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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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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07.10.2024
 

New paper in PNAS

No birth-associated maternal mortality in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) despite giving birth to large-headed neonates
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17.09.2024
 

New article Media Portal of the University of Vienna

An Unexpected Result: The Mammalian Inner Ear is a Striking Example of Convergent evolution
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16.09.2024
 

New paper in Nature Communications

Convergent evolution in Afrotheria and non-afrotherians demonstrates high evolvability of the mammalian inner ear.

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01.08.2024
 

Lukas Theil

Effects of copper on development and behavior of green toad tadpoles
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18.07.2024
 

Philipp Hummer

From the pattern backwards to the process
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