Systematics, Phylogeny, and Evolution of Bioluminescent Signals in Cypridinid Ostracodes

鲤科介形虫生物发光信号的系统学、系统发育和进化

• 批准号: 8905931
• 负责人: James Morin
• 金额: $ 19.77万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-07-15 至 1993-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8905931&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Systematics; Phylogeny; Evolution; Bioluminescent; Signals

There is a diverse group of cyprinind ostracodes (minute shelled crustaceans) that produce bioluminescent flashes thought to be unique to each separate species. Drs. James Morin and Anne Cohen have been collecting and documenting the morphology, geographic distribution, and underwater bioluminescent displays of dozens of previously undiscovered species in the Caribbean. They propose to complete their description of these closely related bioluminescent species, and then use the morphological data to reconstruct their evolutionary relationships. Data on their geographic distributions and bioluminescent display behavior will then be compared to the pattern of their evolutionary relatedness, thereby testing hypotheses of how display behavior and the shifting geography of the Caribbean have impacted on their evolutionary history. The proposed research would document a poorly known and fascinating group of organisms, and would use the documentation to explore hypotheses of their evolutionary history, Caribbean biogeography, and behavioral ecology relating to bioluminescense. A wide variety of evolutionary biologists will find these results of interest.

有一组不同的鲤科介形类（分钟 有壳甲壳类动物），产生生物发光的闪光， 对每个物种来说都是独一无二的 James Morin和Anne博士 科恩一直在收集和记录这些生物的形态， 地理分布和水下生物发光显示 数十种加勒比海地区未被发现的物种 他们建议完成他们的描述，这些密切 相关的生物发光物种，然后使用形态学 数据来重建它们的进化关系。 数据 它们的地理分布和生物发光显示 然后将行为与他们的行为模式进行比较。 进化相关性，从而测试假设如何 炫耀行为和加勒比海不断变化的地理环境 影响了它们的进化史 拟议的研究将记录一个鲜为人知的， 一群迷人的生物，并将使用文档 为了探索它们进化史的假设，加勒比海 与生物发光有关的行为生态学。 各种各样的进化生物学家会发现这些结果 感兴趣