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A new study reveals how diet shapes inherited behaviour.

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Can Aztekin and his team have discovered how oxygen-sensing explains why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not. more

In an unprecedented series of global field experiments launched ten years ago at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, an international research team has tracked real-time evolution in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Across 30 locations worldwide — from the Alps to the Negev Desert — researchers sowed the plants, monitored their development, and analyzed genetic changes over several years. more

Thorsten Langner. He talks in depth about his time at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen and the next step in his career in plant science. more

The Department of Algal Development and Evolution is delighted to host Daniela Gallego, also known as Lulo Febril, as an artist-in-residence. more

A perspective article in a leading journal argues for an experimental paradigm change to capture complex gene effects in combination with environment and genetic background. more

Researchers discover an unexpectedly simple mechanism that controls life cycle in algae more