Animal Evolutionary Ecology
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2013 we are involved in the following Projects
"Tübingen in Evolution, Evolution in Tübingen" (VolkswagenFoundation)
News
08 May 2013 | New publication |
Lange, R. , J. Werminghausen, N. Anthes (2013): Does traumatic secretion transfer manipulate mating roles or reproductive output in a hermaphroditic sea slug? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., in press. | |
30 Apr 2013 | New publication |
Johanna Werminghausen, Rolanda Lange, Nils Anthes (2013): Seeking a Sex-Specific Coolidge Effect in a Simultaneous Hermaphrodite. Ethology, in press | |
04 Feb 2013 | PhD defence |
Bea Sanchez Navarro successfully defended her PhD thesis on population genetic signatures and fitness corollaries of occasional sex in otherwise parthenogenetic flatworms. Congratulations!! | |
30 Jan 2013 | New Publication |
Lange, R., K. Reinhardt, N.K. Michiels & N.Anthes (2013). Functions, diversity, and evolution of traumatic mating. Biological Reviews: in press. | |
08 Jan 2013 | Promotionsfeier |
Rolanda Lange verteidigt erfolgreich ihre Dissertation mit dem Titel "Evolutionary Ecology of Traumatic Mating in Gastropterid Sea Slugs" | |
02 Jan | New Publication |
Seidel C and Reinhardt K (2013) Bugging Forecast: Unknown Disliked Occasionally Intimate. Bed Bugs in Germany Meet Unprepared People. PLoS ONE 8(1):e51083 link: (http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051083) | |
17 Sep 2012 | New Publication |
Lange R et al. (2012): Female Fitness Optimum at Intermediate Mating Rates under Traumatic Mating. PLoS One 7(8): e43234. Featured in New Scientist. | |
12 Jul 2012 | Nature Research Highlight |
The recent article by Sprenger et al. got featured in NATURE | |
28 Jun 2012 | New publication |
Wucherer MF, Michiels NK (2012):A fluorescent chromatophore changes the level of fluorescence in a reef fish. PLoS ONE 7(6): e37913 | |
24 May 2012 | New publication |
Sprenger, D., Dingemanse, N.J., Dochtermann, N.A., Theobald, J., Walker, S.P.W. (2012) Aggressive females become aggressive males in a sex-changing reef fish. Ecology Letters 15(9):986-992 | |
21 May 2012 | New publication |
Ribou, A.-C. & Reinhardt, K. (2012). Reduced metabolic rate and oxygen radicals production in stored insect sperm. Proc. R. Soc. B 279: 2196-2203<cite></cite> | |
02 May 2012 | New publication |
Gassner, P., D. Sprenger & N. Anthes (2012): Red Sea butterflyfish responds to changing coral cover. Biodiv. Science 6 (Apr 2012). | |
08 Mar 2012 | New publication |
Schulte, R.D., B. Hasert, C. Makus, N.K. Michiels, H. Schulenburg (2012): Increased responsiveness in feeding behaviour of Caenorhabditis elegans after experimental coevolution with its microparasite Bacillus thuringiensis. Biol. Lett. 8:234-236 | |
03 Jan 2012 | New publication |
Lange, R., J. Beninde, V. Reichel, J. Werminghausen, T. Gerlach & N. Anthes (2012, in press): Copulation duration does not predict sperm transfer in a marine hermaphrodite. Animal Behaviour. | |
10 Aug 2011 | New publication |
Rebecca D. Schulte, Carsten Makus, Barbara Hasert, Nico K. Michiels, and Hinrich Schulenburg (2011): Host-parasite local adaptation after experimental coevolution of Caenorhabditis elegans and its microparasite Bacillus thuringiensis. Proc R Soc B 278: 2832-2839. | |
01 Aug 2011 | New publication |
Dobler, R. & Kölliker, M., in press, Influence of weight asymmetry and kinship on siblicidal and cannibalistic behaviour in earwigs, Animal Behaviour | |
07 Jul 2011 | New publication |
Reinhardt, K., Naylor, R. & Siva-Jothy, M. T. (2011) Male mating rate is constrained by seminal fluid availability in bed bugs, Cimex lectularius. PLoS ONE 6:7e22082. | |
20 Apr 2011 | New publication |
Sprenger, D., R. Lange & N. Anthes (2011). Population density and group size effects on reproductive behavior in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. BMC Evol. Biol. 11: 107. | |
10 Jan 2011 | ESEB Congress 2011 - Registration and Abstract submission open. |
05 Aug 2010 | New publication |
Anthes, N., P. David, D. Sprenger et al. (2010). Bateman Gradients in Hermaphrodites: An Extended Approach to Quantify Sexual Selection. The American Naturalist 176:249-263 [full text] | |
19 Apr 2010 | New publication |
Schleicherova D, Lorenzi MC, Sella G, Michiels NK (2010): | |
06 Apr 2010 | New publication |
Schulte RD, Makus C, Hasert B, Michiels NK, Schulenburg H (2010) Multiple reciprocal adaptations and rapid genetic change upon experimental coevolution of an animal host and its microbial parasite. PNAS (online before print) [full text] | |
06 Apr 2010 | New publication |
Anthes, N. (2010): Mate choice and reproductive conflict in simultaneous hermaphrodites. In: P.M. Kappeler (ed) Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms. Springer Verlag, pp. 329-358. | |
15 Mar 2010 | New publication |
Siebeck, U. E., D. Sprenger et al. 2010. A Species of Reef Fish that Uses Ultraviolet Patterns for Covert Face Recognition. Current Biology 20:407-410. [full text] | |
19 Feb 2010 | New publication |
| Velavan, T.P., et al. (2010): Detection of multiple infections by Monocystis strains in a single earthworm host using ribosomal internal transcribed spacer sequence variation. Parasitology 137: 45-51 [full text] |
05 Feb 2010 | New publication |
Sprenger, D., et al. (2010): Sources of phenotypic variance in egg and larval traits in a marine invertebrate. Evolutionary Ecology 24: 185-194 [full text] | |
01 Feb 2010 | Updated information on SoSe 2010 |
22 Oct 2009 | New website. |
Our website moved again. Welcome to typo3. Report all mistakes you may find to Gregor. | |
22 Oct 2009 | New Publication |
Sánchez Navarro, Michiels, Köhler and D’Souza (2009): Differential expression of heat shock protein 70 in relation to stress type in the flatworm Schmidtea polychroa (link) | |
20 Oct 2009 | New Publication |
| Häderer, Werminghausen et al. (2009): No effect of mate novelty on sexual motivation in the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata. Front. Zool. 6:23 (free full text) |
14 Sep 2009 | New Publication |
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D'Souza & Michiels (2009): Sex in Parthenogenetic Planarians: Phylogenetic Relic or Evolutionary Resurrection? In: Schön, Koen, van Dijk (eds): Lost Sex - The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Springer pp. 377-397 (link) |
15 Jul 2009 | New Publication |
| Michiels, Crowley, Anthes (2009): Accessory male investment can undermine the evolutionary stability of simultaneous hermaphroditism. Biol. Lett., in press. [FREE full text] |
13 Jul 2009 | DFG Reinhard Koselleck Project |
| The DFG awarded a 1 Million € risk project to Nico Michiels to study the function and mechanisms of red fluorescence in reef fish during the next 5 years. More to come. |
24 Jun 2009 | New Publication |
| Bedhomme et al. (2009): How does breeding system variation modulate sexual antagonism? Biol. Lett. in press (full text) |
14 Apr 2009 | New Publication |
| Sprenger et al. (2009b): Sources of phenotypic variance in egg and larval traits in a marine invertebrate. Evol. Ecol. in press (full text) |
03 Apr 2009 | Darwin Rocks! Video Released |
| Watch the vieo on www.darwinrocks.de |
02.04.2009 | New Publication |
| Sprenger et al. (2009a): The role of body size in early mating behavior in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, Chelidonura sandrana. Behav. Eco. Sociobiol. 63: 953-958. (full text) |
15 Feb 2009 | New research project |
| German Science Foundation (DFG) has approved funding of a 3-year research project entitled "Evolutionary ecology of sexual reciprocity in a system with complex genitalia and traumatic injections". More info on our research pages. |
22 Oct 2008 | Launch of the new website |
| This will be our new website. Welcom to Fiona! |
16 Sep 2008 | New Publication |
| Michiels et al. (2008): Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism? (BMC-Ecology, Volume 8)Open Access |
09 Jun 2008 | New Publication |
| Dennis Sprenger et al. (2008): Natural female mating rate maximizes hatchling size in a marine invertebrate. J. Animal Ecol. 77: 696-701. (full text) |
19 Apr 2008 | New Publication |
| Schulenburg, Boehnisch (2008) Diversification and adaptive sequence evolution of Caenorhabditis lysozymes (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). BMC-Evol. Biol.(full text) |
10 Apr 2008 | New Publication |
| Schulenburg et al. (2008) Specificity of the innate immune system and diversity of C-type lectin domain (CTLD) proteins in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Immunobiol. 213:237-250. (full text) |
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