Genetic Relatedness and Successional Structure in Polistes

9510126 Queller博士和Strassmann博士将研究Polistes的几种纸黄蜂，每种选择的特征使其特别适合研究一种冲突。。他们已经开发出DNA微卫星基因座，这将为殖民地的遗传结构提供异常清晰的图景。这项研究应该揭示更多关于遗传利益冲突的表达和解决。它将测试亲缘关系选择理论中与广泛物种相关的元素。它可能为从真核细胞到多细胞生物体等其他类型的合作实体的进化提供一般性的见解。在实践方面，这项研究将利用并促进围绕微卫星基因的新技术，这是一种特殊的遗传指纹分析方法，在许多领域都很重要，包括进化研究、保护遗传学、法医学以及农业和医疗需求的基因图谱研究。它还将为同一实验室正在开发的估计相关性的新方法提供测试数据集。除了对博士后和研究生的培训做出贡献外，奎勒和斯特拉斯曼还鼓励本科生、高中生和教师将他们学到的知识带回课堂。

9510126 Queller Drs. Queller and Strassmann will work on several species of Polistes paper wasps, each chosen for characteristics that make it particularly suitable for studying one kind of conflict. . They have developed DNA microsatellite loci that will provide an unusually clear picture of the genetic structure of colonies. This research should reveal much about the expression and resolution of genetic conflicts of interest. It will test elements of kin selection theory that are relevant to a wide range of species. It may provide general insights into the evolution of other kinds of cooperative entities, from the eukaryotic cell to multicellular organisms. On the practical side, the research will utilize and contribute to the new technology surrounding microsatellite genes, a particular method of genetic fingerprinting important in many areas, including evolutionary studies, conservation genetics, forensics, and gene-mapping studies for agricultural and medical needs. It will also provide test data sets for new methods of estimating relatedness being developed in the same laboratory. Besides contributing to the training of postdoctoral and graduate students, Queller and Strassmann encourage participation of undergraduates, high school students, and teachers who take the knowledge they gain back to the classroom.