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The goal of the Manakin Genomics RCN is to address the evolutionary implications of sexual selection from the level of the genome to the ecosystem using Manakins, a family of birds found in tropical forests, as a model clade. The network brings together pioneers in the application of genomic approaches, field researchers that have gathered long-term ecological and behavioral data, software developers and information management specialists to enrich, share, and connect large-scale data sets that provide the foundation to tackle fundamental questions of how traits of organisms evolve.
Funds for the Manakin Genomics RCN come from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (Grant No. NSF-DEB 1457541). We invite you to learn more about the Manakin Genomics RCN by exploring this site. If you are interested in becoming a participant, contact us. |
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The goal of the Manakin Genomics RCN is to address the evolutionary
implications of sexual selection from the level of the genome to the
ecosystem using manakins, a family of birds found in tropical forests,
as a model clade. The network brings together pioneers in the
application of genomic approaches, field researchers that have gathered
long-term ecological and behavioral data, software developers and
information management specialists to enrich, share, and connect
large-scale data sets that provide the foundation to tackle fundamental
questions of how traits of organisms evolve.
Funds for the Manakin Genomics RCN come from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (Grant No. NSF-DEB 1457541).
We invite you to learn more about the Manakin Genomics RCN by exploring this site. If you are interested in becoming a participant, contact us.
RCN Proposal Abstract
This Research Coordination Network facilitates new interdisciplinary research collaborations that will advance our understanding of the genomic underpinnings of evolutionary processes important in shaping the ecology, physiology, behavior and diversification of organisms. The network brings together pioneers in the application of genomic approaches, researchers with long-term ecological and behavioral data, software developers and information management specialists to enrich, share, and connect large-scale data sets that provide the foundation for tackling fundamental questions of how organismal traits evolve. Products of this effort include an open-access data repository, a publically available genome browser, and a model of how diverse teams of scientists can collaborate to transform independent research across disciplines into a synthetic enterprise that will provide answers to significant biological questions.
This Research Coordination Network is designed to address the evolutionary implications of sexual selection from the level of the genome, to physiology and behavior, to the ecosystem using manakins as a model system. These birds inhabit tropical forests, exhibit extraordinary physical and behavioral adaptations and are readily amenable for study. The network unites researchers across many disciplines to engage in a community-wide effort to enrich genomic resources through functional annotation, develop mechanisms to connect related but heterogeneous data, and apply these resources to understand the complex relationships between genomes and environment that produce form and function in living organisms. The network operates through annual meetings, workshops, working groups, and lab exchanges to develop shared genomic resources, an open-access data repository, synthetic papers and proposals, and new educational and research tools.
The Objectives of this network are to:
1. Create, enrich, and share genomic resources for an intensely studied clade of non-model suboscine passerine birds;
2. Develop mechanisms to connect heterogeneous large-scale data sets (behavior, morphology, ecology, physiology, histology, distribution, demography, pedigree) with other data archives (DNA polymorphism, phylogeography, gene expression) to enhance analysis and enable synthesis;
3. Facilitate comparative collaborative investigations across many hierarchical levels of organization;
4. Advance our broad understanding of the pervasive effects of sexual selection on phenotypic and genetic diversity through novel approaches that combine genomic with ecological and other existing data compiled by the RCN project; and
5. Develop and publish a “roadmap” for coalescing genomic with other approaches to the study of non-model organisms, enabling application of systems, databases, and analytical techniques developed by this project to other study systems, including non-avian taxa.
Funds for the Manakin Genomics RCN come from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (Grant No. NSF-DEB 1457541).
We invite you to learn more about the Manakin Genomics RCN by exploring this site. If you are interested in becoming a participant, contact us.
RCN Proposal Abstract
This Research Coordination Network facilitates new interdisciplinary research collaborations that will advance our understanding of the genomic underpinnings of evolutionary processes important in shaping the ecology, physiology, behavior and diversification of organisms. The network brings together pioneers in the application of genomic approaches, researchers with long-term ecological and behavioral data, software developers and information management specialists to enrich, share, and connect large-scale data sets that provide the foundation for tackling fundamental questions of how organismal traits evolve. Products of this effort include an open-access data repository, a publically available genome browser, and a model of how diverse teams of scientists can collaborate to transform independent research across disciplines into a synthetic enterprise that will provide answers to significant biological questions.
This Research Coordination Network is designed to address the evolutionary implications of sexual selection from the level of the genome, to physiology and behavior, to the ecosystem using manakins as a model system. These birds inhabit tropical forests, exhibit extraordinary physical and behavioral adaptations and are readily amenable for study. The network unites researchers across many disciplines to engage in a community-wide effort to enrich genomic resources through functional annotation, develop mechanisms to connect related but heterogeneous data, and apply these resources to understand the complex relationships between genomes and environment that produce form and function in living organisms. The network operates through annual meetings, workshops, working groups, and lab exchanges to develop shared genomic resources, an open-access data repository, synthetic papers and proposals, and new educational and research tools.
The Objectives of this network are to:
1. Create, enrich, and share genomic resources for an intensely studied clade of non-model suboscine passerine birds;
2. Develop mechanisms to connect heterogeneous large-scale data sets (behavior, morphology, ecology, physiology, histology, distribution, demography, pedigree) with other data archives (DNA polymorphism, phylogeography, gene expression) to enhance analysis and enable synthesis;
3. Facilitate comparative collaborative investigations across many hierarchical levels of organization;
4. Advance our broad understanding of the pervasive effects of sexual selection on phenotypic and genetic diversity through novel approaches that combine genomic with ecological and other existing data compiled by the RCN project; and
5. Develop and publish a “roadmap” for coalescing genomic with other approaches to the study of non-model organisms, enabling application of systems, databases, and analytical techniques developed by this project to other study systems, including non-avian taxa.