Genetics and Evolution of Fish (and other Vertebrates)
![Tree frogs (Hyla arborea) possess microscolipically indistinguishable sex chromosomes; we have molecular, sex-linked markers developed that serve evolutionary and ecotoxicologial research. | Foto: Matthias Stöck / IGB](/sites/default/files/styles/mainimage_content/public/2018-02/AG%20St%C3%B6ck%20%28c%29%20St%C3%B6ck.jpg?itok=D8QUNqbk)
Tree frogs (Hyla arborea) have microscopically indistinguishable sex chromosomes; we have developed sex-linked molecular markers that serve both evolutionary research and eco-toxicological applications. | Photo: Matthias Stöck / IGB
We are interested in evolution and evolutionary ecology and their applications using genetic and genomic approaches in animal systems, focusing mostly on amphibians and fish.
For more information: https://matthiasstoeck.com
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High mountain lazy toads (here Scutiger occidentalis from Kashmir) are involved in a collaboration on historic biogeography of the Himalayas led by Dr. Sylvia Hofmann (UFZ). | Photo: Matthias Stöck / IGB
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Beluga (Huso huso). Our project STURGEoNOMICS focuses in an international collaboration on the genomic investigation for conservation and aquaculture. | Photo: Matthias Stöck / IGB
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Palearctic green toads (Bufo viridis subgroup) have become an evolutionary model system for amphibian research. Under a phylogeographic frame work, we investigate speciation, diploid and polyploid hybridization, evolutionary ecology, genomics and sex chromosome evolution. | Photo: Matthias Stöck / IGB
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The Amazon-Molly (Poecilia formosa) is an all-female, clonally reproducing fish species; together with the group of Prof. Dr. Manfred Schartl (Würzburg and College Station), we are contributing to ist genomic investigation. | Photo: Matthias Stöck / IGB