NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for FY 1998

DBI-9803946杰弗里·T·斯特里曼这一行动为美国国家科学基金会/阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆1998年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。该奖学金的研究和培训计划名为DNA简单序列重复作为进化变化的管道。这项研究试图更好地理解重复DNA的进化动力学。通过育种研究、选择实验和体内RNA分析，正在检验微卫星改变慈鱼基因表达的假设。结果将与分子进化论者以及那些使用简单序列重复作为亲子关系、犯罪身份识别和种群结构的中性标记的人密切相关。

Abstract DBI-9803946 Jeffrey T. Streelman This action funds an NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for 1998. 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 DNA simple sequence repeats as conduits of evolutionary change. This research seeks to better understand the evolutionary dynamics of repetitive DNA. Using breeding studies, selection experiments and in vivo RNA assays, the hypothesis that microsatellites modify gene expression in cichlid fishes is being tested. Results will be germane to molecular evolutionists as well as those who use simple sequence repeats as neutral markers of paternity, criminal identification and population structure.