Code
01P09308
Duration
01 October 2008 → 01 October 2009
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Plant biology
Keywords
reproductive isolation
adaptation
speciation
niche differentiation
population structure
cyanobacteria
experimental evolution
diatoms
Project description
Two model species of unicellular algae will be used to study population differentiation and adaptation by (1) determining the genetic structure of natural populations from contrasting environments and (2) experimental evolution, after which consequences of adaptation and genetic diversity for invasion resistence and productivity are determined experimentally. Finally, niche differentiation and reproductive isolation between closely related cryptic species is investigated.