REU: Accomplishment-Based Renewal: Biomolecular Systematicsof Primates and Other Eutheria

DNA核苷酸序列已经成为关于物种、属和更高层次分类群之间进化关系的最具说服力的信息来源。Morris Goodman博士一直是分子进化领域的领军人物，他建议继续分析灵长类动物和其他哺乳动物群体的基因序列。这项研究将有助于澄清灵长类动物内部的关系，以及灵长类动物与它们最近的非灵长类亲戚之间的关系。古德曼博士还将研究一个谱系的进化速度、该谱系的突变率和该谱系中生物体的寿命之间可能存在的关联。这项研究将引起脊椎动物动物学家、人类学家和分子遗传学家的广泛关注。一个更为健全的哺乳动物谱系将鼓励在生态学、行为学和生物地理学等相关领域开展广泛的研究项目。

DNA nucleotide sequences have emerged as the most convincing source of information concerning evolutionary relationships among species, genera, and higher level taxonomic groups. Dr. Morris Goodman has been a leader in this field of molecular evolution, and he proposes continued analysis of gene sequences among primates and other mammalian groups. This research will help to clarify relationships within the primates, and between primates and their closest non-primate relatives. Dr. Goodman will also investigate the possible correlation between the rate at which a lineage evolves, the mutation rate in that lineage, and the life span of organisms in that lineage. The proposed research will attract broad attention from vertebrate zoologists, anthropologists, and molecular geneticists. A more robust genealogy of mammals will encourage a wide range of research projects in ecology, behavior, and biogeography, to name a few relevant fields.