Abalon Chili, moluska dengan potensi khasiat obat, telah dinyatakan sebagai “Moluska Internasional Tahun Ini”. Terlepas dari penampilannya yang biasa-biasa saja, keong besar dan karnivora ini mengumpulkan lebih dari 40% suara publik, membuatnya mendapatkan hadiah utama pengurutan genom lengkap. Hadiah tersebut diterima atas nama spesies tersebut oleh Juan Diego Alvarez di Museum Sejarah Alam Senckenberg di Frankfurt.
Abalon Chili, juga dikenal sebagai Concholepas concholepas, pernah ditangkap secara berlebihan dan jumlahnya berkurang drastis. Namun, komponen darahnya, pengangkut oksigen haemocyanin, baru-baru ini ditemukan efektif melawan kanker kandung kemih dan prostat. Abalon juga merupakan predator penting di habitat aslinya dan memainkan peran penting dalam menyeimbangkan jaring makanan.
Genom dari hanya beberapa spesies moluska sejauh ini telah sepenuhnya diurutkan, dan sedikit yang diketahui tentang dasar genomik mereka untuk keragaman, kemampuan adaptif, atau produk alami yang mereka hasilkan. Pemetaan genom abalon Chili akan membantu para peneliti mengeksplorasi strategi adaptasi, populasi yang berbeda, dan menemukan molekul baru dengan kepentingan farmasi.
Carola Greve, seorang juri kompetisi dan manajer lab di LOEWE Translational Biodiversity Genomics Centre, mengatakan, “Analisis genom tidak hanya dapat membantu mengeksplorasi strategi adaptasi dan populasi yang berbeda di area distribusi yang besar tetapi juga untuk menemukan molekul baru dengan kepentingan farmasi.”
Kompetisi International Molusk of the Year menerima total 4.309 suara dari seluruh dunia, dengan abalon Chili menerima suara terbanyak dengan 1.798. Siput gelembung bergelombang, Micromelo undatus, mengikuti di tempat kedua dengan 970 suara, sementara tiram laut dalam raksasa Neopycnodonte zibrowii dan nudibranch bertanduk tebal Hermissenda crassicornis juga diakui.
Profesor Julia Sigwart, Kepala Seksi Departemen Malakologi di Senckenberg Research Institute, berkata, “Bersama-sama, kita semakin dekat dengan tujuan kita untuk menunjukkan kepada publik keanekaragaman hayati moluska yang sangat besar dan membangkitkan antusiasme terhadap organisme yang sering diremehkan ini, banyak di antaranya melakukan tugas penting dalam ekosistemnya masing-masing.” Penghargaan ini akan membantu meningkatkan kesadaran akan pentingnya abalon Chili dan spesies moluska lainnya.
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