Despite their strikingly different plumage, carrion and hooded crows show strong asymmetrical gene flow hidden beneath the feathers #hybridzone #evolution #demography #bird onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A flower once wild, cast into digital chains. A meadow once free. Jiang et al. (2025) Sci Data www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Full-length transcriptomes of 25 grassland plant species - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Full-length transcriptomes of 25 grassland plant species

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Compartmentalization reduces conflict in multipartner plant-insect symbioses | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Compartmentalization reduces conflict in multipartner plant-insect symbioses

Many symbioses involve one host species having several mutualist partners, yet theory predicts that unrelated symbionts lead to destabilizing conflict through competition for host resources. We combin...

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Is there an independent role of epigenetic variation in speciation? We looked for answers in the crow hybrid zone. In brief: DNA seems to be in the driving seat. Congrats Justin! This was a long journey. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This was a very interesting collaboration on how tricky is it to implement ATAC-seq on different insect species 🪲 🐝 🐜

Nico Posnien@posnienlab.bsky.social · last yr.

You want to apply #ATACseq in your emerging model organism, but you don't know where to start? Is #ATACseq the best method for my research questions? Search no more! We got you covered with our new review: doi.org/10.1002/jez.... Excellent collaboration with @gevol.bsky.social

Female neoteny does have an impact on colonization patterns in the big European firefly, Lampyris noctiluca ✨

Molecular Biology and Evolution@molbioevol.bsky.social · last yr.

@anaevolcatalan.bsky.social @hoehna.bsky.social @stusso.bsky.social @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social et al. analyse genomes of the European firefly, revealing a complex demographic history shaped by glaciation and sex-biased dispersal. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/6/msaf123/8170119 #evobio #molbio

This work shows the first overview on the population genetics and demographic history of the big European firefly, **Lampyris noctiluca**. Feeling very happy this work is out :) academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Sex-biased Migration and Demographic History of the Big European Firefly Lampyris noctiluca

Abstract. Differential dispersion between the sexes can impact the colonization process and demographic history of a species. Here, we explored the demogra

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