tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post5082318349797818504..comments2023-09-25T09:44:38.184-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Novelties: Ostra-blog 6 - Ostracodology and the Nobel PrizeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post-82664884536040499032008-10-11T11:58:00.000-07:002008-10-11T11:58:00.000-07:00Diving in beautiful caribbean waters?No, no, I ha...Diving in beautiful caribbean waters?<BR/>No, no, I hate 50-100'+ vis. I mean what's the point of it all if you can see your hand in front of your mask? <BR/><BR/>I wish! I did my first 100 dives in Roatan, then British Virgin Islands, now it's Long Island Sound where 15' vis is called "crystal clear water".<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reading list !!Eric Heupelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18327896268176961009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post-51727332816033398292008-10-11T10:28:00.000-07:002008-10-11T10:28:00.000-07:00Eric - Here are some references:Morin, JG. "Firefl...Eric - Here are some references:<BR/><BR/>Morin, JG. "Firefleas" of the sea: Luminescent signaling in marine ostracode crustaceans.<BR/>Florida Entomologist. Vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 105-121. 1985. <BR/><BR/>Morin, J., and A. C. Cohen. 1991. Bioluminescent displays, courtship, and reproduction in ostracods. Pp. 1-16 in T. Bauer, and J. Martin, eds. Crustacean Sexual Biology. Columbia University Press, New York.<BR/><BR/>Cohen, A. C., and J. G. Morin. 1990. Morphological relationships of bioluminescent Caribbean species of Vargula. Pp. 381-400 in R. Whatley, and C. Maybury, eds. Ostracoda and Global Events. Chapman Hall, New York.<BR/><BR/>Cohen, A., and J. G. Morin. 2003. Sexual morphology, reproduction and the evolution of bioluminescence in Ostracoda. Paleontological Society Papers 9:37-69.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Morin, J. G., and A. C. Cohen. 1988. 2 New Luminescent Ostracodes of the Genus Vargula (Myodocopida, Cypridinidae) From the San Blas Region of Panama. Journal of Crustacean Biology 8:620-638.<BR/><BR/>Cohen, A. C., and J. G. Morin. 1993. The Cypridinid Copulatory Limb and a New Genus Kornickeria (Ostracoda, Myodocopida) With 4 New Species of Bioluminescent Ostracods From the Caribbean. <BR/>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 108:23-84.Todd Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309149952900395185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post-9635937116936287842008-10-11T08:18:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:18:00.000-07:00Eric- Sorry, no I didn't know about Shimomura unti...Eric- Sorry, no I didn't know about Shimomura until the prize. In fact, I had incorrectly thought that Jim Morin discovered GFP even though he "only" named GFP. I'm interested now, so maybe I do a little research, if I get a chance.<BR/><BR/>Regarding sneaker males - no one has done that. It would be a really nice PhD project for you, if you can SCUBA dive. (And if you don't mind diving in beautiful tropical Caribbean locales).Todd Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309149952900395185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post-76062150137614540062008-10-10T21:51:00.000-07:002008-10-10T21:51:00.000-07:00Cool, I was hoping you had more info on Shimomura'...Cool, I was hoping you had more info on Shimomura's ostracod days and would be able expand on the Ostracod connection. <BR/><BR/>That is cool that they have specific patterns for specific micro-habitats. Man so many questions pop into my head...You wouldn't happen to have some paper titles...I want to read more..<BR/><BR/>Has anyone done ...paternity tests to see what kind of success rates the sneaker males have? (Similar to the tests that have been done with Cuttlefish in Australia, where sneaker males were actually preferred sperm donors)<BR/><BR/>Basic research Rocks...Eric Heupelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18327896268176961009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post-12968344597523129662008-10-10T18:19:00.000-07:002008-10-10T18:19:00.000-07:00HA! You gotta be quick to pull one over on us! ;) ...HA! You gotta be quick to pull one over on us! ;) <BR/><BR/>But I'm not sure a sneaker male quite corresponds to a wing man. The wing man is there to make the other guy look good, not take his reproductive opportunities. I think the proper analogy for a sneaker male might be Douchebag, but I may be wrong there as well.Kevin Zelniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com