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

University Of California-San Diego Scripps Inst Of Oceanography, La Jolla CA

Investigators

Abstract

9908673 Knowlton This 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. ***