Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
The diversity of form and function that we can observe on all levels of biological complexity is one of the most fascinating phenomena of the living world. The Integrative Evolutionary Biology (IEB) lab uses coloration phenotypes of tropical fish species as a model to understand the genomic, developmental, and cellular mechanisms that underlie their spectacular diversity as well as the forces that shape their evolution.
Education/Academic qualification
Evolutionary Biology and Zoology, Postdoctoral Fellow & Project Leader, University of Konstanz, Germany
Aug 2013 → Dec 2020
Neuroscience, Ph.D., „Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of neuronal migration and circuitry development in the murine hindbrain”, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research & University of Basel, Switzerland
Jul 2008 → Apr 2013
Biology, Diploma, "Characterization of the catecholaminergic circuitry in zebrafish", University of Freiburg, Germany
Oct 2004 → Jul 2008
Fields of Science
- 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
- Genomics of adaptation
- Speciation
- Genotype-Phenotype association
- Phenotypic Diversification
- Nervous system evolution
- 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
- Evo-Devo
- Tissue Formation
- Multicellular Dynamics
- Neurodevelopment
- 119 Other natural sciences
- Coloration Science
- Fish Biology
- Cichlid Fishes
- 3111 Biomedicine
- Pigmentation Disorders
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Agouti-related peptide 2 facilitates convergent evolution of stripe patterns across cichlid fish radiations
Kratochwil, C. F., Liang, Y., Gerwin, J., Woltering, J. M., Urban, S., Henning, F., Machado-Schiaffino, G., Hulsey, C. D. & Meyer, A., 26 Oct 2018, In: Science. 362, 6413, p. 457-+ 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence during sympatric speciation
Kautt, A. F., Kratochwil, C. F., Nater, A., Machado-Schiaffino, G., Olave, M., Henning, F., Torres-Dowdall, J., Härer, A., Hulsey, C. D., Franchini, P., Pippel, M., Myers, E. W. & Meyer, A., 3 Dec 2020, In: Nature. 588, 7836, p. 106-111 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Neural innervation as a potential trigger of morphological color change and sexual dimorphism in cichlid fish
Liang, Y., Meyer, A. & Kratochwil, C. F., 23 Jul 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 16 p., 12329.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Developmental and Cellular Basis of Vertical Bar Color Patterns in the East African Cichlid Fish Haplochromis latifasciatus
Liang, Y., Gerwin, J., Meyer, A. & Kratochwil, C. F., 11 Feb 2020, In: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 8, 15 p., 62.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Genome of the Malawi golden cichlid fish (Melanochromis auratus) reveals exon loss of oca2 in an amelanistic morph
Kratochwil, C. F., Urban, S. & Meyer, A., Sept 2019, In: Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 32, 5, p. 719-723 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
- 3 Active
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Kratochwil Juselius 2024-2026
01/05/2024 → 30/04/2025
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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Sukupuolten väridimorfismin geneettinen perusta ja evoluutio
01/09/2022 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Research Fellow's research expenses
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Sukupuolten väridimorfismin geneettinen perusta ja evoluutio
Academy of Finland, Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2027
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Research Fellow
Activities
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Genomic and Developmental Drivers of Color Pattern Diversification
Claudius Kratochwil (Speaker)
18 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) (External organisation)
Claudius Kratochwil (Board member)
1 Jan 2021 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in public Finnish or international organization
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Genomic and Developmental Drivers of Color Pattern Diversification
Claudius Kratochwil (Speaker)
28 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Genomic and Developmental Drivers of Color Pattern Diversification
Claudius Kratochwil (Speaker)
6 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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When the tape of life repeats itself — Molecular insights into evolutionary déjà vu
Claudius Kratochwil (Speaker)
22 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Gene means fish can recover lost stripes
28/10/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Evolution does repeat itself after all: How evolution lets stripes come and go
25/10/2018 → 26/10/2018
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Agouti-related peptide 2 facilitates convergent evolution of stripe patterns across cichlid fish radiations
25/10/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media