NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 1997

研究员：Felipe N. soto - adams提案号：DBI 9707848本行动资助1997年NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金。该奖学金支持系统生物学领域的研究和培训。这项研究和培训计划的题目是“土壤微型节肢动物物种形成的分子标记和模式”。正在研究的生物包括大波多黎各的鳞虫-假sinella属复合体（六足目：弹虫）。弹虫是原始的无翅六足动物中种类最丰富的一种，对土壤生物学具有重要意义。物种形成的多样性和模式正在通过使用分子工具和地理分布来确定，以深入了解促成这一重要且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.