聚缩虫科原生动物的分类学及系统发育研究

本课题选取聚缩虫科作为研究对象，以形态分类学标准研究方法（显微活体观察结合各类银染方法）为基础，结合生态、分子生物学研究手段，从聚缩虫科的形态与物种多样性、生态多样性、实验生态学、及多基因测序分析等方面进行针对性研究，在丰富对该类群生物基本认知的同时，期望通过形态学特征与分子信息的相互比对印证，进一步确认该科的系统发育模式，并探讨各分类学特征的分化次序及其在该类生物鉴定和系统发育分析中的权重。

This project is mainly focused on taxonomy and phylogeny of family Zoothamnidae (Protista, Ciliophora), which will be carried out by standard morphological and taxonomic research methods (in vivo observation and silver staining), with ecological and molecular biological research techniques. The research will include study of species and ecological diversity, experimental ecology, and multiple gene sequencing/analysis. Besides improving our knowledge of this family, the project aims also to discuss and figure out its exact phylogenetic pattern, the evolution order of morphological characters and their weights on species identification and phylogenetic study.