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Metamorphosis as a driver of biodiversity? From a single genome to multiple phenomes

Project description

Shedding further light on the biological process of metamorphosis

The EU-funded META-MORPHOSIS project will investigate the biological process of metamorphosis and how it relates to biodiversity. The research fellow will identify the patterns of morphological and functional variation across species and examine the origin and evolution of metamorphosis using the fossil record. They will also elucidate how metamorphosis fosters diversity and quantify its impact on the generation of biodiversity. To achieve this, they will study salamander species with different developmental strategies and ecologies throughout ontogeny, using a combination of state-of-the-art approaches. The results will provide an unprecedented data set and analysis of diversification, considering for the first time how morpho-functional, developmental and ecological factors shape biodiversity through deep time.

Coordinator

MUSEUM FUR NATURKUNDE - LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR EVOLUTIONS- UND BIODIVERSITATSFORSCHUNG AN DER HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAT ZU BERLIN
Net EU contribution
€ 162 806,40
Address
Invalidenstrasse 43
10115 Berlin
Germany

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Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00