Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for FY-2000

本行动资助2000年美国国家科学基金会生物信息学博士后研究奖学金。这项研究和培训计划是在人口生物学领域，题为“研究生物多样性的比较系统地理学方法”。通过分析3个两栖动物属（Ensatina、Taricha和Batrochoseps）内共分布的多个物种的系统地理一致性，探讨了影响两栖动物生物多样性格局的进化和地理因素。此外，跨物种种群水平过程的当前和历史比较为次级接触区遗传分化的影响因素提供了强有力的推论。通过结合多个物种和种群的空间和遗传信息，可以更深入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.