A genogeographic analysis of caucasian vipers

虽然进化是事实，但发现和记录其随时间变化的机制形成了生物学研究的关键领域。在学术上，我的计划的主要目标是了解物种多样化的模式和过程，特别是专注于生物多样性热点的关键物种。这项工作将集中在具有重要地理意义的高加索山脉、生物多样性热点和山地毒蛇。了解重新团聚的谱系的遗传相互作用及其对种群遗传分化的贡献也至关重要。因此，我们将继续研究在下加利福尼亚重新团聚的爬行动物谱系。遗传多样性的模式是非常有趣的，也是我们理解分化过程的核心，分化过程是宏观（物种水平）和微观进化（种群水平）之间的桥梁。通过结合系谱树建设分析，比较地理学和统计群体遗传学，我的研究计划将探讨这些问题。

Although evolution is fact, the discovery and documentation of its mechanisms of change through time form critical areas of biological investigation. Academically, my program's primary objective is to understand patterns and processes of species diversification, in particular focusing on keystone species in biodiversity hotspots. The work will centre on the biogeographically important Caucasus Mountains, a Biodiversity Hotspot, and on montane vipers. It is also critical to understand the genetic interactions of reunited lineages and their contribution to the genetic differentiation of populations. Consequently, we will continue to study reunited lineages of reptiles in Baja California. Patterns of genetic diversification are extremely interesting and central to our understanding of the process of divergence-the bridge between macro- (species-level) and microevolution (population-level). By incorporating genealogical tree-building analyses, comparative biogeography and statistical population genetics, my research program will explore these issues.