Unravelling sympatric speciation in a marine host-symbiont system
Informations
- Funding country
Netherlands- Acronym
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- Start date
- 9/1/2022
- End date
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- Budget
- 152,325 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
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| Talent Programme | Grant | - | - | - |
Abstract
Coral reefs harbour an immense biodiversity. A large component of this biodiversity is made up of small invertebrates living in association with a host species. The drivers behind the speciation resulting in this high biodiversity are only partially known, but research on terrestrial host/insect systems suggests sympatric speciation (without isolating geographic barriers) as an important speciation mode. Using a coral/crab model system we will study (sympatric) speciation on coral reefs to identify the drivers behind reef biodiversity. This will then be part of a meta-analysis, to study sympatric speciation on a larger scale in the marine environment.