Terry Dial

Title: Assistant Professor

Institution: Utah State University

Address: 1850 S Aggie Blvd, Office 139, Moab, Utah 84532

Email: terry.dial@usu.edu

Phone: (310) 702-6796

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Research Interests: Functional Morphology, Biomechanics, Life History Evolution, Ontogeny, Trinidadian guppy, Mallard, Humpback chub, Rainbow trout

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Currently I am an Assistant Professor at Utah State University in Moab, UT. My training is in evolutionary anatomy. My primary teaching assignments are Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, General Biology, Statistics and Data Programming and Colorado River Science. My research focuses on the development or ontogeny of form and function in vertebrates, with specific emphasis on variation in life history strategies. I primarily work with Trinidadian guppies, a species of fresh water live-bearing fish that inhabits the streams flowing from the island in the Lesser Antilles. Interestingly, populations of guppies have repeatedly adapted to dichotomous feeding and predator regimes in Trinidad, which has made the guppy a model organism for the study of the pace and mode of evolution on contemporary time scales. I also work with endemic species of fishes of the Colorado river, namely Humpback chub and Razorback sucker. These threatened fish display novel morphological adaptations to the sediment-laden waters of the Colorado river, namely keel-like structures that presumably aid in hydrodynamic stability, though little work on the function of these structures has been clearly identified in these fishes. I have also conducted ontogenetic work on Rainbow trout and Mallard ducks.

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