Animal Systematics and Evolution Lab

  ● 담당 교수 : Prof. Ivana Karanovic
 
  ● In our research we use the following methods
- Classical methods of taxonomic descriptions (using light and scanning electron microscopes);
- Phylogenetic analyses (using different computer programs to calculate paths and rates of evolution based on morphological traits and molecular markers);
- Population genetics and dynamics (using fast evolving molecular markers -COI, CytB, ITS);
- Comparative morphology (finding homologous structures in different linages through detail morphological and developmental studies);
- Geometric Morphometrics (studying shape using Caretesian landmark coordinates capable of capturing morphologically distant shape variables)
 
  ● Outstanding publications
- Shell and appendages variability in two allopatric ostracod species seen through the light of molecular data. Contributions to Zoology,89: 247-269 https://doi:10.1163/18759866-20191423
- Six new Krithe from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, with the first insight into phylogeography of deep-sea ostracods. Progress in Oceanography, 176: 102128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102128.
- Phylogenetic position and age of Lake Baikal candonids (Crustacea, Ostracoda) inferred from multigene sequence analyzes and molecular dating. Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3159.
- A complete survey of normal pores on a smooth shell ostracod (Crustacea): Landmark-based versus outline geometric morphometrics. Journal of Morphology, DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20696
- Congruence between male upper lip morphology and molecular phylogeny in Parapolycope (Ostracoda) with two new species from Korea. Invertebrate Systematics, 30: 231-259.
- Barcoding of ancient lake ostracods (Crustacea) reveals cryptic speciation with extremely low distances. PlosOne, 10(3): e0121133. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121133