Yi–Fen Lin
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PhD Candidate
B.S., National Taiwan University, 2005
M.S., National Taiwan University, 2009
Dissertation/thesis title: Burrowing and walking mechanisms of North American moles
Research Interests
I have broad interests in the relationships between morphology, performance and ecology. I am curious about how the performance is changed by the morphological difference so that affects animals' adaptation to varied environments. In my PhD research, I focus on the mechanism of burrowing in moles and whether the difference in performance affects their geographic distribution.
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