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Registration Number

0216U001037, 0111U000073 , R & D reports

Title

Evolutionary and genetic mechanisms of biodiversity change actual for the needs of the preservation and sustainable use of animal wildlife.

Head

Mezhzherin Sergey,

Registration Date

14-01-2016

Organization

Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine

Description

The modern ecological situation in Ukraine and the world is featured by obvious depletion of the environment caused by human pressure leading to the alteration of homeranges of species and the composition of ecosystems. The primary goal of the study is to reveal the evolutionary and genetic regularities observed within certain groups of species, especially in cases of changes occurring today due to human impact. The first stage of the study has accomplished a monitoring investigation of the selected species. In the second stage experimental and field studies have been carried out. This has involved traditional zoological methods (morphometrics, karyology, statistical analysis), methods of biochemical and molecular genetics, imitational modelling, geometric morphometry, species niche and distribution modelling based on GIS. Results of the study show the presence of directional genetic changes which have taken place only recently and have revealed the appearance of novel ployploid and other genetically modified organisms, alteration of types of polymorphism, adaptation of invasive species to new environmental conditions.

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Жалай Олена Ільївна
Козиненко Ірина Іванівна
Кокодій Сергій Валентинович
Лашкова Олена Іванівна
Межжерін Сергій Віталійович
Морозов-Леонов Святослав Юрійович
Русін Михаїл Юрійович
Титар Володимир Михайлович
Федоренко Леонід Васильйович
Шуваліков Володимир Борисович