Wild Tricoders: Kuburitsa Everest's Wildlife Mysteries neDNA

Masayendisiti anowana humbowo hwe187 taxonomic orders muma 20 litres emvura inounganidzwa kubva kune imwe yenzvimbo dzakaomarara paNyika.
Chikwata chemasayendisiti chinotungamirwa neWildlife Conservation Society (WCS) neAppalachian State University vakashandisa DNA yezvakatipoteredza (eDNA) kunyora zvipenyu zvealpine zvegomo refu refu pasi, iro 29,032-foot (8,849 metres) yakafara Mount Everest. Iri basa rakakosha chikamu cheiyo 2019 National Geographic uye Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, yakakura kwazvo sainzi Everest expedition.
Vachinyora pamusoro pezvavakawana mujenari iScience, boka racho rakaunganidza eDNA kubva mumasampuli emvura kubva kumadhamu gumi uye hova pakadzika kubva pa 14,763 tsoka (4,500 metres) kusvika 18,044 tsoka (5,500 metres) kwemavhiki mana. Nzvimbo idzi dzinosanganisira nzvimbo dzemabhandi ealpine aripo pamusoro pemutsara wemuti uye ane mhando yemiti yemaruva uye shrub marudzi, pamwe chete nemabhanhire eeolian anowedzera kunze kwemiti yemaruva uye shrubs kumusoro mubhayosphere. Vakaona zvipenyu zve187 taxonomic orders kubva pamarita makumi maviri chete emvura, yakaenzana ne16.3%, kana chikamu chimwe chete pazvikamu zvitanhatu, yehuwandu hwehuwandu hwemirairo inozivikanwa muMuti weHupenyu, muti wemhuri wezvakasiyana-siyana zvePasi.
eDNA inotsvaga huwandu hwezvinhu zvakasiiwa nezvisikwa nemhuka dzesango uye inopa inokwanisika, inokurumidza uye yakazara nzira yekuvandudza kugona kwetsvakiridzo yekuongorora kusiyanisa zvipenyu munzvimbo yemvura. Samples inounganidzwa pachishandiswa bhokisi rakavharwa rine sefa inoteya genetic material, inozoongororwa murabhoritari pachishandiswa DNA metabarcoding nedzimwe nzira dzekutevedzana. WCS inoshandisa eDNA kuwana zvipenyu zvisingawanzo uye zviri mungozi kubva kumahumpback whale kuenda kuSwinhoe softshell turtles, imwe yemhando dzisingawanzo kuwanikwa paNyika.
Kupisa mepu yekutevedzana kuverenga kwehutachiona hwakaonekwa uye hwakaiswa mu taxonomic kurongeka uchishandisa SingleM uye Greengene dhatabhesi kubva kune yega saiti.
Kunyangwe tsvagiridzo yaEverest yakanangana nekuzivikanwa kwechiyero-yekurongeka, timu yakakwanisa kuona zvipenyu zvakawanda kusvika kune genus kana mhando yemhando.
Semuyenzaniso, timu yakaona ma rotifers uye tardigrades, twumhuka twuviri tunozivikanwa kuti hunobudirira mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzakaomarara uye dzakanyanyisa uye dzinoonekwa sedzimwe dzemhuka dzakasimba dzinozivikanwa pasi pano. Pamusoro pezvo, vakawana nhiyo yechando yeTibetan yakawanikwa muSagarmatha National Park uye vakashamisika kuwana mhuka dzakaita sembwa dzemumba nehuku dzinomiririra kukanganisa kwezviitiko zvevanhu panzvimbo.
Vakawanawo miti yemupaini inongowanikwa pazvikomo zviri kure kwazvo kubva kwavakaita sample, ichiratidza kuti mukume unopeperetswa nemhepo unofamba sei uchienda kumusoro munzvimbo idzi. Chimwe chisikwa chavakawana munzvimbo dzinoverengeka yaive mayfly, chiratidzo chinozivikanwa chekuchinja kwezvakatipoteredza.
Iyo eDNA inventory ichabatsira ramangwana biomonitoring yeakakwira Himalayas uye retrospective molecular zvidzidzo kuongorora shanduko nekufamba kwenguva sekudziya kwemamiriro ekunze, kunyungudika kwechando uye kukanganisa kwevanhu kunoshandura iyi inokurumidza kuchinja, ine mukurumbira pasirese ecosystem.
Dr. Tracey Seimon weWCS Animal Health Programme, mutevedzeri weboka reEverest Biofield uye muongorori mukuru, akati: “Kune zvinhu zvipenyu zvakawanda. Iyo alpine nharaunda, kusanganisira Mount Everest, inofanirwa kutariswa sekuenderera mberi kwenguva refu yekutarisa alpine biodiversity, mukuwedzera kune bioclimatic monitoring uye yemamiriro ekunze shanduko yekuongorora. ”
Dr Marisa Lim veWildlife Conservation Society vakati: “Takaenda kumusoro kwenyika kunotsvaka upenyu. Hezvino zvatakawana. Zvisinei, nyaya yacho haigumiri ipapo. kubatsira kuzivisa hungwaru hweramangwana."
Mutevedzeri mubati wenzvero yomumunda, munzveri weNational Geographic uye Associate Purofesa paAppalachian State University Dr. Anton Simon akati: “Zana ramakore rakapfuura, apo vakabvunzwa kuti, ‘Nei uchiendera kuEverest?’, mukwikwiri weBritain George Mallory akapindura, kuti, ‘Nemhaka yokuti yakanga iriko. Chikwata chedu cha2019 chaive nemafungiro akasiyana: takaenda kuMount Everest nekuti yaive neruzivo uye yaigona kutidzidzisa nezvenyika yatinogara.
Nekuita kuti iyi yakavhurika sosi dhatabheti iwanikwe munharaunda yekutsvagisa, vanyori vanotarisira kupa mukuedza kuri kuenderera mberi kwekuvaka zviwanikwa zvemamorekuru kudzidza uye kuronda shanduko mukusiyana kwezvipenyu mumakomo marefu ePasi.
Chinyorwa chinodudzwa: Lim et al., Kushandisa DNA yezvakatipoteredza kuongorora zvipenyu zveMuti weHupenyu kumaodzanyemba kweMount Everest, iScience (2022) Marisa KV Lim, 1Anton Seimon, 2Batya Nightingale, 1Charles SI Xu, 3Stefan RP Holloy, 4Adam J. Solon, 5Nicholas B. Dragon, 5Steven K. Schmidt, 5Alex Tate, 6Sandra Alvin, 6Aurora K. Elmore,6,7 naTracey A. Simon1,8,
1 Wildlife Conservation Society, Zoological Health Program, Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY 10460, USA 2 Appalachian State University, Dhipatimendi reGeography uye Planning, Boone, NC 28608, USA 3 McGill University, Redpath Department of Museums and Biology, Montreal, H3A 0G4 , CanadaQ94 Department of Primary Industries, Wellington 6011, New Zealand 5 University of Colorado, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, CO 80309, USA 6 National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 20036, USAQ107 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver- Spring, MD 20910, USA 8 Lead Contact* Kukurukurirana
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