| 项目编号: | 1402725
|
| 项目名称: | Dissertation Research: The effect of intra-specific host variation on the structure of parasite populations |
| 作者: | Graham Coop
|
| 承担单位: | University of California-Davis
|
| 批准年: | 2013
|
| 开始日期: | 2014-06-01
|
| 结束日期: | 2016-12-31
|
| 资助金额: | USD13918
|
| 资助来源: | US-NSF
|
| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
|
| 国家: | US
|
| 语种: | 英语
|
| 特色学科分类: | Biological Sciences - Environmental Biology
|
| 英文关键词: | disease
; researcher
; tick
; ecology
; different host species
; many animal host
; host individual
; animal host
|
| 英文摘要: | The western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, is an important vector of diseases between wildlife and humans in the West, transmitting both Lyme disease and anaplasmosis. The ecology of these ticks is complicated and poorly understood, with many animal hosts that may serve as intermediaries in the spread of the diseases. Using next generation DNA sequence data from both ticks and the animal hosts from which they were collected, as well as cutting-edge spatial genetic statistical methods, the researchers investigate (1) whether ticks collected from different host species are more genetically differentiated than would be expected given their geographic separation, and (2) whether the relatedness between host individuals of the same species predicts the relatedness of the ticks that infest them.
It is difficult to observe the spread of vectors and pathogens in nature, but a grasp of the dynamics that govern the distribution of a disease and its vectors can be of crucial epidemiological or economic importance. In this study, researchers will use genetic data to uncover critical clues about the natural history and ecology of an important vector of human diseases, as well as valuable insights into the ecology of the diseases themselves. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
|
| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/96798
|
| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
|
|
There are no files associated with this item.
|
| Recommended Citation: | |
Graham Coop. Dissertation Research: The effect of intra-specific host variation on the structure of parasite populations. 2013-01-01.
|
|
|