Walter Salzburger

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Walter Salzburger
Walter Salzburger (2020)
NationalitySwiss, Austrian
AwardsWalther-Arndt-Preis (2011), LBS Umweltpreis (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsZoologist, Evolutionary Biologist
InstitutionsUniversity of Innsbruck, University of Konstanz, University of Lausanne, University of Basel

Walter Salzburger (born 1 January 1975) is an Austrian-Swiss zoologist and evolutionary biologist and Professor at the Zoological Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences, of the University of Basel in Switzerland.[1]

Work

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The research of Walter Salzburger focuses on the understanding of organismal diversification in general and the evolutionary phenomena of adaptive radiation and explosive speciation in particular.[2] Salzburger's main organismal study systems are the exceptionally diverse adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes in East Africa, and in particular the cichlid fauna of Lake Tanganyika.[3][4] In addition, his group has worked on vision in deep-sea fishes,[5] among many other topics.

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.salzburgerlab.org/media/uploads/_pages/team/walter_salzburger/_pdf/CV21.pdf
  2. ^ Salzburger W (2018). "Understanding explosive diversification through cichlid fish genomics". Nature Reviews Genetics. 19 (11): 705–717. doi:10.1038/s41576-018-0043-9. PMID 30111830. S2CID 256745378.
  3. ^ Muschick M, Indermaur A, Salzburger W (2012). "Convergent evolution within an adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes" (PDF). Current Biology. 22 (24): 2362–2368. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.048. PMID 23159601. S2CID 18363916.
  4. ^ Ronco F, Matschiner M, Böhne A, Boila A, Büscher H, El Taher A, Indermaur A, Malinsky M, Ricci V, Kahmen A, Jentoft S, Salzburger W (2021). "Drivers and dynamics of a massive adaptive radiation in cichlid fishes". Nature. 589 (24): 76–81. Bibcode:2021Natur.589...76R. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2930-4. PMID 33208944. S2CID 256820215.
  5. ^ Musilova Z, Cortesi F, Matschiner M, Davies WI, Patel JS, Stieb SM, de Busserolles F, Malmstrøm M, Tørresen OK, Brown CJ, Mountford JK, Hanel R, Stenkamp DL, Jakobsen KS, Carleton KL, Jentoft S, Marshall J, Salzburger W (2019). "Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes". Science. 364 (6440): 588–592. Bibcode:2019Sci...364..588M. doi:10.1126/science.aav4632. PMC 6628886. PMID 31073066.
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