Control and conservation of endemic species in the UK and Hawaii

英国和夏威夷特有物种的控制和保护

• 批准号: 1803694
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1803694
• 关键词: Control; conservation; endemic; species; UK

Invasive snails and slugs are causing worldwide problems, both in terms of direct damage to crops, and as intermediate vectors for diseases of farm animals. Yet, snails and slugs are difficult to identify and we have little idea of what influences their distributions, hindering appropriate control and conservation efforts. In the UK, modern molecular phylogenetic knowledge of these species - terrestrial and aquatic - and their potential as vectors of disease is relatively limited. In Hawaii, we have recently characterised an aquatic Lymnaeaid snail that has cryptically colonised the archipelago. This snail is endangering the local endemic species, and potentially acts as an intermediate vector for the liver fluke parasite. The aim of this project, therefore, will be to study the process of invasion, using representative species in the UK and Hawaii (with collaborators in the Bishop Museum, Hawaii and Howard University) to understand the evolution of these snails and their parasites, and including methods that may help refine the identification of the invasive species and species of conservation concern. Although much of the work will be lab-based, with a concomitant bioinformatics element, field collection will be a necessary component

入侵的蜗牛和蛞蝓正在造成世界范围的问题，既对农作物造成直接损害，又作为农场动物疾病的中间媒介。然而，蜗牛和蛞蝓很难识别，我们也不知道是什么影响了它们的分布，阻碍了适当的控制和保护工作。在英国，这些物种的现代分子系统发育知识-陆生和水生-及其作为疾病载体的潜力是相对有限的。在夏威夷，我们最近发现了一种水生蜗牛，它神秘地定居在这个群岛上。这种蜗牛正在危及当地特有物种，并可能作为肝吸虫寄生虫的中间载体。因此，本项目的目的是研究入侵过程，使用英国和夏威夷的代表性物种（与主教博物馆，夏威夷和霍华德大学的合作者）了解这些蜗牛及其寄生虫的进化，并包括可能有助于改进入侵物种和保护物种识别的方法。虽然大部分工作将以实验室为基础，伴随着生物信息学元素，但实地收集将是必要的组成部分

项目成果

Qualitative and quantitative methods show stability in patterns of Cepaea nemoralis shell polymorphism in the Pyrenees over five decades

定性和定量方法显示了五十年来比利牛斯山脉 Cepaea nemoralis 壳多态性模式的稳定性

• DOI: 10.32942/osf.io/bty8w
• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Davison A

Recombination within the Cepaea nemoralis supergene is confounded by incomplete penetrance and epistasis

Cepaea nemoralis超基因内的重组因不完全外显率和上位性而混淆

• DOI: 10.1101/472456
• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Gonzalez D