Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for FY-2000

这项行动资助了国家科学基金会2000年生物信息学博士后研究金。 通过分析三个不同属（Ensatina，Taricha和Batrochoseps）中多个共分布物种的地理一致性，研究了两栖动物生物多样性格局的进化和地理因素影响。 此外，比较当前和历史的人口水平的过程中的物种提供了强有力的推论的因素影响遗传分化的区域的二次接触。 通过将多个物种和种群的空间和遗传信息结合起来，将更透彻地了解影响物种形成和区域生物多样性的力量。

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for 2000.The research and training plan is in the area of Population Biology and is entitled "A Comparative Phylogeographic Approach to Studying Biodiversity". Evolutionary and geographical factors influencing patterns of amphibian biodiversity are investigated by analyzing, within three different genera (Ensatina, Taricha, and Batrochoseps), multiple codistributed species for phylogeographic concordance. In addition, comparisons of current and historic population level processes across species provide strong inferences on factors impacting genetic divergence in zones of secondary contact. By combining spatial and genetic information across multiple species and populations, a more thorough understanding of the forces affecting speciation and regional biodiversity will result.