Ageing wild vertebrates from their DNA: an investigation using Humpback Whales as an example

从 DNA 中了解野生脊椎动物的老化：以座头鲸为例的调查

• 批准号: LP0562517
• 负责人: Prof Peter Baverstock
• 金额: $ 20.19万
• 依托单位: Southern Cross University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-11-22 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0562517
• 关键词: Ageing; wild; vertebrates; their; DNA

The aim of this project is to estimate the age of individually identified humpback whales and the age structure of humpback whale populations using non-lethal, innovative molecular techniques. Populations of humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere are slowly recovering from intensive whaling during the 20th century. This project is significant because it will provide the first comparative information on the age structure of these populations, resulting in improved estimation of recovery and population dynamics of long-lived vertebrates. The results of this project will revolutionise research on ageing in whales and dolphins, providing an important alternative to lethal scientific whaling.

该项目的目的是利用非致命的创新分子技术来估计单独识别的座头鲸的年龄以及座头鲸种群的年龄结构。南半球的座头鲸种群正在从 20 世纪的密集捕鲸中缓慢恢复。该项目意义重大，因为它将提供有关这些种群年龄结构的第一个比较信息，从而改进对长寿脊椎动物的恢复和种群动态的估计。该项目的结果将彻底改变鲸鱼和海豚衰老的研究，为致命的科学捕鲸提供重要的替代方案。