Research in the Nadler
Laboratory:
Research in
S. Nadler
’s laboratory focuses on using phylogenetic trees inferred from sequence data
as a framework to understand speciation, character evolution, host-parasite
cophylogeny, and features of molecular evolution. Current projects involve
free-living and vertebrate-parasitic nematodes and certain other helminth
parasites of vertebrates (e.g., acanthocephalans). Externally funded research
includes collaborative projects on the nematode Tree-of-Life (with researchers
J. Baldwin, P. De Ley, D. Fitch, and K. Thomas), cephalob nematode systematics
and phylogeny (with J. Baldwin of UC Riverside), and lungworm (Metastrongyloidea)
evolution (with R. Carreno).
Figure:
Phylogeny of ascaridoid nematodes (vertebrate parasites) based on combined
analysis of molecular and morphological data.
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to see the figure
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