Dissertation Research: Functional Patterns, Phylogenetic History, and Trophic Adaptation Within the Embiotocidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)

研究生杰弗里詹森提出了一项研究， 海洋鲈形目Embiotototocyanae，一种生态上重要的 北太平洋近岸动物群的组成部分。 该项目将 确定物种之间的进化关系， 家庭，并将文件模式的形态变化， 喂养结构。 这些功能变化将被 在其生态作用的框架内加以解释， 进化史 这项研究对进化论有着广泛的影响。 生物学和功能研究。 通过组合功能， 生态学和进化的数据，詹森先生将获得洞察力 分离的血统之间的功能融合， 通过继承对形态学的限制。 的容易程度 哪些功能结构已经改变，以适应其生态 角色是一个广泛的分类学上感兴趣的问题。 这个项目将是一个值得注意的案例研究。

Graduate student Jeffrey Jensen proposes a study of the marine percifom family Embiotocidae, an ecologically important component of the North Pacific nearshore fauna. The project will determine the evolutionary relationships among species in the family, and will document patterns of morphological variation in feeding structures. These functional variations will then be interpreted in the framework of their ecological roles and evolutionary histories. The proposed study has broad implications for evolutionary biology and functional studies. By combining functional, ecological, and evolutionary data, Mr. Jensen will gain insight into functional convergence between separate lineages, and the constraints placed on morphology by inheritance. The ease with which functional structures have changed to suit their ecological roles is an issue of interest across a wide spectrum of taxonomic groups, and this project will represent a noteworthy case study.