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Only recently, colleagues managed to sequence the genome of the sturgeon. Our doctoral student Christin Höhne has now developed an extensive overview of the immune system of sturgeon.

According to scientific theories, clonal vertebrates actually have a harder time succeeding than species that reproduce sexually. The Amazon molly proves otherwise. It has found a way to deal with the challenges of its origin and reproduction.

The new approach can provide predictions about the distribution and persistence of species at different time scales, and their dependence on patch distribution and patch density in the landscape.

A team with Hans-Peter Grossart has researched how resistant small freshwaters are to storms – they are amazingly resilient. And the rapid recovery from heavy rainfall is mainly thanks to microorganisms.

Conflicts of goals between transport and environmental policy: IGB gives feedback on the EU Action Programme on Inland Waterway Transport.

Will freshwater environments and fish populations benefit from the global COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions on the economy and society? Yes, in the short term, but probably not in the longer term – this is the conclusion of an international team of experts, including IGB scientist Robert Arlinghaus.

Scientists led by IGB have discovered a molecular marker for sex determination in sturgeon. This is a significant breakthrough for evolutionary biology, for species conservation and for caviar-producing aquaculture.

The largest freshwater bacterium, Achromatium oxaliferum, is highly flexible in its requirements, as Danny Ionescu has now discovered.