In Western Europe, we have several closely related grasshoppers belonging to the subgenus Glyptobothrus. The mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of four species (e.g., most
widespread: Chorthippus biggutulus, C. brunneus and C. mollis) is largely unresolved, with several species sharing surprisingly close mtDNA genomes and 100% similar COI barcodes (e.g. Hawlitschek et al.2017). I'm investigating the causes of this phylogenetic irresolution

#PopGen #EvolutionaryBiology #Evolution #Insects

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🌱 This review dives deep into the molecular world of holoparasitic plants. From convergent genomic features to unique mitochondrial paths, the study's findings shed light on the intricacies of angiosperm evolution.

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad108 (8/8)

#PlantGenomics #EvolutionaryBiology

@PeerCommunityIn Now published in Peer Community Journal, #evolutionarybiology section: Sensitive windows for within- and trans-generational plasticity of #antipredatordefences https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.304

Metazoa, the evolutionary Wordle you didn't know you needed

#Evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #Wordle

https://metazooa.com/

Do you think that using the term “evolutionary rate” for the ratio dN/dS is accurate or misleading?

#MolecularEvolution
#EvolutionaryBiology
#Evolution

We used #outlieranalysis and #telemetry and found that migration success of Atlantic #salmon depended on genotype. See what you think:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.08.15.553252v1
(boosts welcome, first time I’ve properly tried to share some science since the other place)

#EvolutionaryBiology
#FishSci
#smolt
#AnimalMigration
#SNPmarkers
#salmonid
Photo: Stuart Brabbs, Ayrshire Rivers Trust

My #EvolutionaryBiology picks of the day:

Leonie Moyle:
@SpeciationLab

Jeff Ross-Ibarra:
@jrossibarra

Tanja Pyhäjärvi:
@PyhaTanja

Lynda Delph:
@LyndaDelph

Graham Coop:
@gcbias

Matthew Hahn:
@3rdreviewer

Now published in Peer Community Journal, #evolutionarybiology section: "Balancing selection at a wing pattern locus is associated with major shifts in genome-wide patterns of diversity and gene flow in a butterfly" https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.298

Interested in what we have done with many of the #bioinformatics tools you and people like you have released? #ismbeccb2023
What happen when recombination stops, the tempo of #seXYevol today at #EvolCompBiol Pasteur auditorium 11h30
#TE #sequence # genome #degeneration #molecular #dating #denovo #genes #EvolutionaryBiology
https://gitlab.com/marine.c.duhamel/microtep
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.03.502670v2.full #preprint version final version coming out soon
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jeb.13991 @JEB https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39/4/msac060/6553583 @officialSMBE

#introduction Hi there! 👋 I'm a PhD Student at the Structure and Motion Lab in Royal Veterinary College and Moazen's Lab at University College London. I’m into the fascinating world of #biomechanics and #evolution in animals. When I'm not deeply engrossed in my research, you can find me advocating for #conservation and #AnimalWelfare issues. Feel free to say hello if you share the same passion in nature and science! 🌿🎨 #phdstudent #researcher #scientist #biomechanics #evolutionarybiology

Do you use #Zotero to manage your academic reading?

Are you interested in participating in a crowdsourced paper recommendation service?

ZoteroRecommender is a new service that recommends papers based on what other participants are reading.

If you'd like to learn more or are interested in participating, visit the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduCVXVJl8qjjse066rc8xT0UqVjWwxPSHHnaC1HD8pNMJJzQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

#Ecology #Evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #Microbiology #Academia #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter

#introduction
I’m PhD student in evolutionary agroecology in Zurich (CH). I’m working on cooperation, competition and complementarity in soybeans and am mostly interested in #ecology , #EvolutionaryBiology , #genetics , #agronomy and #statistics

Now published in Peer Community Journal, #evolutionarybiology section: "Facultative #parthenogenesis: a transient state in transitions between sex and obligate asexuality in #stickinsects?" https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.283

Too many gaps to fill before changing the narrative in textbooks.
Many possible incremental steps from anaerobic to aerobic life (as we know it and before). e.g. evolution of cell membranes and nuclear factors that influence bidirectional transition to oxygen utilization and forming multicellular organisms, which depends on cell signaling. #biophysics #CellSignaling #EvolutionaryBiology

https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/life-on-earth-didnt-arise-as-described-in-textbooks/

Very happy my book Evolution and the Machinery of Chance went on sale last week. What is the causal and probabilistic character of of microevolution? My answer reflects ways biologists use models and statistical inference in empirical research. (This is the "I forgot to leave space for hashtags" mini-post. Oops! Please see the parent to this post, and it's replies, for more info.) #evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #probability #statistics #philosophy #philosophyofscience #philosophyofbiology

Open position for a professor in Evolutionary Ecology @dee_unil! Assistant prof level, associate prof possible. Priority to an experimentalist with expertise in organismal biology. Generous startup package and core funding.

https://www.unil.ch/dee/home/menuinst/open-position-in-evolutionary-ecology.html

#ecoevo #EvolutionaryBiology #TenureTrack @marcrr

Parasitic Relationships: Trapped in time

Analysis of specimens preserved in amber from the Cretaceous period suggests that nematodes changed their host preference towards insects with a complete metamorphosis more recently.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90008

#paleobiology #paleontology #amber #resin #EvolutionaryBiology #Evolution #Ecology #parasitism #parasitology

Looks like the new http://ecoevojobs.net spreadsheet just went up!

I'll also just re-mention this website I built that adds in information from the Carnegie Classifications to the ecoevojobs spreadsheet every hour, making it easy to filter by institution type, size, location (urban/rural), etc: https://github.com/mikeblazanin/ecoevojobsR

#AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #Ecology #Evolution #EvolutionaryBiology

🌿🌍 The article suggests the Proteaceae family migrated gradually from North-West-Central Africa to the Cape region over 95-70 million years ago, driven by adaptation and speciation.

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad055

#AoBpapers #PlantMigration #EvolutionaryBiology

If you use ecoevojobs.net for academic jobs, but wish there was more info on institutions (e.g. for filtering)... I've just written a little repo that does just that

It automatically pulls ecoevojobs and adds info from the Carnegie Classifications. This includes R1/R2/SLAC, size, urban-ness, enrollment, residential-ness, HBCU, and more

You can find the output at https://github.com/mikeblazanin/ecoevojobsR

#AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #Ecology #Evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #EEB #AcademicJobs #Academia