Evolution and development of marine invertebrates

海洋无脊椎动物的进化与发育

• 批准号: 385734-2010
• 负责人: Bishop, Cory
• 金额: $ 2.33万
• 依托单位: St. Francis Xavier University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=505942
• 关键词: Evolution; development; marine; invertebrates

Complex life cycles (those involving larval stages) are numerically dominant among marine invertebrates. A successful transition between larval and juvenile stages (metamorphosis) is critical for recruitment to adult populations and involves the integration of a developmental transformation with habitat selection. An understanding of how this is accomplished for even a single organism remains unclear. What is clear, however, is that innovative research on metamorphosis of marine invertebrates requires an interdisciplinary approach. Proposed research from my lab includes ongoing investigations into (i) signaling mechanisms that control the timing of metamorphosis among several taxa and (ii) the relationship between juvenile ecology and the function of identified signaling systems that control the timing of metamorphosis.

复杂的生命周期（包括幼虫阶段）在海洋无脊椎动物中占主导地位。幼虫和少年阶段（变态）之间的成功过渡是至关重要的招聘成年人口，并涉及到一个发展转型与栖息地选择的整合。对于这是如何实现的，即使是单个生物体的理解仍然不清楚。 然而，有一点是清楚的，即对海洋无脊椎动物变态的创新研究需要跨学科的方法。从我的实验室提出的研究包括正在进行的调查（i）信号机制，控制几个类群之间的变态的时间和（ii）少年生态和识别的信号系统，控制变态的时间的功能之间的关系。