Collaborative Research: PBI: A survey of the tapeworms (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes) from the vertebrate bowels of the earth

合作研究：PBI：对来自地球脊椎动物肠道的绦虫（绦虫：扁形动物）的调查

• 批准号: 0818696
• 负责人: Janine Caira
• 金额: $ 258.77万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0818696&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; PBI; survey; tapeworms

A team of 22 tapeworm experts from 13 countries will conduct collections of tapeworms from the digestive tracts of vertebrates (i.e, birds, mammals, fishes, amphibians and reptiles, and sharks and rays) on land and in the waters of 20 countries globally. The project will likely yield approximately 1,600 to 1,700 tapeworm species new to science from previously unsampled vertebrates and geographic regions. DNA sequence data will be generated for 1,000 species, will be analyzed, and the results used to revise tapeworm classification. The existing Global Cestode Database will be expanded to include descriptions of all tapeworm species and enhanced to allow data entry from anywhere in the world.The project website will provide public access to information on new and known tapeworm species, and to resources including a list of tapeworm specimens available in museums around the world, keys to aid in the identification of tapeworms, and check-lists of vertebrates and their tapeworms. The project will include 4 post-docs, 4 graduate and 4 undergraduate students, and will result in the generation of 5 children's books, narrated by "spokesworms," describing life for tapeworms in the various vertebrate groups. The project will ultimately lead to a global understanding of tapeworms and their hosts that is unprecedented for any host/parasite system to date.

来自 13 个国家的 22 名绦虫专家组成的团队将在全球 20 个国家的陆地和水域收集脊椎动物（即鸟类、哺乳动物、鱼类、两栖动物和爬行动物、鲨鱼和鳐鱼）消化道中的绦虫。该项目可能会从以前未取样的脊椎动物和地理区域中产生大约 1,600 至 1,700 种科学上新的绦虫物种。将生成 1,000 个物种的 DNA 序列数据，进行分析，并将结果用于修改绦虫分类。现有的全球绦虫数据库将扩大到包括所有绦虫物种的描述，并得到增强，以允许从世界任何地方输入数据。该项目网站将向公众提供有关新的和已知的绦虫物种的信息以及资源，包括列表世界各地博物馆提供的绦虫标本、帮助识别绦虫的钥匙以及脊椎动物及其绦虫清单。该项目将包括 4 名博士后、4 名研究生和 4 名本科生，并将出版 5 本儿童读物，由“代言虫”讲述，描述不同脊椎动物群体中绦虫的生活。该项目最终将导致全球对绦虫及其宿主的了解，这对于迄今为止的任何宿主/寄生虫系统来说都是前所未有的。