Applying Genomics to the recovery of critically endangered Canadian species

应用基因组学恢复加拿大极度濒危物种

• 批准号: 566547-2021
• 负责人: Lesbarrères, DavidD
• 金额: $ 2.12万
• 依托单位: Laurentian University of Sudbury
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=761323
• 关键词: Applying; Genomics; recovery; critically; endangered

Global biodiversity is declining at alarming rates and zoos and aquariums are becoming critical players in countering this biodiversity loss. Part of the mandate of these organizations has expanded to partner with governmental organizations and academics in engaging in research related to conservation in captivity and the wild. Leveraging the resources of three major research-intensive zoos/aquariums in Canada (the Toronto Zoo, the Calgary Zoo and the Vancouver Aquarium), this research project will address the challenges associated with the survival of two Amphibian species, the Northern Leopard Frog, Lithobates pipiens and the Oregon Spotted Frog, Rana pretiosa, both Critically Imperiled in BC, Endangered in Canada, thus facing potential extinction in Western Canada. By offering training graduate students in population genetics and ecology, genomics and breeding practices in a conservation framework, this program will prepare graduates for a diversity of 21st century careers in conservation, develop best practices for future endangered species breeding programs and provide an avenue for public and private stakeholders to save two key Canadian species from extinction, thus fulfilling the strategic mandates of both zoos/aquariums and the Species At Risk Act.

全球生物多样性正在以惊人的速度下降，动物园和水族馆正在成为应对这种生物多样性丧失的关键角色。这些组织的部分任务已扩大到与政府组织和学者合作，从事与圈养和野生动物保护有关的研究。利用加拿大三个主要的研究密集型动物园/水族馆(多伦多动物园、卡尔加里动物园和温哥华水族馆)的资源，该研究项目将解决两个两栖物种--北豹蛙、石斑蛙和俄勒冈斑蛙的生存挑战，这两个物种在公元前都处于严重濒危状态，在加拿大濒临灭绝，因此在加拿大西部面临灭绝的危险。通过在保护框架内为研究生提供种群遗传学和生态学、基因组学和育种实践方面的培训，该项目将使毕业生为21世纪多样化的保护职业做好准备，为未来的濒危物种育种计划开发最佳实践，并为公共和私人利益攸关方提供一条途径，拯救两个关键的加拿大物种免于灭绝，从而履行动物园/水族馆和濒危物种法案的战略任务。