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Projects of phase 2

#ProjectCodePrincipal Investigator
Coordination project of priority programme SPP1819 - Rapid evolutionary adaptation
SCHM 1354/13-1Karl Schmid
1Host virus coevolution – demography versus selection in the face of multiple stressorsBE 4135/5-2Lutz Becks, Philine Feulner
2Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of rapid host adaptation in the aphid parasitoid Aphidius erviGA 661/4-1, SCHR 1554/3-1Jürgen Gadau, Lukas Schrader
3The role of recombination in rapid adaptive evolution of fungal plant pathogens: Integrating demographic models, inferences of natural selection and population recombination mapsHO 4435/1-2Eva Holtgrewe Stukenbrock
4Rapid adaptation of signaling networks in the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzaeJA 2632/3-1, TE 599/7-1Stefan Jacob, Stefan Tenzer
5Rapid evolutionary adaptation to heavy metal-polluted soils in plant species of the genus ArabidopsisKR 1967/16-2Ute Krämer
6Genetic basis of metabolic and phenotypic plasticity and its relation to plant fitnessLA 3735/1-2, NI 1472/4-2Roosa Laitinen, Zoran Nikoloski
7Rapid adaptive change through high recombination rates in eusocial insectsOE 549/4-1, SCHR 1554/2-1Jan Oettler, Lukas Schrader
8Exploring the molecular mechanisms that drive rapid evolutionary adaptations in the “one-speed" genome of the phytopathogenic barley powdery mildew fungusPA 861/14-2Ralph Panstruga
9Rapid evolution of gene regulationPA 903/8-2John Parsch
10Unravelling tripartite species co-evolution under environmental change: can prophages accelerate bacterial virulence evolution?RO 4628/4-2Olivia Roth
11Modeling and inference of genomic signatures of polygenic selection driving fast adaptationSTE 325/17-2Wolfgang Stephan
12Coevolution in action in host and parasite genomesTE 809/3-2

Aurélien Tellier

The effects of ancestral plasticity and genetic assimilation on convergence and the diversification of East African cichlid fishes

SPP1819 associated

Axel Meyer

Projects of phase 1

#ProjectCodePrincipal Investigator
Coordination project of the Priority Programme SPP1819 - Rapid evolutionary adaptation

SCHM 1354/12-1

Karl Schmid
1Modeling and inference of genomic signatures of polygenic selection driving fast adaptationSTE 325/17-1Wolfgang Stephan
2Rapid seasonal thermal adaptation in Chironomus ripariusPF 390/9-1Markus Pfenninger
3The role of epigenetic inheritance in rapid evolutionary adaptation of invasive plantsKL 1866/10-1, JO 777/8-1Mark van Kleunen, Jasmin Joshi
4Population genomics of antibiotic resistance evolutionJA 2342/2-1Hinrich Schulenburg
5Rapid evolution of gene regulationPA 903/8-1John Parsch
6The role of recombination in rapid adaptive evolution of fungal plant pathogens: A comparative population genomics studyHO 4435/1-1Eva Holtgrewe Stukenbrock
7Genomic variations underlying the rapid evolutionary adaptation of phytopathogenic powdery mildew fungi to highly selective plant environmentsPA 861/14-1Ralph Panstruga
8Experimental evolution of the co-adaptation of mais and its pathogen Exserohilum turcicumSCHM 1354/1Karl Schmid
9Interplay of pathogens, microRNAs, and regulation of resistance gene transcript abundance for rapid evolutionary responses in plantsRO 2491/6-1Laura Rose
10Adaptive evolution of immune gene families: origin, diversification and diversity of the NLR genes in zebrafishLE 546/9-1, WI 3081/5-1Maria Leptin, Thomas Wiehe
11Rapid plant evolution driven by multi-trait plasticity and trade-offsLA 3735/1-1, NI 1472/4-1Roosa Laitinen, Zoran Nikoloski
12Rapid Evolution of Plant Tolerance to Anthropogenic Copper PollutionKR 1967/16-1Ute Krämer
13Coevolution in action in host and parasite genomesTE 809/3-1Aurélien Tellier
14Constraints on Rapid Adaptation in Sticklebacks: availability & maintenance of genetic variation used in adaptation to freshwater environmentsJO 1316/1-1Felicity Jones
15The role of phenotypic plasticity for rapid evolutionary adaptation: theoretical and experimental approaches using Tribolium castaneum and Bacillus thuringiensisKU 1929/8-1Joachim Kurtz
16The molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity and genetic assimilation in rapidly evolving lineages of East African cichlid fishesME 1725/20-1Axel Meyer
17Alien gene introgression promotes rapid adaptation: an unconscious experiment on Fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) at the northern edge of its distribution rangeTI 349/13-1Ralph Tiedemann
18The contribution of vesicle-mediated DNA transfer to rapid adaptationDA 1202/2-1Tal Dagan
19Implications of anthropogenic stressors on rapid coadaptation in a tripartite species interactionWE 5822/1-1Carolin Wendling
20Host virus coevolution: demography versus selectionBE 4135/5-1Lutz Becks
21Comparative mechanistic elucidation of adaptation of Sporisorium reilianum to its host plants maize and sorghumSCHI 1114/3-1Jan Schirawski