ABR:  Molecular Phylogenetic Studies of Select Amphibians
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In an Accomplishment-Based Renewal, Dr. Linda Maxson will               continue her productive investigations of the phylogenetic                      relationships of select groups of amphibians, emphasizing                       especially the hylid and myobatrachid frogs of the world.  To                   analyze the evolutionary divergences among these species, Dr.                   Maxson estimates the amino acid differences in serum albumin                    proteins, using a serological technique known as micro-complement               fixation.  The amino-acid differences have been shown to provide                reliable genomic markers of evolutionary descent.  In comparisons               between species separated by geographic or geological barriers of               known geological age (for example, the Straits of Gibraltar),                   estimates will also be made of the timing of evolutionary events,               thus enabling a test of the idea of a molecular albumin clock.                  Finally, Dr. Maxson will capitalize on a gift of serological                    antisera from a study of crocodiles (reptiles, not amphibi-                     ans) to compare results from two different serological methods in               estimating phylogenetic patterns.
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