| 项目编号: | 1353426
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| 项目名称: | The phylogeny of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and factors of species diversification |
| 作者: | Kelly Miller
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| 承担单位: | University of New Mexico
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| 批准年: | 2013
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| 开始日期: | 2014-02-01
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| 结束日期: | 2019-01-31
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| 资助金额: | USD535683
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Continuing grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Biological Sciences - Environmental Biology
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| 英文关键词: | hyperdiversification
; species diversification
; species origin
; known species
; species radiation
; high species diversity
; project
; diving beetle
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| 英文摘要: | Hyperdiversification (extraordinarily high species diversity) is found in several animal groups, but its origins are not well understood. In this project, the investigators will produce a phylogeny of the diving beetles (Dytiscidae, 4200 known species) and investigate correlations between evolutionary origins of reproductive strategies and species diversification. The group is important as predators in aquatic systems and as food for both aquatic and terrestrial insectivores. The research will investigate coevolution of female reproductive tracts, sperm, and mating behaviors in a phylogenetic context to discover correlations and their contribution to hyperdiversification. Understanding the different impacts of traits on speciation should lead to a better understanding of species radiations that are not due to ecological changes.
This project will train both graduate students and undergraduates in species origins and diversification, phylogenetic analysis, coevolution and evolutionary theory, and the factors involved in these processes. The institution is a minority serving university and students from underrepresented groups in science will gain training in STEM fields. A course will be developed based on this project and material will be disseminated through publicly accessible web sites for researchers, educators and students. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/97409
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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Kelly Miller. The phylogeny of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and factors of species diversification. 2013-01-01.
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