Project overview
The research project on the analysis and regulation of the evolution of complex traits of animals was officially initiated in 2015, supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This project is mainly undertaken by the Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS, with joint collaborators including the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Institute of Hydrobiology, and Institute of Zoology, CAS. The aim of this research is as follows: by large-scale and cross-species evoluationary comparison, systemically integrate the massive data of different aninmal species in three levels, namely genetic factors, developmental network evoltion, and phenotype, in order to overcome the limits of static description and image relation, analyzing the causes of complex traits of animals, to realize a formula of eGPS (evolutionary Genotype-Phenotype Systems biology), therefore revealing significant biological phenomena. The accomplishment of this project will give new sights for the prevention of human chronic diseases, improvement of economic traits of poultry and livestocks, as well as bionics of special functions of annimals, supporting China to take important positions in the new round revolution of biological science and technology.