Contemporary and retrospective genomic analyses of tiger and white sharks

本项目旨在研究虎鲨和大白鲨的种群结构及其时空分布变化；估计整个种群的有效个体数；研究虎鲨和白鲨种群在应对开发和全球变化时的适应性进化特征。它将使用从世界各地博物馆和战利品收藏的当代和档案老虎和白鲨骨骼材料中提取的DNA进行高分辨率的回顾性基因组分析。该项目希望对这两个物种的生物学有更深入的了解，并为保护和管理提供信息。

This project aims to elucidate population structure and spatiotemporal changes in population distribution of tiger and white sharks; estimate the effective number of individuals across populations; and investigate signatures of adaptive evolution in tiger- and white shark populations in response to exploitation and global change. It will perform high-resolution retrospective genomic analyses using DNA extracted from contemporary and archival tiger and white shark skeletal material held in museum and trophy collections around the world. This project expects to gain valuable insight into the biology of both species and provide information for conservation and management purposes.