The project will be dealing with the study of the lizard skulls via virtual segmentation of a large µCT-dataset of recent species. The project will aim to study in detail the morphological differences of the lacertid lizards; provide morphology-based analysis of the phylogenetical relationships of species from this group. The project will focus on the very divers genus Darevskia and include further closely related genera. Depending on the progress of the project, fossil remains from the Neogene of Eurasia will be included, to compare and reevaluate previous identifications.
Advisors: PD Dr. Davit Vasilyan
Specialities: ELE
University: FR