Environmental oxygen in animal evolution and development

PhD defence by Emma Rysgaard Haxen

Assessment Committee

Associate professor Laura Cotton, Natural History Museum Denmark (SNM), University of Copenhagen (Chairperson)
Professor and Department Chair Igor Adameyko, Center for Brain Research - Medical University of Vienna, Karolinska Institute
Professor of Integrative neurophysiology Martin Garwicz, Lund University

Supervisors

Associate Professor Nicole Rita Elisabeth Posth
Associate Professor Emma Hammarlund

Department

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

Place

Building: Lund University, Room: The defence takes place at Lund University, Lund University, Sweden

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Short description of the thesis

Oxygen (O2) availability has shaped animal evolution and continues to shape animal development today. Many excellent studies have explored the complex roles of environmental O2 levels in the underlying processes, but multiple open questions remain and controversy is fed by seemingly contradictory findings. The present dissertation aims to explore the role of environmental O2 levels during animal evolution and development from an interdisciplinary perspective, in the hope that nuancing conventional thinking may inspire future research.