Search for dissertations about: "molecular palaeontology"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words molecular palaeontology.
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1. Molecular, micro- and ultrastructural investigations of labile tissues in deep time
Abstract : This thesis comprises investigations of microstructures and molecular remains, preserved in a variety of fossil specimens. The results are presented in six papers, collectively aiming to thoroughly examine fossil traces of such remains by employing a combination of both established and relatively new analytical methods. READ MORE
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2. Exceptional fossil preservation: implications for palaeobiology and taphonomy
Abstract : Although fossils are relatively common in some sedimentary deposits, the majority consists of fragmented or distorted skeletal hard parts (such as shell and bones). However, in rare cases, special burial and diagenetic conditions have allowed a greater portion of the original anatomy to be incorporated into the fossil record. READ MORE
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3. Single-cell RNA sequencing provides novel insights into spider development and represents an innovative alternative to study the evolution and development of panarthropods
Abstract : Panarthropoda is a monophyletic group of invertebrate animals with a segmented body, paired appendages, dorsal brain, and ventral nerve cords. In order to study the mechanisms underpining their evolution, I study the genetic factors that drive their development. READ MORE
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4. Evolutionary Progression of the Iconic Australasian Kangaroos, Rat-Kangaroos, and their Fossil Relatives (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes)
Abstract : The exceptionally diverse macropodiform’s (kangaroos, rat-kangaroos and their fossil allies) currently have a fossil record that spans from the late Oligocene to the Holocene with an Australasian widespread fossil occurence. The origins of the macropodiforms are believed to have been during the Eocene possibly having split from the Phalangeridae. READ MORE
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5. Origin and Lifestyles of early Brachiopods and other Lophotrochozoans : Insights from the Chengjiang and Guanshan Fossil-Lagerstätten
Abstract : One of the great unsolved evolutionary questions concerns the origin and phylogeny of the major animal phyla that appeared in the fossil record more than 540 million years ago, during the Cambrian explosion. Although new molecular information has been very useful, we still have little understanding about the origin of most of the phyla of bilaterians living today. READ MORE