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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25.03.2025

Master's Defensio

Lina Ried

Behavior and activity patterns of the European green toad (Bufotes viridis) in an urban and natural habitat

21.03.2025

PhD Defensio

Silvia Basanta

The evolution of signaling in mammalian pregnancy

14.03.2025

New paper in Check List

The first documented record of the Critically Endangered adder Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes, Viperidae) from the German North Frisian...

04.02.2025

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Kristin Szydlik

Seasonal Change of Body Condition in a Population of Fire Salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) in Vienna

03.01.2025

New paper in Zoologischer Anzeiger

Comparative ultra-microscopy unraveling the regressive evolutionary signals: Insights from adaptation to extreme environment.

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...