Experimental Zoology Group
The Experimental Zoology Group combines physics, engineering, molecular techniques and modelling in a quantitative systems analysis to solve fundamental problems in biology. This provides insights that we use to offer solutions for practical problems with societal relevance.
Head of group
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Evolutionary ecology of placentation in livebearing fish
I am studying the evolution of the placenta and superfetation in the livebearing fish family Poeciliidae. I study different aspects of these reproductive life history traits, each corresponding to different hypotheses about their evolution.
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The Experimental Zoology Group (EZO) combines physics, engineering, molecular techniques and modelling in a quantitative systems analysis to solve fundamental problems in biology. Read more about the research lines that are carried out.
Courses
The Experimental Zoology Group is involved in teaching several courses as shown below. There are courses offered for MSc and BSc.
Recent publications
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Modulating yaw with an unstable rigid body and a course-stabilizing or steering caudal fin in the yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)
Royal Society Open Science 7 (2020)4. - ISSN 2054-5703 -
Predation risk shapes the degree of placentation in natural populations of live-bearing fish
Ecology Letters 23 (2020)5. - ISSN 1461-023X - p. 831 - 840. -
Fish Macrophages Show Distinct Metabolic Signatures Upon Polarization
Frontiers in Immunology 11 (2020). - ISSN 1664-3224 - 1 p. -
The genomes of the livebearing fish species Poeciliopsis retropinna and Poeciliopsis turrubarensis reflect their different reproductive strategies
Molecular Biology and Evolution 37 (2020)5. - ISSN 0737-4038 - p. 1376 - 1386. -
Limited mass-independent individual variation in resting metabolic rate in a wild population of snow voles (Chionomys nivalis)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33 (2020)5. - ISSN 1010-061X - p. 608 - 618.