Alejandro Izquierdo Lopez
Research internship and master thesis on the evolution of raptorial appendages in mantodeans and other arthropods
Publication:
Izquierdo Lopez, A., Kretschmann, J., Zerdoner Calasan, A. & Gottschling, M. online first. The many faces of Peridinium cinctum (Peridiniaceae, Peridiniales): morphological and molecular variability in a common dinophyte. European Journal of Phycology.
DOI 10.1080/09670262.2017.1397198
Conference contributions:
Izquierdo Lopez, A., Haug, J. T., Hörnig, M. K., Krieger, J. & Haug, C. 2017. Convergent evolution of raptorial appendages in arthropods: first steps towards a quantitative approach. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Bielefeld (Vortrag).
Haug, C., Izquierdo Lopez, A., Hörnig, M. K., Krieger, J. & Haug, J. T. 2017. Convergent evolution of raptorial appendages in arthropods. International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM4), Moscow (Poster).
Hörnig, M. K., Izquierdo Lopez, A., Krieger, J., Haug, J. T. & Haug, C. 2017. Konvergente Evolution der Raubbeine bei Gespenstkrebsen und Gottesanbeterinnen: ein funktionsmorphologischer Vergleich. 18. Crustaceologentagung, Berlin (Poster).
Izquierdo Lopez, A., Hörnig, M. K. & Haug, C. 2017. Convergent evolution of raptorial appendages in insects – clues from the fossil record. Entomologentagung (DGaaE), Freising (Poster).
Research visits:
04/2017: Senckenberg-Museum Frankfurt
03/2017: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart