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.

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26.11.2024
 

New Paper in Cybium

A collection of fishes from the enigmatic type locality of fish species described by Georges Cuvier and by Achille Valenciennes, the hot springs of...
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20.11.2024
 

New paper in Taxonomy

A unique and species-rich assemblage of freshwater glassfishes (Teleostei: Ambassidae: Dapalis) from the Lower Oligocene of the Central Paratethys...
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20.11.2024
 

New paper in Biology Letters

Metabolic complementation between cells drives the evolution of tissues and organs.

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18.10.2024
 

New paper in Journal of Morphology

Hyperostosis in fishes: an update with new species records.
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10.10.2024
 

Georg Brenneis
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08.10.2024
 

New paper in PNAS

The extension of mammalian pregnancy required taming inflammation: Independent evolution of extended placentation in the tammar wallaby

 
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