Collaborative Research: Arabidopsis 2010: Ecological genomics of adaptation to climate

合作研究：拟南芥2010：适应气候的生态基因组学

• 批准号: 1022196
• 负责人: John McKay
• 金额: $ 70.02万
• 依托单位: Colorado State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1022196&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Arabidopsis; 2010; Ecological

This research investigates the ecological and genetic mechanisms that allow the plant Arabidopsis thaliana to adapt (grow, survive and reproduce) to different natural environments. Using wild populations from the extremes of a natural gradient in temperature and length of daylight, the investigators will identify the traits and genes that govern plant performance in nature. Traits of particular interest include flowering time, freezing and drought tolerance, and the capacity of plants to photosynthesize (make energy from sunlight) under conditions of physiological stress. The investigators will identify the genes that contribute to adaptation in nature and the magnitude of the effect of individual genes. A major goal of this work is to investigate the importance of genes that have positive effects in one environment but negative effects in other environments. Such genes are poorly understood but are thought to play a key role in adaptation.The study will provide a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that allow plants to cope with different environments and has the potential to provide genetic tools for producing new varieties of plants/crops. In addition, the study system is well suited to investigate the possible consequences of global climate change and the potential of plants to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

这项研究调查了拟南芥植物适应（生长、生存和繁殖）不同自然环境的生态和遗传机制。利用温度和日照长度自然梯度极端的野生种群，研究人员将确定在自然界中控制植物性能的性状和基因。特别令人感兴趣的性状包括开花时间、耐冻性和耐旱性，以及植物在生理胁迫条件下进行光合作用（从阳光中产生能量）的能力。研究人员将确定有助于自然适应的基因以及单个基因的影响程度。这项工作的一个主要目标是研究在一种环境中产生积极影响但在其他环境中产生消极影响的基因的重要性。 人们对这些基因知之甚少，但被认为在适应中发挥着关键作用。这项研究将提供对植物应对不同环境的机制的更深入理解，并有可能为生产植物/作物新品种提供遗传工具。 。此外，该研究系统非常适合研究全球气候变化可能产生的后果以及植物适应快速变化条件的潜力。