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Research Interests
My research focusses on the evolution and phylogenetics of molluscs, using a broad range of tools and sources of data, from genetics to anatomy and physiology to palaeontology.
For up to date information please see: http://www.qub.ac.uk/qml/People/Sigwart
In particular I use the Polyplacophora (also called chitons or coat-of-mail shells) to test ideas about diversity and evolution under morphological constraint. Chitons are 'living fossils' that have changed little in their external morphology for hundreds of millions of years; because of this they make excellent models to investigate what we can (and cannot) understand about evolution from different sources of biological data.
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Mollusca
Agriculture & Biology
shell (molluscs)
Agriculture & Biology
molluscs
Agriculture & Biology
Polyplacophora
Medicine & Life Sciences
mollusc
Earth & Environmental Sciences
deep sea
Earth & Environmental Sciences
shell
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Gastropoda
Agriculture & Biology
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Projects 2011 2018
R6517BSC: Computational modelling of evolutionary dynamics in the deep sea
27/05/2015 → …
Project: Research
R5843BSC: Enhancing the sustainability and market share of crustacean fisheries through advances in determination of age/size relationships
22/12/2015 → 28/02/2018
Project: Research
R3454BSC: Modiolus restoration II
Emmerson, M., O'Connor, N., Reid, N. & Sigwart, J.
01/08/2012 → 22/06/2015
Project: Research
R3363BSC: The velvet swimming crab fishery in Northern Ireland
01/08/2011 → 30/03/2015
Project: Research
Research Output 2005 2019
Monster or multiplacophoran: A teratological specimen of the chiton Acanthopleura granulata with a valve split into independent and symmetrical halves
Alexandra, K., Sigwart, J., Chappell, D. & Speiser, D., Jan 2019, (Accepted) In : Acta Zoologica.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Natural history clues to the evolution of bivalved gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Sacoglossa: Juliidae)
Wong, N. L. W. S. & Sigwart, J., 23 May 2019, In : Marine Biodiversity. p. 1-13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Dickeya
Northern Ireland
Mollusca
natural history
gastropod
A new deep water chiton (Mollusca Polyplacophora) from hydrothermal vent ecosystems in the Okinawa Trough, Japan)
Sigwart, J. D. & Chen, C., 13 Dec 2018, In : Zootaxa. 4531, 3, p. 430-436 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
East China Sea
Ryukyu Archipelago
DNA barcoding
hydrothermal vent
Mollusca
A unified scale for female reproductive stages in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus): Evidence from macroscopic and microscopic characterization
Becker, C., Cunningham, E. M., Dick, J. T. A., Eagling, L. E. & Sigwart, J. D., 01 Dec 2018, In : Journal of morphology. 279, 12, p. 1700-1715 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Nephrops norvegicus
Norway
Ovary
resorption
Fisheries
1
Citation
(Scopus)
33
Downloads
(Pure)
Biodiversity Assessment, DNA Barcoding, and the Minority Majority
Sigwart, J. D. & Garbett, A., 01 Dec 2018, In : INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. 58, 6, p. 1146-1156 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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DNA barcoding
vertebrates
biodiversity
mitochondrial DNA
species diversity
Prizes
Elected Secretary, International Society for Invertebrate Morphology (2017-2020)
Julia Sigwart (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
Elected Secretary, Unitas Malacologica (2016-2019)
Julia Sigwart (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Election to learned society
Elected Vice President for Development, Deep Sea Biology Society (2018-2021)
Julia Sigwart (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities 2007 2019
- 10 Editorial activity
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (Journal)
Julia Sigwart (Associate editor)2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Acta Zoologica (Journal)
Julia Sigwart (Editorial board member)2018 → 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY (Journal)
Julia Sigwart (Associate editor)2017 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Journal of Natural History (Journal)
Julia Sigwart (Editorial board member)2016 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Journal of Natural History (Journal)
Julia Sigwart (Editor-in-chief)2015 → 2016
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Press / Media
Chitons of the Falkland Islands
08/09/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Thesis
Assessment and prediction of the potential threats of temperature change and invasive species to the sustainability of Northern Irish sea fisheries
Author: South, J., 03 Oct 2017Supervisor: Dick, J. (Supervisor) & Sigwart, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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