An Automated DNA Sequencer for Systematics, Evolutionary Biology, and Environmental Studies at Louisiana State University

将购买一台自动DNA测序仪，用于路易斯安那州立大学的系统学、进化生物学和环境研究。将要探索的项目包括：表征近海平台上的藻类-无脊椎动物垫；绿藻初级枝与土地规划关系的阐明宿主-寄生虫组合中的合作；海洋无脊椎动物的繁殖方式；通过比较分子方法构建鸟类和哺乳动物的系统发育，解释生态学、行为和地理分布的历史模式。

An automated DNA sequencer will be purchased for studies in systematics, evolutionary biology and environmental studies at Louisiana State University. Among the projects to be explored are: characterization the algal- invertebrate mats on off-shore platforms; the elucidation of the relationships of primary clades of green algae to land plans; cospeciation in a host-parasite assemblage; modes of reproduction in marine invertebrates; and the interpretation of historical patterns in ecology, behavior, and geographic distribution through construction of bird and mammal phylogenies via comparative molecular methods.