DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Dissection of A "Model" Organism: Understanding the Morphological and Genetic Diversity of A Symbiotic Sea Anemone

论文研究：“模型”生物体的解剖：了解共生海葵的形态和遗传多样性

• 批准号: 1110754
• 负责人: Estefania Rodriguez
• 金额: $ 1.41万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1110754&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: DISSERTATION; RESEARCH; Dissection; Model; Organism

Sea anemones are ubiquitous members of marine ecosystems. Their ecological success has been attributed to their resilience and plasticity, as well as associations they achieve with other marine organisms. Despite this, sea anemones traditional classification has been neglected. As a consequence, understanding their morphological diversity and distribution remains very limited. In order to gain knowledge in those respects, the proposed research will study a highly abundant group of sea anemones with a worldwide distribution. More than 1000 individuals will be collected covering the distribution of 16 currently described species worldwide. A revision of the group will be accomplished using morphological and molecular approaches.The combination of the field and descriptive components of this project will provide material to create excellent educational opportunities. Specifically, lectures will be developed for the curriculum of the NSF funded High School Science Research and Mentoring Program (SRMP), which exposes urban students from underrepresented groups to scientific research. A broader audience will be reached by developing educational materials that will be available in the public galleries of the AMNH and its Explorer web site. Furthermore, the educational materials will be available in Spanish for ESL learning and classroom activities.

海葵是海洋生态系统中无处不在的成员。它们在生态上的成功归功于它们的韧性和可塑性，以及它们与其他海洋生物的联系。尽管如此，海葵的传统分类一直被忽视。因此，对它们的形态多样性和分布的了解仍然非常有限。为了获得这些方面的知识，拟议的研究将研究一组分布在世界各地的高度丰富的海葵。将收集1000多只个体，涵盖目前在全球范围内描述的16个物种的分布。将使用形态和分子方法完成对该小组的修订。该项目的领域和描述性部分的结合将为创造极好的教育机会提供材料。具体地说，将为NSF资助的高中科学研究和指导计划(SRMP)的课程开发讲座，该计划让城市学生来自代表性不足的群体接触科学研究。将通过编写教育材料接触到更广泛的受众，这些材料将在AMNH的公共画廊及其探索者网站上提供。此外，还将提供西班牙语教材，用于ESL学习和课堂活动。