SENSORYEVOLUTION

Using Sensory Biology and Environmental Conditions to Predict the direction of Evolution

 Coordinatore THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER 

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 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 1˙592˙504 €
 EC contributo 1˙592˙504 €
 Programma FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call ERC-2008-AdG
 Funding Scheme ERC-AG
 Anno di inizio 2009
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2009-06-01   -   2014-05-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

 Organization address address: Northcote House, The Queen's Drive
city: EXETER
postcode: EX4 4QJ

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Enda
Cognome: Clarke
Email: send email
Telefono: 01392 263744
Fax: 441392000000

UK (EXETER) hostInstitution 1˙592˙504.50
2    THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

 Organization address address: Northcote House, The Queen's Drive
city: EXETER
postcode: EX4 4QJ

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: John
Cognome: Endler
Email: send email
Telefono: -270576
Fax: -265971

UK (EXETER) hostInstitution 1˙592˙504.50

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world    male    guppy    contrast    patterns    prey    light    encouraging    cues    evolutionary    experiments    senses    colour    environments    predictions    visual    environment    mate    choice    evolution    suites   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'When a species invades a new habitat, or its existing environment changes, its perception of the world is likely to change because environments differ in the physical properties on which the senses depend. This has profound implications because senses determine how animals find and discriminate between mates or prey, avoid potential predators, and locate better microhabitats. For example, changed visual environments will cause predictable evolutionary changes in visual contrast to predator and prey, in turn causing evolutionary changes in visually based mate and prey choice, evolution in microhabitat selection (which affects the light environment and hence visual contrast) and evolution in the visual system. I propose to test a series of predictions about evolution of these four suites of traits by (1) experimental evolution experiments over 15 generations in laboratory guppy populations under three different light environments to test predictions about changes in male colour patterns, female preferences for male patterns, and changes in the guppy colour vision system and (2) 15 generation guppy evolution experiments to test for co-option of prey-search cues as mate choice cues and evolution of the other trait suites The EU has 80% of the world's Sensory Ecologists and I will consolidate and make the EU lead obvious by encouraging collaborations between disparate groups and encouraging young scientists.'

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NETWORK EVOLUTION (2008)

Integrated evolutionary analyses of genetic and drug interaction networks in yeast

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MORPHOSIS (2013)

Morphing Locally and Globally Structures with Multiscale Intelligence by Mimicking Nature

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PALAEOCHRON (2013)

Precision dating of the Palaeolithic: chronological mapping of the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia

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