A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Subulitidae                  (Mollusca:  Mesogastropoda)
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In this first application to NSF by a recent Ph.D., Dr.                    Douglas Erwin proposes a phylogenetic study of a difficult group                of Paleozoic gastropods, using traditional characters                           supplemented with morphometric analysis.  The family Subulitidae                are an important group in that they display a mosaic of primitive               and advanced characters.  The proposed research would use a                     microcomputer-based image analysis system to measure subtle                     morphological features, and then convert these measures into                    discrete characters for phylogenetic analysis.  New systematic                  procedures will result, along with a better understanding of the                systematics and evolution of a pivotal group of gastropods.                          This project is an ambitious attempt to use morphometric                   analysis to define characters for reconstructing ancestor-                      descendant relationships.  Developing such a set of procedures                  would have wide impact on systematic practices in essentially all               groups of organisms.  The potential implications of such                        procedures are broad and highly significant.
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{'Code': '1127', 'Text': 'Evolutionary Processes'}
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