Project

Molecular architecture of environmental adaptation in natural populations of the nematode Ceanorhabditis elegans (NEMADAPT)

Code
3G099810
Duration
01 January 2010 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Scientific computing
    • Animal biology
    • Bioinformatics and computational biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Bioinformatics and computational biology
    • Bioinformatics and computational biology
    • Public health care
    • Public health services
    • Bioinformatics and computational biology
  • Engineering and technology
    • Scientific computing
Keywords
adaptation caenorhabditis elegans trade-off life-history genomics natural population
 
Project description

Our project will address the process of environmental adaptation in all int different aspects, ranging from evolutionary to phenotypic responses over associated trade-offs to the underlyning genomic as well as transcriptomic architecture. Our direct objectives are:

1. to evaluate the importance of two adaptive responses

2. to measure the associated life-history trade-offs

3. to elucidate the underlyning genomic architecture.