DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Molecular Phylogeny of Coleoid Cephalopods

9623353格雷夫斯该奖项将为加强研究生大卫·B·卡里尼与弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所约翰·E·格雷夫斯博士合作的论文研究提供材料和用品的资金。这名学生的研究项目包括获取两个基因的DNA序列数据，一个是核的，一个是线粒体的，试图确定鞘总科头足类软体动物之间的更高级别的关系。这群令人着迷的海洋无脊椎动物包括鱿鱼及其近亲。这一群体包括许多不易获得的深海物种。因此，这一群体相对被忽视，需要进行系统的研究和强有力的分类。这种分子系统学研究应该提供关系的分类或假说，然后可以作为其他有趣的研究的基础，涉及生物地理学、生殖策略、形态适应等。该奖项将为一名研究生提供支持，帮助他们获取有关鱿鱼及其亲属关系的信息。支持对研究生进行现代系统方法论培训，对于保持一支能够解决日益引起全球关注的生物多样性问题的科学家队伍十分重要。与许多其他海洋无脊椎动物一样，这类海洋无脊椎动物需要进行系统研究，这将为基础研究的许多其他领域提供必要的背景资料，并为保护研究和生物勘探等应用工作提供信息。

9623353 GRAVES This award will provide funds for materials and supplies to enhance the dissertation research of a graduate student, David B. Carlini, working with Dr. John E. Graves at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The research project of this student involves obtaining DNA sequence data for two genes, one nuclear and one mitochondrial, in efforts to determine the higher level relationships among cephalopod molluscs in the subclass Coleoidea. This fascinating group of marine invertebrates includes squid and their relatives. The group includes many deep sea species that are not readily obtainable. Thus, the group has been relatively neglected and is in need of systematic study and a robust classification. This molecular phylogenetic study should provide that classification or hypothesis of relationships, which can then serve as a basis for other interesting research studies involving biogeography, reproductive strategies, morphological adaptations, etc.. This award will provide support for a graduate student pursuing information about relationships of squid and their relatives. Support for the training of graduate students in modern systematic methodologies is important for maintaining the workforce of scientists capable of addressing the questions and issues of biodiversity which are of increasing global concern. This group of marine invertebrates, like many others, is in need of systematic study which will provide the background necessary for many other areas of basic research as well as informing applied work such as conservation research and bioprospecting efforts.