Collaborative Research: AToL: Morphological and Molecular Phylogeny of the Decapod Crustaceans

合作研究：AToL：十足目甲壳类动物的形态学和分子系统学

• 批准号: 0531616
• 负责人: Joel Martin
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0531616&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; AToL; Morphological; Molecular

Estimated to contain more than 15,000 species, the decapods are the mostspecies rich and economically important group of Crustacea, includingshrimp, crabs, crayfish, and lobsters. Furthermore, many extant familieshave well-documented fossil records. Accordingly, the decapods have been thesubject of more published papers than have all other crustacean groupscombined, due in part to their species richness, economic importance, andmorphologic diversity. Given the prevalence of decapods in the public andscientific mind, understanding the evolutionary history of this significantcrustacean group is crucial. Five principal investigators, K. Crandall, D.Felder, J. Martin, C. Schweitzer and R. Feldman, will lead an internationalgroup of decapod researchers in a collaborative effort to resolvehigher-level decapod relationships by integrating developmental,morphological, molecular, and paleontological evidence. This internationalresearch team, including both lead investigators and collaborating teammembers, has collectively published on every major lineage of decapods, andincludes expertise in comparative morphology, systematic paleontology,molecular, morphological (adult and larval), and combined data phylogeneticanalysis, as well as systematic theory. This group will collect molecular (~20 genes) and morphological (~200 characters) data from nearly all 153 extantfamilies of decapods and morphological data from all 16 fossil families.Data will be rigorously analyzed to estimate evolutionary relationships.The resulting phylogeny will be used to test outstanding hypothesesconcerning decapod evolution and dates of divergences. Taxonomic schemeswill be accordingly revised. In addition, principal investigator N.Hanegan, a science educator, will establish collaborative university andschool projects to integrate effective professional development for teacherswith classroom activities for students, centered on state biology contentstandards through inquiry-based learning. High school students will beengaged in research including question development, data collection, andanalysis while interacting with university researchers and other schools inthe Project Crawfish network. Undergraduates, graduate students, andpostdoctoral associates will be trained across the spectrum of techniques asapplied to decapod systematics. Project Crawfish will train teachers from15 schools across Utah and Louisiana, impacting 22,500 high school students(with high minority representation) concepts through experiential learning.Both the educational and research components will utilize web-baseddissemination of research results and both will strive to produce extensivepeer-reviewed publications, including comprehensive monographic revisions.

据估计，十足类动物包含超过15,000个物种，是甲壳类动物中物种最丰富、经济最重要的一类，包括虾、蟹、小龙虾和龙虾。此外，许多现存的家族都有很好的化石记录。因此，十足类比所有其他甲壳类的总和更多地成为发表论文的主题，部分原因是它们的物种丰富，经济重要性和形态多样性。鉴于十足类在公众和科学头脑中的普遍存在，了解这一重要甲壳类群的进化史是至关重要的。K·克兰德尔、D·费尔德、J·马丁、C·施韦策和R·费尔德曼五位主要研究人员将领导一个国际十足类研究小组，通过整合发育、形态、分子和古生物证据，共同努力解决更高级别的十足类关系。这个国际研究小组，包括首席研究人员和合作小组成员，共同发表了十足类动物的每一个主要谱系，包括比较形态学、系统古生物学、分子、形态(成虫和幼虫)、综合数据系统发育分析和系统理论方面的专门知识。这个小组将收集几乎所有153个十足目现存科的分子(~20个基因)和形态(~200个特征)数据，以及所有16个化石科的形态数据。数据将被严格分析以评估进化关系。由此产生的系统发育将用于检验关于十足目进化和分化日期的突出假设。分类方案将进行相应的修订。此外，首席研究员N.Hanegan是一名科学教育家，他将建立大学和学校的合作项目，通过探究性学习，将教师有效的专业发展与学生的课堂活动结合起来，以国家生物学内容标准为中心。高中生将参与研究，包括问题开发、数据收集和分析，同时与大学研究人员和小龙虾项目网络中的其他学校互动。本科生、研究生和博士后助理将接受应用于十足类系统学的各种技术的培训。小龙虾项目将培训犹他州和路易斯安那州15所学校的教师，通过体验式学习影响22,500名高中生(少数族裔比例较高)的概念。教育和研究部分将利用网络传播研究成果，两者都将努力制作广泛的同行评议出版物，包括全面的专题修订。