REU: Molecular and Morphological Phylogeny of the Decapoda

首席研究员Abele建议继续他的 研究了它们之间的进化关系， 十足目甲壳纲的亚目。 甲壳类动物研究最近 由于采用了分支分类技术， 和高质量的超微结构分析 博士 阿贝勒一直是领导者之一，他继续在这方面， 第一个学习和应用RNA的领导角色 甲壳纲动物的测序技术。 他迄今为止的工作 集中于形态学、行为学和超微结构 数据，拟议的项目将包括对 核糖体小单位RNA序列数据和新的探索 精子超微结构 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 这所大学致力于研究甲壳类动物的进化。 该项目有可能对我们的 了解甲壳类动物的系统学和进化。 是 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。 这项研究将是那些罕见的项目， 不同的数据类型。

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.