Julio Ayala-López
@ayalopjulio.bsky.social
Hybrid evolution and speciation | PhD student in the theoretical ecology and evolution lab (@thee-bank-lab.bsky.social) at Uni Bern Views are my own. He/him
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Happy to share this preprint of one of my PhD chapters with @cbank.bsky.social and @spei.bsky.social! We use a population genetics model and find the conditions under which hybrid incompatibilities can be maintained in an isolated population when BDMI loci are overdominant. 1/3
bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · last mo.The influence of incompatibilities and heterosis on hybrid population genetics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.04.742766v1
The @cbank.bsky.social lab is going 🚄 to #MMEE2026 in Cork next week! @ayalopjulio.bsky.social will present Thursday afternoon on hybrid incompatibilities, and @lorhab.bsky.social will present Wednesday afternoon on the repeatability of adaptation (1/3)
Let biological sex be multifaceted, as all biology is. And when you need to be precise in scientific research, be precise. Say ‘gametic sex’ or ‘chromosomal sex’ or ‘anatomical sex’, or whatever is appropriate to your own work.
Check out my first PhD paper, a model investigating life-history trade-offs and the evolution of sex differences in longevity, just out in @natcomms.nature.com! doi.org/10.1038/s414... Big thanks to Xiang-Yi Li Richter and @lottedevries.bsky.social!
Asymmetric life-history trade-offs shape sex-biased longevity patterns - Nature Communications
Males and females often live different lengths of time, but why remains unclear. Here, the authors present a theoretical model showing that trade-offs between survival and reproduction, together with ...
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In July, we will teach the 3rd biodiversity genomics course in Latin America, this time in Bogotá, following the COLEVOL meeting. We invite applications from students, postdocs and PIs from Latin America interested in learning how to analyse genomic data. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
Check out our newest preprint! 📝 We find that adaptation on coevolutionary fitness landscapes is highly repeatable, but landscape-specific, and intergenomic epistasis creates coevolutionary fitness load for interacting species due to frequent fitness trade-offs 🏋️
bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 5mo agoRepeatability of adaptation in interacting species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.01.715933v1
🚨 PhD position available ! 🚨 I am hiring a PhD student to work with me on the evolution of plant sexual systems 🌺 at @unifrbiology.bsky.social ! The position is funded for 4 years by @snsf.ch as part of my Ambizione fellowship. More info here: tinyurl.com/monoecy 🌱 Please RP and share widely ! 🌱
The integration of speciation seminar series is restarting, with the first session coming up on *Tuesday March 3rd @ 5pm CET*, featuring two talks by @naturalselection.bsky.social and @andreaestandia.bsky.social + career Q&A with @markravinet.bsky.social as part of the ECR in Speciation theme.
Can interactive web apps help biology students become better modellers? peischllab.github.io/MEEW.html We're running an ethics-approved, pre-registered study thanks to funding from the University of Bern. Are you lecturing in the Spring? Contact me to receive the survey link!
Interested in doing a PhD in theoretical ecology and evolution? Come join us in Bern!
Claudia Bank@cbank.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/ Please share widely! #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
Getting started at #eseb2025 Looking forward to seeing lots of cool science in the upcoming week @zacharybailey.bsky.social @wachalak.bsky.social @dhanyabharath.bsky.social @ellamrb.bsky.social @lorhab.bsky.social
Amix hispanohablantes, Como @smecoevo.bsky.social estamos organizando este congreso en Julio en Guatemala! 🎉 Con esto, buscamos expandir espacios en la región para compartir e intercambiar ideas. Pueden desde ya inscribirse y enviar sus resúmenes, agradecemos también compartir con sus contactos!
Sociedad Mesoamericana de Ecología y Evolución@smecoevo.bsky.social · last yr.Hola Bluesky! Les traemos noticias emocionantes 💚✨ Estaremos celebrando el II Congreso Mesoamericano de Ecología y Evolución en del 22 al 25 de Julio en la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. El registro y envío de resumenes está abierto ya! t.co/uCyw937RVI
Check out the first paper of my PhD! Here, we highlight recent work and the need for models that account for the —growing— empirical evidence of complex hybrid incompatibilities, relaxing the assumptions of classical models
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society@evojlinnsoc.bsky.social · last yr.Speciation occurs when populations are reproductively isolated, though the role of intrinsic postzygotic incompatibility (reduced viability of hybrid offspring) is debated. While the BDM model can explain these, @ayajulio.bsky.social argues multi-locus models may offer better insights! 🌍🧪🧬
The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT): APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻 APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬 More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs Application deadline: 1 March 2025
