SPP 1529: Evolutionary Plant Solutions to Ecological Challenges: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Adaptive Traits in the Brassicaceae s.l. (Adaptomics)

在全球环境迅速变化的时代，提高我们对进化过程的理解尤为重要。这一优先项目的核心科学目标是对进化带来的分子解决方案获得全新的、全面的和越来越预测性的见解，从而使植物适应当地的环境需求。这一目标要求阐明适应特性的遗传基础，并将传统上孤立工作的学科，如生态学、植物生理学、系统学、生物化学、分子生物学和种群遗传学等学科整合起来。通过集中研究具有显著生态多样性的芸苔科植物，该优先计划利用了芸苔科模式植物拟南芥的分子理解进展，并利用了测序技术和生物信息学的最新重大进展。我们建议：(1)分析和分类芸苔科植物的自然多样性；(2)应用分子遗传学的最高标准来剖析多样性性状的分子基础；(3)测试它们的进化相关性；(4)开发基础设施，以最大限度地利用遗传学、基因组学、生态学和系统学工具实现共同利益。

In times of rapid global environmental change, the improvement of our understanding of evolutionary processes is particularly important. The central scientific objective of this Priority Programme is to obtain fundamentally novel, comprehensive and increasingly predictive insights into the molecular solutions that evolution brings about, which result in plants matching local environmental demands. This goal requires the elucidation of the genetic basis underlying adaptive traits, and the integration of disciplines, such as ecology, plant physiology, systematics, biochemistry, molecular biology and population genetics, that traditionally work in isolation. By concentrating on the Brassicaceae family that exhibits remarkable ecological diversity, this Priority Programme takes advantage of progress in the molecular understanding of the Brassicaceae model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and capitalises on recent seminal advances in sequencing technology and bioinformatics. We propose to (1) analyse and classify natural diversity in the Brassicaceae, (2) apply the highest standards in molecular genetics to dissect the molecular basis of diversified traits, (3) test their evolutionary relevance and (4) develop the infrastructure to maximise common benefits from genetic, genomic, ecological and systematics tools.