NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for FY 1998

NSF/Alfred P. Sloan 基金会 1998 财年分子进化博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 9803908
• 负责人: Amy Denton
• 金额: $ 8万
• 依托单位: Fellowships
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-01-01 至 2000-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9803908&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Alfred; P.; Sloan; Foundation

Abstract DBI-9803908 Amy L. Denton This action funds an NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution for 1998. These fellowships support studies involving the theoretical, comparative, computational, and/or experimental analyses of biological patterns and processes at the molecular level within the framework of organismic evolutionary questions. Each fellowship supports a research and training plan to be carried out in a sponsoring laboratory. The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled the history of natural selection and other evolutionary processes in the chalcone synthase genes of two grass species. This study uses coalescent theory to examine evolution at the chalcone synthase (Chs) loci in maize and pearl millet. The relative importance of effective population size, mutation, recombination and selection is being evaluated through statistical analyses of Chs gene genealogies. The primary goal of the research is to detect the influence of selection and explore the historical forces that have governed molecular diversity in a major plant biosynthetic pathway.

摘要 DBI-9803908 Amy L. Denton 这项行动资助了 1998 年 NSF/Alfred P. Sloan 分子进化博士后研究奖学金。这些奖学金支持涉及生物模式和过程的理论、比较、计算和/或实验分析的研究。有机进化问题框架内的分子水平。 每项奖学金都支持在赞助实验室中进行的研究和培训计划。 该奖学金的研究和培训计划的标题是两种禾本科植物查耳酮合酶基因的自然选择和其他进化过程的历史。 本研究利用聚结理论来研究玉米和珍珠粟中查尔酮合酶 (Chs) 位点的进化。有效群体规模、突变、重组和选择的相对重要性正在通过 Chs 基因谱系的统计分析进行评估。该研究的主要目标是检测选择的影响并探索控制主要植物生物合成途径分子多样性的历史力量。