Integrating morphology, fossils and molecules to evaluate major evolutionary events

整合形态、化石和分子来评估重大进化事件

• 批准号: 1618732
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1618732
• 关键词: Integrating; morphology; fossils; molecules; evaluate

Recent advances have provided a wealth of molecular data with which to build phylogenies and study evolutionary processes. Morphology, however, remains fundamental for reconstructing how organisms have changed and evolved through time. Indeed, it is usually the only kind of data yielded by fossils. However, a large gap exists between genomic and phenomic data limiting our ability to use either to evaluate evolutionary hypotheses. For example, which aspects of morphology are in accordance with molecular data and can be used to reliably reconstruct major evolutionary events? Do genetic innovations such as gene and genome duplication events match morphological innovation, integration or radiation? This project aims to address these outstanding questions by collating and integrating genetic, morphological, and morphometric datasets from across the tree of life. The combined datasets will not only provide a tool kit with which to better reconstruct morphological phylogenies but also to better evaluate the nature and tempo of evolutionary processes.

最近的进展为建立系统发育和研究进化过程提供了丰富的分子数据。然而，形态仍然是重建生物体如何随时间变化和进化的基础。事实上，这通常是化石产生的唯一一种数据。然而，基因组和表现学数据之间存在着巨大的差距，限制了我们使用两者来评估进化假说的能力。例如，形态的哪些方面与分子数据一致，可以用来可靠地重建重大进化事件？基因和基因组复制事件等基因创新是否与形态创新、整合或辐射相匹配？这个项目旨在通过整理和整合来自生命之树的遗传、形态和形态数据集来解决这些悬而未决的问题。合并后的数据集不仅将提供一个工具包，用来更好地重建形态系统学，而且还将更好地评估进化过程的性质和节奏。

项目成果

Osteological characters of birds and reptiles are more congruent with molecular phylogenies than soft characters are

• DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa136
• 发表时间: 2021-07-14
• 期刊: ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
• 影响因子: 2.8
• 作者: Callender-Crowe, Leah M.;Sansom, Robert S.
• 通讯作者: Sansom, Robert S.