Kaylin Chong@KaylinChong

PhD Researcher @HarvardOEB | @OxfordBiology alum | Evolutionary biologist (functional morphology, feeding, 3D imaging)

Joined August 2022
Very excited to share my first paper is out! 🎉 We explore the evolution of the multiple eye pairs in spiders🕷️(cell.com/current-biology/ful…) Couldn’t have done it without to the mentorship of the brilliant @Lauren_hSR!

Allometry and ecology shape eye size evolution in spiders

Chong et al. use static and phylogenetic allometry to show that spiders exploit the modularity in their visual system to adapt both individual eye pairs and the overall resource allocation between...

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先日OISTの方々とやんばるへ行ってきました！写真はキジロオヒキグモと、それを皆で観察しているところです。 I went to the Yambaru with OIST researchers the other day! These two pictures are of a Scorpion tail spider and us while observing it, respectively.
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And to close 2023, another spidery treat! Eye size is linked to many aspects of visual physiology, ecology, and behaviour - but what if you can have lots of eyes, in different sizes? @KaylinChong dived into the visual allometry of spiders to find out! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… 1/n

Complex allometric relationships and ecological factors shape the development and evolution of eye...

Eye size affects many aspects of visual function, most notably including contrast sensitivity and achievable spatial resolution, but eyes are costly to grow and maintain. The allometry of eyes can...

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Lab alumna Kaylin Chong* presented her work on the allometry of spider eyes at the @AAS_arachnology meeting this week! 👩🏻‍💼🥳🕷️ We are cheering you on from the other side of the pond - stay tuned for a pre-print soon! *then @morethanadodo @OxfordBiology, now @MCZHarvard!
PhD student Kaylin Chong presents her poster on the evolution of eye size in spiders at the American Arachnological Society meeting

ALT PhD student Kaylin Chong presents her poster on the evolution of eye size in spiders at the American Arachnological Society meeting

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