Dr. Nathalie Feiner
Main Focus
My background is in comparative genomics, and I did a fair bit of
developmental genetics in a variety of vertebrate animals. After my PhD,
I turned my interest towards organismal biology, and I am now
interested in understanding how evolution really works. I designed a
project on the Anolis lizards, a famous example of an adaptive
radiation, which aims to include ecological, developmental and
phylogenetic aspects in order to fully comprehend their evolutionary
history. In particular, I am interested in the relationship between
developmental processes and the course of evolution – how can
ontogenetic factors bias evolution and how strong is this influence?
PhD thesis
Characterization of cryptic components of the ancestral vertebrate genome, with Axel Meyer, Zoology and Evolutionary Biology lab, University of Konstanz