REU: Molecular and Morphological Phylogeny of the Decapoda

首席研究员Abele建议继续他对十足甲壳类亚目之间进化关系的研究。近年来，由于一些实验室采用了进化技术和高质量的超微结构分析，甲壳类动物的研究已经非常成熟。Abele博士一直是领导者之一，他继续担任领导角色，成为第一个学习和应用RNA测序技术的甲壳类动物。迄今为止，他的工作主要集中在形态学、行为学和超微结构数据上，该项目将包括小单位核糖体RNA序列数据的分析和精子超微结构的新探索。将获得设备，在佛罗里达州立大学建立一个分子进化实验室，专门研究甲壳类动物的进化。该项目对我们对甲壳类动物系统学和进化的认识具有广泛的影响。人们普遍认为，分子数据将有助于测试基于形态学和其他数据的假设关系。这项研究将是少数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.