Oyster adaptation to climate change via transgenerational plasticity

牡蛎通过跨代可塑性适应气候变化

• 批准号: IN220100054
• 负责人: Dr Laura Parker
• 金额: $ 38.93万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Indigenous
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-05-02 至 2026-05-01
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/IN220100054
• 关键词: Oyster; adaptation; climate; change; via

We are in an age of rapid climate change, where the need to understand the adaptive potential of marine organisms in warmer, more acidified oceans is increasingly urgent. This is especially true in Australia where changes are significant. This project uses a cutting-edge, integrated interdisciplinary approach to measure the capacity of oysters to adapt and persist to climate change via transgenerational plasticity, describe the epigenetic mechanisms which underlie it and develop an immediate breeding method to protect vulnerable oysters and other marine organisms against climate change. The research outcomes will transform Indigenous-led oyster reef restoration projects and future-proof an iconic food source and national industry.

我们正处于一个气候快速变化的时代，了解海洋生物在更温暖、更酸化的海洋中的适应潜力的需求日益迫切。在变化显著的澳大利亚尤其如此。本项目采用尖端的跨学科综合方法，通过跨代可塑性来测量牡蛎适应和坚持气候变化的能力，描述其背后的表观遗传机制，并开发一种即时繁殖方法，以保护脆弱的牡蛎和其他海洋生物免受气候变化的影响。研究成果将改变土著主导的牡蛎礁恢复项目，并成为未来的标志性食物来源和民族产业。