US-Brazil Cooperative Research: Genetic Analysis of Relationships between Tropical Brazilian and Caribbean Marine Faunas

这项美国-巴西奖将支持斯克里普斯海洋学研究所的Nancy Knowlton博士与巴西联邦大学的Antonio M. Sole-Cava博士合作，对巴西热带和加勒比海洋动物群之间的关系进行遗传分析。这些科学家将从巴西海岸的珊瑚礁系统中收集各种各样的动物。对这一动物群的研究将为世界上一个研究较少的地区提供重要的分类信息，并增加我们对巴西动物群与其他地区动物群之间关系的真实本质的理解。收集后，研究人员将使用一套分子标记来研究在加勒比海和巴西水域发现的被认为是同一物种的个体之间的相似性或差异性

9908673KnowltonThis US-Brazil award provides support for Dr. Nancy Knowlton of Scripps Institution of Oceanography to collaborate with Dr. Antonio M. Sole-Cava of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro on the genetic analysis of relationships between tropical Brazilian and Caribbean marine faunas.These scientists will collect a wide range of fauna from reef systems off the coast of Brazil. The study of this fauna will provide important taxonomic information from a little studied region of the world and increase our understanding of the true nature of the relationships between Brazilian fauna and fauna from other regions. After collection, the researchers will use a suite of molecular markers to study the similarity or divergence between individuals found in Caribbean and Brazilian waters that are thought to be the same species.***