Evolutionary Ecology of Structured Populations

结构化种群的进化生态学

• 批准号: 9113342
• 负责人: Joseph Schall
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Vermont & State Agricultural College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-01-01 至 1994-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9113342&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Evolutionary; Ecology; Structured; Populations

This award provides funds that will aid in the purchase of equipment to be used for research and training by a group of outstanding faculty at the University of Vermont. The faculty's research centers on studies of the evolutionary ecology of structured populations. The general classes of questions addressed by the group include: 1) the ecological causes of population structure; 2) the effect of the structure on microevolutionary dynamics; 3) the (population) patterns to be expected in nature as a result of these dynamics. The interrelation of environment and evolution has been of interest since the earliest theories of evolution were proposed. The role of population structure, as opposed to the simple size of populations, has a relatively poorly understood role in the dynamics of evolution. Studies of such structure require the analysis of characteristics of the DNA and protein of individual members of animal and plant populations at the molecular level. The equipment purchased with the aid of this award will be of benefit to faculty and student research in defining such characteristics.

该奖项提供了资金，这些资金将有助于购买佛蒙特大学一群杰出教师的设备，用于研究和培训。 该学院的研究集中在结构化人群进化生态学的研究上。 小组解决的一般问题类别包括：1）人口结构的生态原因； 2）结构对微进化动力学的影响； 3）由于这些动力学，（人口）模式在本质上是预期的。 自提出了最早的进化论以来，环境和进化的相互关系就引起了人们的关注。 与人口的简单规模相反，人口结构的作用在进化动力学中的作用相对较少。 对这种结构的研究需要分析分子水平动物和植物种群的DNA和蛋白质的特征。 借助该奖项购买的设备将对教师和学生研究定义此类特征有益。