Collaborative Research: PBI: A survey of the tapeworms (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes) from the vertebrate bowels of the earth

合作研究：PBI：对来自地球脊椎动物肠道的绦虫（绦虫：扁形动物）的调查

• 批准号: 0818696
• 负责人: Janine Caira
• 金额: $ 258.77万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0818696&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; PBI; survey; tapeworms

A team of 22 tapeworm experts from 13 countries will conduct collections of tapeworms from the digestive tracts of vertebrates (i.e, birds, mammals, fishes, amphibians and reptiles, and sharks and rays) on land and in the waters of 20 countries globally. The project will likely yield approximately 1,600 to 1,700 tapeworm species new to science from previously unsampled vertebrates and geographic regions. DNA sequence data will be generated for 1,000 species, will be analyzed, and the results used to revise tapeworm classification. The existing Global Cestode Database will be expanded to include descriptions of all tapeworm species and enhanced to allow data entry from anywhere in the world.The project website will provide public access to information on new and known tapeworm species, and to resources including a list of tapeworm specimens available in museums around the world, keys to aid in the identification of tapeworms, and check-lists of vertebrates and their tapeworms. The project will include 4 post-docs, 4 graduate and 4 undergraduate students, and will result in the generation of 5 children's books, narrated by "spokesworms," describing life for tapeworms in the various vertebrate groups. The project will ultimately lead to a global understanding of tapeworms and their hosts that is unprecedented for any host/parasite system to date.

一个由来自13个国家的22名绦虫专家组成的小组将在全球20个国家的陆地和沃茨从脊椎动物（即鸟类、哺乳动物、鱼类、两栖动物和爬行动物、鲨鱼和鳐）的消化道收集绦虫。该项目可能会从以前未采样的脊椎动物和地理区域中产生大约1,600至1,700种新的绦虫物种。将生成1,000个物种的DNA序列数据，并进行分析，结果将用于修订绦虫分类。现有的全球绦虫数据库将扩大到包括所有绦虫物种的描述，并将得到改进，以便从世界任何地方输入数据。该项目网站将向公众提供有关新的和已知绦虫物种的信息，以及资源，包括世界各地博物馆提供的绦虫标本清单，帮助识别绦虫的关键，以及脊椎动物及其绦虫的检查清单。该项目将包括4名博士后、4名研究生和4名本科生，并将产生5本儿童书籍，由“代言人”讲述，描述各种脊椎动物群中绦虫的生活。该项目最终将导致对绦虫及其宿主的全球了解，这对于迄今为止的任何宿主/寄生虫系统来说都是前所未有的。