Using genomic information to understand and improve the quality of the Australian South Sea Pearl

利用基因组信息了解和提高澳大利亚南洋珍珠的质量

• 批准号: LP0990280
• 负责人: Prof Bernard Degnan
• 金额: $ 27.83万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-07-07 至 2015-07-06
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0990280
• 关键词: Using; genomic; information; understand; improve

Recently, mass-produced freshwater pearls from Asia have markedly increased in quality and begun to compromise our prestigious South Sea Pearl market. This presents Australian pearlers with a challenge to maintain market identity by improving their pearl quality and consistency. By adding genomics to the existing Australian pearl industry armoury we will help not only to maintain the premier position of the Australian South Sea Pearl in the market, but also to move it further ahead. Knowledge of the genetics of pearl formation will advance a range of hatchery and farm practices, such as selective breeding and pearl grafting, which in turn can enhance farm-based operations and the remote communities that support them.

最近，来自亚洲的大规模生产的淡水珍珠质量显着提高，并开始影响我们享有盛誉的南海珍珠市场。这给澳大利亚的珍珠商带来了一个挑战，即通过提高珍珠的质量和一致性来保持市场身份。通过将基因组学添加到现有的澳大利亚珍珠产业军械库中，我们不仅将有助于保持澳大利亚南海珍珠在市场上的领先地位，而且还将进一步推动其发展。珍珠形成的遗传学知识将促进一系列孵化和养殖实践，如选择性育种和珍珠嫁接，这反过来又可以加强以养殖为基础的业务和支持它们的偏远社区。