Project description
Exploring ancient and anthropogenic aftermath on endangered species
Human intervention on the landscape has a great impact on population declines and leads certain species to extinction, especially in more vulnerable ecosystems such as tropical ones. A tool to measure factors such as population viability is genetic health. Merging new ancient genetic and museomics techniques, the EU-funded MUSEOMIC project will investigate the changes in genetic diversity in three extremely vulnerable mammals, the anoa, the babirusa and the Sulawesi warty pig, in Wallacea, Indonesia. Using these unique taxa as a case study, the project aspires to gain insights into the extinction risk these unique taxa face and to practically contribute to their population management and long-term survival.
Objective
Global biodiversity is being decimated by human activities, including agriculture, deforestation and land use change. This is causing unprecedented population declines and pushing species to extinction, especially in tropical ecosystems. Genetic health is an important measure of population viability, and to help identify populations at risk, this is now being included in conservation programs however, incorporating this level of information on genetic diversity can be challenging. Additionally, because standing levels of variation differ between species this makes assessing whether a population has low or high genetic diversity can be very difficult. In response, MUSEOMIC, will harness new ancient genetic and museomics techniques (sequencing of museum specimens), to measure changes in genetic diversity in three extremely vulnerable mammals (anoa, babirusa and Sulawesi warty pig) in the biodiversity hotspot of Wallacea. As an isolated tropical archipelago in Indonesia, Wallacea is the perfect natural laboratory for understanding how ancient and anthropogenic disturbances have impacted the genetic erosion of the three flagship mammals and is contributing to their decline. By tracking changes in genetic health through time and space, MUSEOMIC will gain insights into the extinction risk these unique taxa face and will directly benefit population management and long-term survival by identifying unique genetic diversity, designating conservation units, and making captive breeding recommendations. Hosted by Prof. L. Frantz at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU), through MUSEOMIC, Dr Rosie Drinkwater will gain new skills in bioinformatics and population genetics, grow her research network, and succeed as a future leader in conservation biology.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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80539 Planegg
Germany
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