Astonishing morphological variation can be witnesssed in vertebrates.
How did this morphological diversity evolove?
Why do each species has their unique form?
What is the functional signifiacance of form?
To tackle these central issues in biology, we conduct our research from
the stand point of comparative anatomy and evolutionary biology.
Not only employing classic methods of comparative anatomy, three dimentional
shape analysis, biomechanical analysis, statistical analysis and oversea
field programs are employed at our lab.
Furtheremore, with the aim of the re-establishment of "natural history"
in Japan, we are actively collecting dead bodies of various animals. |
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