Dissertation Research: Molecular Evolution and Phylogeneticsof the Insect 18s rDNA

有翅昆虫目之间祖先-后代关系的其他假设将使用18s核糖体RNA分析进行测试。绘制、测序和开发一个包含6个物种的基因文库将为进化分析提供数据。拟议的研究将是对以前仅用形态学解释的昆虫关系的独立测试，从而澄清一个长期存在的重要进化问题。这项研究也将有助于不断增长的分子系统学数据库。

Alternative hypotheses for the ancestor-descendant relationships among the orders of the winged insects will be tested using 18s ribosomal RNA analysis. Mapping, sequencing and development of a gene library using six species representing several orders will provide data for cladisitc analysis. The proposed research will be an independent test of insect relationships formerly interpreted using only morphology, thereby clarifying a long-standing and important evolutionary question. The research will also contribute to the growing database in molecular systematics.