NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for FY 1997

DBI 9750033马修·S·奥尔森这一行动为1997年美国国家科学基金会/阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆分子进化博士后研究奖学金提供了资金。这些奖学金支持在有机体进化变化和适应的框架内，在分子水平上对生物模式和过程进行理论、比较、计算和/或实验分析的研究。这些研究还包括使用分子数据来解决更广泛的进化问题。每个研究金资助一项研究和培训计划，该计划将在一个赞助实验室进行。该研究金的研究和培训计划题为“雄性不育基因的进化及其对草本植物Silene cangaris的种群性别比、定居动态和遗传多样性的影响”。细胞质雄性不育(CMS)因子起自私基因的作用，因为它们是母系遗传的，导致所有后代都是雌性的。本研究旨在开发遗传标记，以检测特定的CMS因子对群体性别比和线粒体多样性的影响。

Abstract DBI 9750033 Matthew S. Olson This action funds an NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for 1997. These fellowships support studies involving the theoretical, comparative, computational, and/or experimental analyses of biological patterns and processes at the molecular level within the framework of organismic evolutionary change and adaptation. These studies also include the use of molecular data to address broader evolutionary questions. Each fellowship supports a research and training plan to be carried out in a sponsoring laboratory. The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled "The Evolution of Male-Sterility Genes and their Effects on Population Sex Ratios, Colonization Dynamics, and Genetic Diversity in the Herbaceous Plant, Silene vulgaris." Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) factors act as selfish genes because they are maternally inherited and result in all progeny being female. This research seeks to develop genetic markers to detect the effects of specific CMS factors on population sex ratios and mitochondrial diversity in Silene vulgaris.