The Meyer Lab
We study several fundamental issues in evolutionary biology. In particular, the evolution of biodiversity, and specifically the genesis of genomic, developmental and morphological diversity as well as their evolutionary interconnections, are of interest to us. To this end we study: morphological differentiation and its developmental basis within a phylogenetic framework, genetic differentiation among populations and species, and the evolution of genes and genomes, and the evolution of novel gene functions. In an effort to better understand the origin and maintenance of diversity we mostly use molecular and bioinformatic approaches, to ask how many and what kind of genetic changes accompany morphological differentiation among populations and species.

News

  • 7.9.2020 - Opening in the lab for Assistant Professor/ Junior Group Leader in Evolutionary Biology Link to Ad PDF​ Link
  • 1.7.2020 - Professor Meyer named Associate of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
  • ​16.6.2020 - Postdoctoral research fellowships available in Konstanz through the Zukunftskolleg Link

Our latest publications


  • 09.10.2020 - Real, F.M., Haas, S. A., Franchini, P., Xiong, P., Simakov, O., Kuhl, H., Schöpflin, R., Heller, D., Moeinzadeh, M-H., Heinrich, V., Krannich, T., Bressin, A., Hartmann, M.F., Wudy, S.A., Dechmann, D.K.N., Hurtado, A., Barrionuevo, F.J., Schindler, M. Harabula, I., Osterwalder, M., Hiller, M., Wittler, L., Visel, A., Timmermann, B., Meyer, A., Vingron, M., Jiménez, R., Mundlos, S., and D.G. Lupiáñez. 2020. The mole genome reveals regulatory rearrangements associated with adaptive intersexuality. Science. 370:208-214. View PDF
  • 22.8.2020 - Olave, M. and A. Meyer. 2020. Implementing large genomic SNP datasets in phylogenetic network reconstructions: A case study of particularly rapid radiations of cichlid fish. Systematic Biology. 69:848–862.
  • 21.8.2020 - Woltering, J.M., Irisarri, I., Ericsson, R., Joss, J.M.P., Sordino, P., and A. Meyer 2020. Sarcopterygian fin ontogeny elucidates the origin of hands with digits. Science Advances. 6: eabc3510.
  • 23.7.2020 - Liang, Y., Meyer, A., and C.F. Kratochwil. 2020. Neural innervation as a potential trigger of morphological color change and sexual dimorphism in cichlid fish. Scientific Reports. 10:12329. View PDF​
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