U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Thermal Adaptation in the Obscura Group of Drosophila

9981780 Huey这三年奖美国-法国合作研究进化遗传学涉及雷蒙德B。Huey和华盛顿大学的研究生，以及法国国家科学研究中心进化遗传学实验室的Brigitte Moreteau和她的研究小组。 他们将合作进行昆虫耐寒性的研究，重点是果蝇属暗组果蝇的进化生理学。 研究人员建议使用新的统计方法与快速评分相结合，以促进对温度影响的定量分析。美国研究人员为这次合作带来了生理进化系统发育方法的专业知识和果蝇的大量研究经验。 法国的经验和对果蝇多样性的了解也是一个补充。 该项目还利用了法国团队开发的温度反应定量分析的新方法。 他们的合作将促进对昆虫热敏感性的理解，以及进化模式是可预测的还是历史偶然的。 它将阐明昆虫是否能迅速进化以应对气候变化。 该奖项将支持这项国际合作的增量成本，即美国研究员和研究生前往法国巴黎的差旅费和生活费。

9981780 HueyThis three-year award for U.S.-France cooperative research in evolutionary genetics involves Raymond B. Huey and a graduate student at the University of Washington, and Brigitte Moreteau and her research group at the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics of the French National Center for Scientific Research. They will collaborate on studies of insect cold tolerance with a focus on the evolutionary physiology of fruit flies of the obscura group of Drosophila. The investigators propose to use new statistical methods combined with rapid scoring in order to facilitate quantitative analyses of effects of temperature.The U.S. investigators bring to this collaboration expertise in phylogenetic approaches in physiological evolution and considerable research experience with Drosophila. This is complemented by French experience and knowledge of Drosophila diversity. The project also takes advantage of novel methods in quantitative analysis of temperature reaction that have been developed by the French team. Their collaboration will advance understanding of the thermal sensitivity of insects and whether evolutionary patterns are predictable or are historically contingent. It will elucidate whether insects can evolve rapidly in response to climate change. This award will support the incremental costs of this international collaboration; that is, the travel to Paris, France and subsistence expenses of the U.S. investigator and graduate student.