Conservation impacts of hybridization and introgression in symbionts: Measuring the magnitude and role in shaping eco-evolutionary variables

Project description

Studying the pattern of introgression across the global tree of life

What is the role of hybridisation and introgression in the ecology, evolution and conservation biology of many taxa? How does hybridisation operate in symbionts, a group of taxa exhibiting unique eco-evolutionary trajectories and for which hybridisation has rarely been studied? To answer these questions, the EU-funded INTROSYM project will investigate the pattern of introgression across the global tree of lice, using whole-genome data from more than 500 species of feather lice. It will study the role of introgression in shaping key eco-evolutionary variables related to dispersal and host-switching, as well as the relationship between introgression levels and symbiont extinction rate.

Field of science

• /natural sciences/biological sciences/evolutionary biology
• /natural sciences/biological sciences/ecology

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-GF - Global Fellowships

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

Address

Cuesta Del Hospicio Sn
18071 Granada
Spain

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 263 732,16

Partners (1)

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

United States

Address

1901 South First Street Suite A
618207406 Champaign

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments