Dissertation Research: Evolutionary Relationships Among Taxa of the Genus Thylamys (Marsupialia, Didelphidae) in Southern South America

发展中国家科学奖将 支助前往智利和巴拉圭的差旅，按日计算， 与论文相关的材料 研究R. Eduardo Palma，智利人 在唐纳德·杜辛斯基手下工作的博士生 在新墨西哥州大学。 项目 旨在评估系统发育关系 在有袋动物袋鼠属中， 等位酶分子分析方法 变异和mtDNA。 分子数据有望阐明 属内的进化关系 由于大多数研究仅限于 形态学和染色体分析。 的 研究也可能提供结果， 需要制定保护战略， 在新热带地区， 系统的哺乳动物学是至关重要的。 两者 美国和智利双方将受益于新的 南美地理学的进展 的 智利方面将受益于论文 研究支持，这将提高 美国和南方之间的合作关系 美国，该地区的科学 基础设施及其基本 生物学研究

This Science in Developing Countries award will support travel to Chile and Paraguay, per diem, and materials associated with the dissertation research of R. Eduardo Palma, a Chilean doctoral student working under Donald Duszynski at the University of New Mexico. The project aims to evaluate phylogenetic relationships within the marsupial genus Thylamys, using molecular analytical methods of allozyme variation and mtDNA. The molecular data are expected to elucidate evolutionary relationships within the genus, since most studies have been limited to morphologic and chromosomic analyses. The research also will likely provide results needed to develop conservation strategies in the Neotropics, a region in which research in systematic mammalogy is critical. Both the U.S. and Chilean sides will benefit from new advances in South American biogeography. The Chilean side will benefit from dissertation research support, which will enhance collaborative ties between the U.S. and South America, the region's scientific infrastructure, and its capacity for basic biological research.