A call for an international network of genomic observatories (GOs)

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Dawn Field⁷  Kathy Willis⁴  Susanna Assunta-Sansone⁷  Philippe Rocca-Serra⁷  Mesude Bicak⁵  John Deck²  Linda Amaral-Zettler³  Jack A Gilbert⁶  Chris Meyer¹  Neil Davies⁴ 

[1] Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC-163, Washington, DC, 20013, USA;Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Berkeley, BP 244 98728, Moorea, French Polynesia;The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA;Biodiversity Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK;Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK;Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA;Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford, 7 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG, UK

关键词: DNA;    Genomic observatory;    Biocode;    Ecosystems;    Biodiversity;    Earth observation;    Ecogenomics;   

Others  :  861972
DOI  :  10.1186/2047-217X-1-5

 received in 2012-03-28, accepted in 2012-07-12,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

We are entering a new era in genomics–that of large-scale, place-based, highly contextualized genomic research. Here we review this emerging paradigm shift and suggest that sites of utmost scientific importance be expanded into ‘Genomic Observatories’ (GOs). Investment in GOs should focus on the digital characterization of whole ecosystems, from all-taxa biotic inventories to time-series ’omics studies. The foundational layer of biodiversity–genetic variation–would thus be mainstreamed into Earth Observation systems enabling predictive modelling of biodiversity dynamics and resultant impacts on ecosystem services.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Davies et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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