The role of polygenic adaptation and pleiotropy in the establishment of trait-syndromes (B06)

• Subject Area: Plant Genetics and Genomics
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 456082119

The ecological specialization of plants generally relies on the joint adjustment of multiple traits: the so-called adaptive trait syndromes. This project will develop novel theory about how multidimensional quantitative traits evolve and adapt to new environments. We will further perform simulations and test our predictions deriving our parameters from the large-scale empirical data collected in the CRC. We will provide a new theoretical framework for analyzing patterns of covariation between ecologically important traits and infer their genetic architecture as well as their coevolution.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 341: Plant Ecological Genetics
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Joachim Krug, since 7/2022; Professor Dr. Markus Stetter, since 7/2022