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

01.08.2024
 

Lukas Theil

Effects of copper on development and behavior of green toad tadpoles

18.07.2024
 

Philipp Hummer

From the pattern backwards to the process

28.06.2024
 

Eileen Leder MSc

Population analysis of the European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis) in Donaufeld, Vienna

22.05.2024
 

Eyleen Engel MSc

Cellular Composition at the Fetal-Maternal Interface of Guinea Pig

13.05.2024
 

Vanessa Nowotny MSc

Spatial relationships of fire- bellied toads (Bombina bombina) in Upper Lobau (Nationalpark Donau- Auen, Vienna)

10.04.2024
 

New paper in Journal of Vertebrate Biology

Schindleria nana, a new extremely progenetic gobiid fish species (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia