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Allen G. Collins,
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My research focuses on the evolutionary history of relatively simple animals
-- cnidarians,
(jellyfishes, anemones, etc.),
placozoans
(aka Trichoplax), and sponges.
I generate and use evolutionary trees,
otherwise known as phylogenetic hypotheses to come to a better understanding
how the amazing diversity present within these groups (in terms of morphology,
life history, and genetics) has come to be. It is called Systematics, and it is
good for us.
 Allen-AT-PaleoBio.org | CollinsA-AT-SI.edu - (202) 633-0645 National Systematics Laboratory of NOAA's Fisheries Service & the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at the National Museum of Natural History MRC-153, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA National Systematics Lab (NOAA, NMFS) Staff Page NMNH Invertebrate Zoology (Smithsonian) Staff Page
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