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

这一开创性的项目将给出第一幅由流行病在人类群体中引起的基因变化的实时图像。这将揭示有关未来流行病对现代人免疫系统遗传多样性的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。通过提出将最先进的科学与全球人类问题相结合，我们将解决澳大利亚在将科学专业知识扩展到其国界之外的利益，并使澳大利亚处于疾病影响研究的前沿。

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.