NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 1997

获奖摘要 研究员： 菲利普·N Soto-Adames提案编号：DBI 9707848 这项行动为1997年NSF少数民族博士后研究金提供资金。 该奖学金支持系统生物学领域的研究和培训。 研究和培训计划的标题是“微型节肢动物栖息土壤中的分子标记和物种形成模式”。“正在研究的生物体包括大波多黎各的Lepidocytus-Pseudosinella属复合体（六足目：弹尾目）。 弹尾目是最具多样性的原始无翅六足动物，对土壤生物学非常重要。 正在利用分子工具和地理分布来确定物种形成的多样性和模式，以深入了解促成这一重要和研究不足的生物群体进化成功的因素。

Award Abstract Fellow: Felipe N. Soto-Adames Proposal number: DBI 9707848 This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for 1997. This fellowship supports research and training in the area of systematic biology. The research and training plan is entitled " Molecular markers and patterns of speciation in soil inhabiting microarthropods." The organisms being studied comprise the Lepidocyrtus-Pseudosinella genera complex (Hexapoda: Collembola) in greater Puerto Rico. Collembola are the most diverse of the primitive, wingless hexapods and important to soil biology. Diversity and patterns of speciation are being determined with the use of molecular tools and geographical distribution to gain insight into the factors contributing to the evolutionary success of this important and under-studied group of organisms.