Welcome to the Department of Evolutionary Biology!

The Department of Evolutionary Biology seeks to understand the evolution of animal form, function, and diversity by combining comparative, developmental, and theoretical approaches. The department consists of two units, Integrative Zoology and Theoretical Biology. 

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11.11.2024
 

Philipp Maier

Morphology of the proboscis and stipes pump musculature of the sphingid moth Manduca sexta (Linnaeus,1763)
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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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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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19.09.2024
 

New paper in Frontiers in Zoology

Explosive regeneration and anamorphic development of legs in the house centipede Scutigera coleoptrata
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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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11.09.2024
 

Lukas Humer

Vergleich aller Entwicklungsstadien der Samtschrecke Peruphasma schultei hinsichtlich Morphologie der Mandibeln und Fraßspuren
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05.09.2024
 

New paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution

A Novel Expression Domain of extradenticle Underlies the Evolutionary Developmental Origin of the Chelicerate Patella
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 Upcoming talks:

12.11.2024
 

Axis determination and left-right asymmetry in a vermetid gastropod

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19.11.2024
 

The evolution of signaling in mammalian pregnancy
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26.11.2024
 

Felix Hinterschuster

The bovine fetal-maternal interface at 100- and 174- days of pregnancy
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26.11.2024
 

The expression pattern of anterior nervous system markers in Chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera.
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03.12.2024
 

How museomics may help us detect recent anthropogenic changes in the genomes of insects
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10.12.2024
 

Handling of a Disbalanced Stick Tool in the Goffin’s Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana)
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