Unit for Theoretical Biology

Unit for Theoretical Biology

The work in our unit is motivated by theoretical and conceptual questions in organismal evolutionary biology. Systemic properties of organisms, such as developmental and physiological processes, as well as their interactions with the environment, strongly influence their ability to respond to selection and to evolve. Our goal is to identify and understand these interactions in order to explain how the enormous diversity of life has evolved and continues to evolve. In pursuit of this general goal, we apply and advance theoretical, biometric, comparative, and experimental research methods.

Latest News

22.03.2024
 

Nadine Lehofer BSc

Movement and activity ranges of the European green toad (Bufotes viridis) in an urban area compared to a natural habitat

21.03.2024
 

Severin Bachmayer BSc

Molecular and morphological mechanisms in the ovary of middle-aged mice causing delayed Progesterone withdrawal

12.02.2024
 

A common allele increases endometrial Wnt4 expression, with antagonistic implications for pregnancy, reproductive cancers, and endometriosis

28.12.2023
 

New paper in Global Ecology and Conservation

Genetic and morphological evidence of a single species of bronze featherback (Notopterus notopterus) in Sundaland

20.12.2023
 

Two Decades of Molecular and Developmental Evolution at JEZ‐B: A Tribute to Professor Günter Wagner

30.11.2023
 

Sara Kast MSc

Austrolethops wardi (Teleostei: Gobiidae) – does phylogenetic conservatism obscure trophic ecology?