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Das Prinzip Metaorganismus

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Alle vielzelligen Organismen sind dauerhaft mit Mikroben assoziiert und daher Metaorganismen. Einfache Modellsysteme wie Hydra erlauben es, die evolutionäre Dynamik innerhalb eines solchen Metaorganismus zu analysieren.

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All multicellular organisms are permanently associated with microbes and therefore considered to be metaorganisms. Simple model systems like the cnidarian Hydra allow to investigate evolutionary dynamics within such metaorganisms.

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  1. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Sebastian Fraune, Sören Franzenburg, René Augustin & Thomas C. G. Bosch

  2. Zoologisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Olshausenstraße 40, D-24098, Kiel, Germany

    Thomas C. G. Bosch

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Sebastian Fraune, Sören Franzenburg und Thomas Bosch (v. l. n. r). René Augustin befindet sich derzeit für einen Forschungsaufenthalt an der Universität Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

Die Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Dr. Bosch an der Universität Kiel beschäftigt sich unter anderem mit der Evolution von Stammzellen und des Immunsystems. Dabei liegt ein Hauptfokus auf der Rolle der assoziierten Bakterien in der Entwicklung und Evolution des Modellorganismus Hydra.

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Fraune, S., Franzenburg, S., Augustin, R. et al. Das Prinzip Metaorganismus. Biospektrum 17, 634–636 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-011-0101-8

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