Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for FY2001

本行动资助2001年度美国国家科学基金会生物信息学博士后研究奖学金。该奖学金支持生物学与信息、计算、数学和统计科学交叉领域的博士后研究和培训。该研究金的目标是向青年科学家提供培训，为从事生物信息学方面的研究和教育相结合的职业做准备。所有职业级别都日益需要生物信息学方面的培训，预期通过这些研究金培训的研究员将在培训未来工作人员方面发挥重要作用。该奖学金的研究和培训计划题为“表观遗传信号在性状异速进化中的作用：将发育与形态计量学相结合”。这一系列的研究正在确定昆虫，特别是蝴蝶的翅膀和身体的形态性状异速进化的近似机制。形态性状的形状变化和异速变异是由人工选择产生的。对选择的反应正在使用研究员开发的统计和形态计量学方法进行量化。

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for FY2001. The fellowship supports research and training at the postdoctoral level at the intersection of biology and the informational, computational, mathematical, and statistical sciences. The goal of the fellowship is to provide training to a young scientist in preparation for a career in biological informatics in which research and education will be integrated. There is an increasing need for training in biological informatics at all occupational levels, and it is expected that Fellows trained through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled "The role of epigenetic signaling in the evolution of trait allometries: Integrating development with morphometrics." This series of studies is determining the proximate mechanisms by which morphological trait allometries evolve in insects, specifically the wings and bodies of butterflies . Changes in the shapes of, and allometries among, morphological traits are being produced by artificial selection. The response to selection is being quantified using statistical and morphometric methods developed by the Fellow.