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SUMMARY:MCZ Lunchtime Seminar
DESCRIPTION:<h2>The origin and evolution of neuroanatomical diversity in ray-finned fishes</h2><p><a href="https://rtfigueroa.wixsite.com/my-site"><span>Rodrigo T. Figueroa</span></a><br><span>Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow</span><br><span>Stephanie Pierce Lab</span></p><p><span>Ray-finned fishes represent one of the most successful vertebrate groups with more than 35 thousand living species occupying a wide range of aquatic ecosystems and exhibiting a vast range of ecomorphological adaptations. Similarly, the brain morphology of ray-finned fishes is unique among vertebrates due to a myriad of unique neuroanatomical adaptations as well as showing morphological disparity not seen in other lineages. However, we still have a very limited understanding of the origins and ecomorphological diversity of ray-finned fish neuroanatomy from a systematic standpoint. My work focuses on filling these gaps by integrating information from exceptionally preserved fossils with detailed comparative anatomy of living ray-finned fishes. While fossils provide important insights on timing and ordering of origin of unique neuroanatomical adaptations a wide sample of living taxa provides an unprecedented opportunity for exploring patterns of neuroanatomical diversity in this major vertebrate lineage.</span></p>
LOCATION:MCZ 101A, Robert A. Gilbert Room
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