报告题目：Introgressive Hybridization in Animal Invasions
报 告 人：Frank Rheindt
报告时间：2024年11月23日（星期六），上午10:00
报告地点：分析测试中心103会议室
主办单位：生命科学学院、江苏省系统发育与比较基因组学重点实验室、江苏省基因组学国际联合研究中心、科学技术研究院、国际交流与合作处
报告人简介：
Frank Rheindt, 2008年获得澳大利亚墨尔本大学遗传学博士学位，2009-2012年在哈佛大学从事博士后研究，2012年至今历任新加坡国立大学生命科学系助理教授、副教授（终身教职）。主要研究方向为生态与群体遗传学，迄今为止，作为通讯作者在Science、PNAS、Systematic Biology、Nature Communications等国际顶级学术期刊上发表研究论文50余篇。
报告摘要：
In the Anthropocene, habitat destruction and urbanization lead to faunal turn-over, with sensitive species giving way to more anthropogenically adapted ones. This faunal turn-over is exacerbated by introductions of exotic species that are often better adapted to urban ordisturbed habitats than native ones. The long-standing narrative surrounding faunal turn-over is one of demographic replacement, but what is widely neglected is the genetic replacement that goes along with it. Endangered populations are known to be more susceptible to introgressive hybridization asthe last few individuals of a species will struggle to find mates of their own, and turn to closely-related invaders for reproduction. This introgressive hybridization is often the death knell for terminally endangered populations. In this talk, I outline the general evidence for introgressive hybridization inthe faunal replacement context, and discuss some studies aiming to raise awareness of this often-neglected phenomenon.
