Very happy to be giving a talk at the University of Cambridge cross-departmental evolution and development seminar series next week! I will talk about the evolution and loss of distyly supergenes. #Linum #supergene #ConvergentEvolution #ERC

Possible solution to the mystery of the rapid, parallel, and #sympatric #evolution of #ant #workerless social #parasites (#inquilines): a single #mutation in a #supergene.

https://cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00136-7 Trible et al. 2023

#introduction
Hi! I'm an #ant biologist and working as a postdoc with Buck Trible at Harvard. Beyond ants, I'm interested in #Supergene evolution, #PhenotypicPlasticity, and #Adaptations. When I'm not staring at sequence data or mounting ants, I like to read SF/F novels, hike, and play #DandD. Currently playing Pokemon Scarlet with my partner and eagerly awaiting the next chapter of My Hero Academia. Also, I've been learning to bookbind so send me cool binding patterns if you see them!

Nice piece on supergenes by Carrie Arnold for Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-supergenes-fuel-evolution-despite-harmful-mutations-20221108/# #supergene #evolution #popgen

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-09-short-supergene-efficient-pollination.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2022-09-short-supergene-efficient-pollination.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1568252897665904641#m

The long and short of a #supergene for efficient pollination @currentbiology https://phys.org/news/2022-09-short-supergene-efficient-pollination.html