U.S.-Australia Cooperative Research: Biogeography of Tephritid Fruit Flies in the Pacific

这个美国-澳大利亚合作研究项目将调查四个太平洋群岛的绦虫果蝇，并对太平洋绦虫果蝇进行基于系统发育的生物地理分析。分析将包括确定哪些物种代表相同的适应性辐射，哪些物种代表独立的殖民化；对包含三个或更多种的属进行种间历史关系重建；对于单个物种，评估分化种群的状态并追踪这些物种的殖民历史。支持一名初级研究员，XNeil Davies博士，在合作中发挥重要作用。澳大利亚的同行是昆士兰大学昆虫学系的David Yeates博士。

9813418RODERICKThis U.S.-Australia cooperative research project will survey the tephritid fruit flies of four Pacific archipelagos and conduct a phylogenetically based biogeographic analysis of the Pacific tephritid fruit flies. The analysis will consist of determining which species represent the same adaptive radiation and which species represent independent colonization; reconstructing the historical relationships among species for those genera that contain three or more species; and, for single species, assessing the status of differentiated populations and tracing the colonization histories of these species. Support is included for a junior investigator, Dr. XNeil Davies, to play a substantial role in the collaboration. The Australian counterpart is Dr. David Yeates of the Department of Entomology, University of Queensland.