Evolution of sensory systems in the dark biosphere

黑暗生物圈中感觉系统的进化

• 批准号: DP230100731
• 负责人: Prof Steven Cooper
• 金额: $ 30.09万
• 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: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP230100731
• 关键词: Evolution; sensory; systems; dark; biosphere

This project utilises a unique Australian model system based on multiple, independently-evolved subterranean water beetles to explore the adaptive and regressive changes in the genome that occur when surface species colonise subterranean habitats. We aim to characterise and investigate the evolution of chemosensory and circadian rhythm genes, which play critical roles in the fitness of animals, including the ability to find food and mates in a dark, thermally stable environment. Knowledge of chemosensory and circadian genetic systems and how they dynamically evolve is fundamental to a variety of fields, including the process of speciation and biological adaptation (for example, to permanent darkness, pollutants and insecticides).

该项目利用了一个独特的澳大利亚模型系统，基于多个独立进化的地下水甲虫来探索当表面物种定居地下栖息地时发生的基因组的适应性和回归变化。我们旨在表征和研究化学体和昼夜节律基因的演变，这些基因在动物的适应性中起着关键作用，包括在黑暗，热稳定的环境中找到食物和伴侣的能力。了解化学感觉和昼夜节律遗传系统以及它们动态发展的知识是各种领域的基础，包括物种和生物适应的过程（例如，对永久黑暗，污染物和杀虫剂）。