

This will be the first genetic analysis of convergence for a single comparable phenotype evolving under the same selective force across 2-110 million years of evolution.

Keywords

Phenotypic convergence.

Mimicry.

Lepidoptera.

Genomics .
StatusActive
Effective start/end date4/5/211/30/25

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Main Funding Source

  • International

Location

  • Bogotá D.C.

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