Developmental morphological diversity in caecilian
amphibians: systematic and evolutionary implications
Müller, H.
Citation
Müller, H. (2007, November 8). Developmental morphological diversity in caecilian amphibians: systematic and evolutionary implications. Leiden University Press. Retrieved from
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank all people of the London caecilian and theory lab and its global affiliates, who have been great company over the years: Simon, Sam, Alex, James, Julia, Davide, Diego, Biju, Claire, Simon, Andrea and Ian. Further thanks go to the members of the fish research and curation group for being very pleasant neighbours: Ralf, Lukas, James, Patrick and Olli.
I also like to thank the people in Leiden who made each and every of my far too infrequent visits to Leiden a wholly enjoyable experience, especially Merijn de Bakker and Christoph Bagowski.
I am also indebted to many people who helped in various ways in the realization of this work, be it through the loan of material, a place to sleep away from home, help with fieldwork, help with lab work or a some words of encouragement, especially Ron Nussbaum, Werner Himstedt, Ralf Britz, Simon Loader, Alex Kupfer, Marc Jones, Stefan Richter, Darrell Frost, Greg Schneider, Alan Resetar, Christian Wirkner, John Measey, Jarujin Nabithabata, Damaris Rotich, Patrick Malonza. My apologies to all those, whose name is not listed here but should have been. Special thanks also to Tine Huyse and Kenneth de Baets for their help with the Dutch summary.
I also thank the staff of the Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, for making me feel welcome from the very first day until the very last of my time spent in London and off course to the Department for setting up the Zoology PhD Studentship, without which this work would not have been possible.
A big thanks also to my mother for her constant encouragement throughout my life and finally to my wife Maria, who also provided a lot of encouragement and support during the course of my work on this thesis.
