REU: Molecular and Morphological Phylogeny of the Decapoda

首席研究员Abele建议继续他对十足甲壳亚目之间进化关系的研究。由于几个实验室采用了分支技术和高质量的超微结构分析，甲壳类动物的研究最近已经非常成熟。阿贝莱博士一直是领导者之一，他是第一个学习并将RNA测序技术应用于甲壳类动物的人，他将继续担任这一领导角色。到目前为止，他的工作主要集中在形态、行为和超微结构数据上，拟议的项目将包括对小单位核糖体RNA序列数据的分析和对精子超微结构的新探索。将获得设备，在佛罗里达州立大学创建一个致力于甲壳类进化研究的分子进化实验室。该项目有可能对我们对甲壳类系统学和进化的理解产生广泛影响。人们普遍认为，分子数据将有助于检验基于形态和其他数据的假设关系。这项研究将是少数几个整合不同数据类型的项目之一。

Principal Investigator Abele proposes to continue his investigation of the evolutionary relationships among the suborders of decapod Crustacea. Crustacean research has recently matured greatly, owing to the adoption of cladistic techniques and high-quality ultrastructural analyses at several labs. Dr. Abele has been among the leaders, and he continues in this leadership role by being the first to learn and apply RNA sequencing techniques to the Crustacea. His work to date has concentrated on morphological, behavioral and ultrastructural data, and the proposed project would incorporate analysis of small-unit ribosomal RNA sequence data and new explorations of spermatazoan ultrastructure. Equipment will be obtained to create a molecular evolution laboratory at Florida State University dedicated to the study of crustacean evolution. The project has potential for wide impact on our understanding of crustacean systematics and evolution. It is generally accepted that molecular data will be useful in testing hypothetical relationships based on morphological and other data. This study will be among those rare projects that integrate diverse data types.