Oyster adaptation to climate change via transgenerational plasticity

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必要性日益迫切。在变化巨大的澳大利亚，情况尤其如此。该项目采用前沿、综合的跨学科方法，通过跨代可塑性来衡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，并开发一种立即培育方法，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，并防止未来一个标志性的食物来源和国家工业。

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.