Dutch title: Lokale genetische differentiatie in Branchiopoda (Crustacea): het belang van ruststadia Funder identifier: G026097N, ID P103/3E962151 (Other contract id) Period: January 1997 till December 2000 Status: Completed
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Dierwetenschappen en Aquatische Ecologie; Laboratorium voor Aquacultuur en Artemia Reference Center (ARC), more
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie; Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO), more, sponsor
This project aims at a study of intra- en interpopulational genetic diversification of the active and passive (resting stages) component of natural populations of Branchiopoda. The integration of stochastic (dispersion, colonisation) and ecological-genetic (outbreeding depression, selection) processes, and taking into account the different impact of sexual reproduction in the taxonomic groups studied, we will obtain a better insight into the processes that lead to local genetic differentiation of natural zooplankton populations, and the mechanisms that maintain this local genetic differentiation.
