Kiel Evolution Center

The common starfish Asterias rubens

climbing a seagrass leave in the Baltic Sea in search of recently settled blue mussels as prey. By courtesy of Thorsten Reusch.

Floral oil producing Diascia floribunda

has long twin spurs that coevolved with the front legs of their oil-collecting bee pollinators. By courtesy of Michael Kuhlmann.

A sea anemone from the Mediterranean (Anemonia sulcata)

Symbiontic algae are responsible for the purple colour of the tips of the tentacles. By courtesy of Thorsten Reusch.

The brood pouch

of a pregnant pipefish male (Syngnathus typhle) filled with embryos that are connected to a placenta-like structure. By courtesy of Olivia Roth.

The marine midge Clunio marinus

is a model organism for biological clock research. By courtesy of Tobias Kaiser.

A male blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla).

Our focal study species to study the genetic architecture of migratory traits. By courtesy of Miriam Liedvogel.

The fluorescent dye DAPI

is commonly used to stain the DNA in the nuclei of Caenorhabditis elegans body cells, thus visualizing the nematode’s anatomy. By courtesy of Hinrich Schulenburg

A female

of the sex-role reversed pipefish Syngnathus typhle. By courtesy of Olivia Roth.

The fluorescent dye DAPI

is commonly used to stain the DNA in the nuclei of Caenorhabditis elegans body cells, thus visualizing the nematode’s anatomy. By courtesy of Hinrich Schulenburg

Electron micrograph

of a Caenorhabditis elegans nematode. By courtesy of Antje Thomas, Schulenburg group.

A freshwater polyp Hydra oligactis

bearing a germ-cell tumor. It represents the first reported and thoroughly described malignant cancer in a pre-bilaterian animal. By courtesy of Thomas Bosch.

A Transgenic Hydra

expressing GFP in the head. The Hydra Transgenic Facility allows us to explore the function of different genes and proteins in vivo in a traditional developmental model. By courtesy of Thomas Bosch.

The solitary bee Rediviva longimanus

is endemic to the Greater Cape Floristic Region. With the elongated forelegs it collects floral oil from the spurs of its host plants of the genus Diascia. By courtesy of Michael Kuhlmann.

Confocal laser scanning microscopy image

of the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici (in green) during the infection of a wheat leaf. The hyphae of Z. tritici is visible in green. The tip of the hyphae (in the back) is penetrating an open stoma on the leaf surface. By courtesy of Janine Haueisen, Stukenbrock group.

Pathogenic Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria

marked by Red Fluorescent Protein, have infected and overgrown the body of a Caenorhabditis elegans nematode. By courtesy of Andrei Papkou, Schulenburg group.

Confocal laser scanning microscopy image

of the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici during the infection of a wheat leaf. The hyphae of Z. tritici is penetrating an open stoma on the leaf surface. of the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici (in green) during the infection of a wheat leaf. The hyphae of Z. tritici is visible in green. The tip of the hyphae (in the back) is penetrating an open stoma on the leaf surface. By courtesy of Janine Haueisen, Stukenbrock group.

Two pipefish females

of the species Syngnathus typhle swimming in the experimental aquaria at the GEOMAR. By courtesy of Olivia Roth.

Mouse testicular cell spreads.

Mice have 19 Autosome pairs and two sex chromosomes. The DNA is stained using DAPI in blue. Synaptonemal Complex Protein syp3 is stained in green using syp3 primary and Alexa-Flour-488 secondary antobodies. By courtesy of Alina Jeschke, Odenthal-Hesse group.

Underwater cave in the Mediterranean Sea

covered with anemones of the genus Parazoanthus. Individuals form colonies connected by stolons. By courtesy of Thorsten Reusch..

A male blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

fitted with a light level geolocation - a method using measured ambient light level to establish geographical location during bird migration. By courtesy of Miriam Liedvogel.

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The common starfish Asterias rubens

Floral oil producing Diascia floribunda

A sea anemone from the Mediterranean (Anemonia sulcata)

The brood pouch

The marine midge Clunio marinus

A male blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla).

The fluorescent dye DAPI

A female

The fluorescent dye DAPI

Electron micrograph

A freshwater polyp Hydra oligactis

A Transgenic Hydra

The solitary bee Rediviva longimanus

Confocal laser scanning microscopy image

Pathogenic Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria

Confocal laser scanning microscopy image

Two pipefish females

Mouse testicular cell spreads.

Underwater cave in the Mediterranean Sea

A male blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

CRC 1182 Origin and Function of Metaorganisms

Animals and plants alike are colonized by a huge diversity of microbial organisms, forming complex associations, in which the fitness, development, and behaviour of either partner, host or microbe, strongly depends on its interplay with the other.