Conservation genomics of a critically endangered insect

该项目旨在开发对大型动物基因组进行基因分型的工具，重点关注豪勋爵岛竹节虫的情况，这种昆虫曾被认为已经灭绝，现在处于极度濒危状态。该项目期望产生分子工具来监测昆虫的遗传健康，昆虫具有庞大，复杂且知之甚少的基因组。预期成果包括为该昆虫制定一项保护和重新引入战略。这个项目将有利于正在进行的保护工作，并及时考虑到正在进行的消灭老鼠从豪勋爵岛，这个物种曾经生活。

This project aims to develop tools genotyping large animal genomes, focusing on the case of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, once thought to be extinct and now critically endangered. This project expects to generate molecular tools to monitor the genetic health the insect which has a large, complex and poorly understood genome. Expected outcomes include the development of a preservation and reintroduction strategy for the insect. This project will benefit ongoing conservation efforts, and is timely given the ongoing eradication of rats from Lord Howe Island where this species once lived.