Canada Research Chair in Shellfish Health and Genomics

加拿大贝类健康和基因组学研究主席

• 批准号: 1000231856-2017
• 负责人: Green, Timothy
• 金额: $ 8.74万
• 依托单位: Vancouver Island University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=695308
• 关键词: Canada; Research; Chair; Shellfish; Health

The Canadian shellfish industry is at risk from ocean acidification, which reduces the availability of calcium carbonate that shellfish use to form their shells. Vibrio is a genus of bacteria that often causes shellfish disease, and there is evidence that their impact is increasing with rising seawater temperature. Over the next five years, Dr. Green will study the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of shellfish adaption to these stressors. By determining the molecular mechanisms involved in shellfish evolutionary adaption, an expected outcome of this project will be implementation of a selective-breeding program to future-proof the Canadian shellfish industry against these threats.

加拿大贝类产业面临海洋酸化的风险，海洋酸化减少了贝类用于形成外壳的碳酸钙的可用性。弧菌是一种经常导致贝类疾病的细菌，有证据表明，随着海水温度的上升，它们的影响正在增加。在接下来的五年里，绿色博士将研究贝类适应这些压力的遗传和表观遗传机制。通过确定贝类进化适应的分子机制，该项目的预期成果将是实施一项选择性育种计划，以确保加拿大贝类产业免受这些威胁。