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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

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129
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65598
World Ranking
69
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Axel Meyer is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines centering on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also to Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work focuses on specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Aquatic Science. Key topics that Axel Meyer has engaged with include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Axel Meyer has published extensively, with frequent contributions to these venues:

  • Molecular Ecology (9 publications)
  • Nature Communications (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (6 publications)
  • Ecology and Evolution (6 publications)
  • Science Advances (5 publications)

Recent papers include the following:

  • "Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species" (2021, Nature)
  • "The sterlet sturgeon genome sequence and the mechanisms of segmental rediploidization" (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates" (2021, Nature)
  • "Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence during sympatric speciation" (2020, Nature)
  • "Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species" (2020, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Axel Meyer are:

  • Julián Torres-Dowdall
  • Paolo Franchini
  • Andreas F. Kautt
  • C. Darrin Hulsey
  • Manfred Schartl

Axel Meyer has been recognized by several scientific bodies, including election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2009 under the category of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. Additionally, they are a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • DYNAMICS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA EVOLUTION IN ANIMALS: AMPLIFICATION AND SEQUENCING WITH CONSERVED PRIMERS

    T.D. Kocher;W.K. Thomas;A. Meyer;S.V. Edwards

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • Asymmetric paralog evolution between the “cryptic” gene Bmp16 and its well-studied sister genes Bmp2 and Bmp4

    Nathalie Feiner;Fumio Motone;Axel Meyer;Shigehiro Kuraku

  • Shape analysis of symmetric structures: quantifying variation among individuals and asymmetry.

    Christian Peter Klingenberg;Marta Barluenga;Axel Meyer

  • Monophyletic origin of Lake Victoria cichlid fishes suggested by mitochondrial DNA sequences.

    Axel Meyer;Axel Meyer;Thomas D. Kocher;Thomas D. Kocher;Pereti Basasibwaki;Pereti Basasibwaki;Allan C. Wilson

  • The evolutionary significance of ancient genome duplications

    Yves Van de Peer;Steven Maere;Axel Meyer

  • From 2R to 3R: evidence for a fish‐specific genome duplication (FSGD)

    Axel Meyer;Yves Van de Peer

  • The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

    David Brawand;David Brawand;Catherine E. Wagner;Catherine E. Wagner;Yang I. Li;Milan Malinsky;Milan Malinsky

  • Genome Duplication, a Trait Shared by 22,000 Species of Ray-Finned Fish

    John S. Taylor;Ingo Braasch;Tancred Frickey;Axel Meyer

  • Gene and genome duplications in vertebrates: the one-to-four (-to-eight in fish) rule and the evolution of novel gene functions.

    Axel Meyer;Manfred Schartl

  • Sympatric speciation in Nicaraguan crater lake cichlid fish

    Marta Barluenga;Kai N. Stölting;Walter Salzburger;Moritz Muschick

  • The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution

    Chris T. Amemiya;Chris T. Amemiya;Jessica Alfoldi;Alison P. Lee;Shaohua Fan

  • Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution

    Jeramiah J. Smith;Shigehiro Kuraku;Carson Holt;Tatjana Sauka-Spengler

  • Phylogenetic timing of the fish-specific genome duplication correlates with the diversification of teleost fish.

    Simone Hoegg;Henner Brinkmann;Henner Brinkmann;John S. Taylor;John S. Taylor;Axel Meyer

  • The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons

    Ingo Braasch;Andrew R Gehrke;Jeramiah J Smith;Kazuhiko Kawasaki

  • Phenotypic plasticity and heterochrony in Cichlasoma managuense (Pisces, Cichlidae) and their implications for speciation in cichlid fishes

    Axel Meyer

  • Transgenerational impact of intimate partner violence on methylation in the promoter of the glucocorticoid receptor

    Karl M. Radtke;Martina Ruf;Helen M. Gunter;Katalin Dohrmann

  • Phylogenetic performance of mitochondrial protein-coding genes in resolving relationships among vertebrates.

    Rafael Zardoya;Axel Meyer

  • Major events in the genome evolution of vertebrates: paranome age and size differ considerably between ray-finned fishes and land vertebrates.

    Klaas Vandepoele;Wouter de Vos;John S. Taylor;Axel Meyer

  • Comparative genomics provides evidence for an ancient genome duplication event in fish.

    John S. Taylor;Yves Van de Peer;Ingo Braasch;Axel Meyer

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: Amplification and sequencing with conserved primers (cytochrome b/12S ribosomal DNA/control region/evolutionary genetics/molecular phylogenies)

    T. D. Kocher;W. K. Thomas;A. Meyer;S. V. Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Salzburger
Walter Salzburger University of Basel
Kathryn R. Elmer
Kathryn R. Elmer University of Glasgow
Manfred Schartl
Manfred Schartl University of Würzburg
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
Rafael Zardoya
Rafael Zardoya Spanish National Research Council
Shigehiro Kuraku
Shigehiro Kuraku National Institute of Genetics
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University
Henner Brinkmann
Henner Brinkmann Leibniz Association
Erik Verheyen
Erik Verheyen Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Guillermo Ortí
Guillermo Ortí George Washington University

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