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.

墨西哥湾石油泄漏有可能对墨西哥湾沿岸的植物种群造成持久伤害。为了更好地了解这些影响，并发现应激反应的遗传基础，该项目将制作路易斯安那鸢尾及其杂交种的详细遗传图谱。这项工作将对先前确定的来自佛罗里达州、阿拉巴马州、密西西比州和路易斯安那州的沿海种群以及密西西比州和阿查法拉亚流域的海湾北部种群进行采样。此外，该项目将使用先前构建的杂交种群，将其移植到受污染和未受污染的地点。利用先前确定的遗传标记，该项目将确定可能参与应激反应的基因。该项目有潜力为清理这场生态灾难后所必需的植物恢复项目做出贡献。此外，还将为博士后学者提供培训。