Evolutionsbiologie Uni Konstanz

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

19.02.2021 How many genetic changes create new species? Link
18.01.2021 Our Lungfish paper is out in Nature! Link
28.10.2020 Our Midas genome paper (internal name: the Mother of all Midas papers) is out in Nature! Link
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

18.01.2021 - Meyer, A., Schloissnig, S., Franchini, P., Du, K., Woltering, J.M., Irisarri, I., Wong, W.Y., Nowoshilow, S., Kneitz, S., Kawaguchi, A., Fabrizius, A., Xiong, P., Dechaud, C., Spaink, H., Volff, J.-N., Simakov, O., Burmester, T., Tanaka, E. M., Schartl M., 2021. Giant Lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates. Nature View PDF
28.10.2020 - Kautt A.F., Kratochwil C.F., Nater A., Machado-Schiaffino G., Olave M., Henning F., Torres-Dowdall J., Härer A., Hulsey C.D., Franchini P., Pippel M., Myers E.W, Meyer A. 2020. Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence during sympatric speciation. Nature View PDF
22.11.2020 - Karagic, N., Schneider, R.F., Meyer, A., and C.D. Hulsey. 2020. A genomic cluster with novel and conserved genes is associated with cichlid dental developmental convergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37: 3165–3174.
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
all Meyer lab publications