Conservation genomics of a critically endangered insect

该项目旨在开发对大型动物基因组进行基因分型的工具，重点是豪爵岛棒虫的情况，这种昆虫曾被认为已经灭绝，现在处于极度濒危状态。该项目希望产生分子工具来监测这种拥有巨大、复杂和鲜为人知的基因组的昆虫的遗传健康。预期结果包括制定一项保护和重新引入该昆虫的战略。这个项目将有利于正在进行的保护工作，而且考虑到该物种曾经生活过的豪勋爵岛上正在进行的老鼠根除工作，这个项目是及时的。

This project aims to develop tools genotyping large animal genomes, focusing on the case of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, once thought to be extinct and now critically endangered. This project expects to generate molecular tools to monitor the genetic health the insect which has a large, complex and poorly understood genome. Expected outcomes include the development of a preservation and reintroduction strategy for the insect. This project will benefit ongoing conservation efforts, and is timely given the ongoing eradication of rats from Lord Howe Island where this species once lived.