RAPID: Evolutionary Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Coastal Louisiana Iris Populations

RAPID：深水地平线漏油事件对路易斯安那州沿海鸢尾种群的进化影响

• 批准号: 1049757
• 负责人: Michael Arnold
• 金额: $ 17.58万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1049757&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Evolutionary; Effects; Deepwater; Horizon

The Gulf of Mexico oil leak has the potential to cause lasting harm to the plant populations along the Gulf coastline. To better understand those effects, and to discover the genetic bases for stress responses, this project will produce a detailed, genetic map of Louisiana Irises and their hybrids. The work will incorporate sampling of previously identified coastal populations from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and populations north of the Gulf in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya watersheds. In addtion, the project will use previously constructed hybrid populations that will be transplanted into contaminated and uncontaminated sites. Using previously identified genetic markers, the project will then identify possible genes that are involved in stress responses. This project has the potential to contribute to plant restoration projects that will be necessary following the cleanup of this ecological catastrophe. In addition, it will provide training for a postdoctoral scholar.

墨西哥湾泄漏有可能对墨西哥湾海岸线造成持久的损害。为了更好地理解这些影响，并发现压力反应的遗传基础，该项目将产生详细的路易斯安那虹膜遗传图及其杂种。这项工作将结合从佛罗里达州，阿拉巴马州，密西西比州和路易斯安那州的先前确定的沿海人口进行抽样，以及密西西比州和阿塔法拉亚河水地区海湾以北的人口。另外，该项目将使用先前构建的混合种群，这些混合动力种群将被移植到受污染和未受污染的地点中。使用先前鉴定的遗传标记，该项目将确定与压力反应有关的可能基因。该项目有可能为植物修复项目做出贡献，这是在清理这场生态灾难后必要的。此外，它将为博士后学者提供培训。