NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for FY 1997

Matthew S. Olson为1997年NSF/Alfred P. Sloan分子进化博士后提供资助。这些奖学金支持涉及生物进化变化和适应框架内分子水平生物模式和过程的理论、比较、计算和/或实验分析的研究。这些研究还包括利用分子数据来解决更广泛的进化问题。每个奖学金支持在赞助实验室进行的研究和培训计划。该奖学金的研究和培训计划的题目是“雄性不育基因的进化及其对草本植物Silene vulgaris种群性别比、定植动态和遗传多样性的影响”。细胞质雄性不育（Cytoplasmic male sterility， CMS）因子由于是母系遗传而导致子代全部为雌性，因此具有自私基因的作用。本研究旨在开发遗传标记，以检测特定CMS因子对白麦种群性别比和线粒体多样性的影响。

Abstract DBI 9750033 Matthew S. Olson This action funds an NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for 1997. These fellowships support studies involving the theoretical, comparative, computational, and/or experimental analyses of biological patterns and processes at the molecular level within the framework of organismic evolutionary change and adaptation. These studies also include the use of molecular data to address broader evolutionary questions. Each fellowship supports a research and training plan to be carried out in a sponsoring laboratory. The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled "The Evolution of Male-Sterility Genes and their Effects on Population Sex Ratios, Colonization Dynamics, and Genetic Diversity in the Herbaceous Plant, Silene vulgaris." Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) factors act as selfish genes because they are maternally inherited and result in all progeny being female. This research seeks to develop genetic markers to detect the effects of specific CMS factors on population sex ratios and mitochondrial diversity in Silene vulgaris.