A shipload of consequences: studying the impact of Old World diseases on native South American populations via ancient DNA

一系列后果：通过古代 DNA 研究旧世界疾病对南美洲原住民的影响

• 批准号: DP1095782
• 负责人: Dr Wolfgang Haak
• 金额: $ 25.08万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-04-12 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP1095782
• 关键词: shipload; consequences; studying; impact; Old

This pioneering project will give the first real-time picture of the genetic changes induced by epidemics in human populations. This will reveal important new information about the likely impact of future epidemics on the genetic diversity of the immune system in modern human populations and will be of substantial use in building epidemiological models. By proposing to combine state-of-the-art science with global problems of humanity, we will address Australia's interests in expanding scientific expertise beyond its borders and place Australia at the leading edge of disease impact studies.

这一开创性的项目将首次提供由流行病在人群中引起的遗传变化的实时图片。这将揭示有关未来流行病对现代人群免疫系统遗传多样性可能影响的重要新信息，并将在建立流行病学模型方面发挥重要作用。通过提议将最先进的联合收割机与全球人类问题结合起来，我们将满足澳大利亚在将科学专门知识扩展到其边界之外方面的利益，并使澳大利亚处于疾病影响研究的前沿。