Systematics, Phylogeny and Historical Biology of the        Bioluminescent Ostracode Genus Vargula in the Western       Caribbean
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The ancestor-descendant relationships of a group of minute              Caribbean crustaceans of the ostracode genus Vargula will be                    studied using morphological characters on the carapace and                      patterns of bioluminescent display behavior.  The geographic                    distribution of the Caribbean species will also be established,                 allowing unique insight into how the evolution of form and                      behavior might affect or be affected by geographic dispersal.                   Underwater video recordings of bioluminescent displays will be                  used as a data source, along with light and electron microscopy                 of morphology.                                                                      The wider implications of the proposed work lie in the use of               multiple datasets for constructing and testing phylogenetic                     hypotheses.  Comparisons between the behavioral and morphological               branching patterns may illuminate the complex relationship                      between the evolution of form, behavior, and geographic                         distribution.
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{'Code': '1127', 'Text': 'Evolutionary Processes'}
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