After almost 6 yrs, the book I have edited is nearing completion. Titled "Biodiversity and Conservation of Fungal Parasites and Pathogens", it consists of 18 chapters with 76 authors. I am exhausted but also proud of this accomplishment. Soon available #OA via @pensoft.net!
Benoit Nabholz
@benoitevol.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist at https://www.umontpellier.fr/ and https://isem-evolution.fr/ . Molecular-evolution and PopGen Insects; orthoptera; hymenoptera; diptera Birds & mammals OpenScience Teacher at https://biologie-ecologie.com/departement/
Un texte que tout journaliste devrait considĂ©rer comme un prĂ©requis de tout article Ă©voquant la nature et l'Ă©volution biologique. @ajspi.bsky.social La thĂ©orie de lâĂ©volution est mal comprise : est-ce un problĂšme de langue, de vocabulaire ou de psychologie ? theconversation.com/la-theorie-d...
La thĂ©orie de lâĂ©volution est mal comprise : est-ce un problĂšme de langue, de vocabulaire ou de psychologie ?
Notre langue « ordinaire » peut-elle décrire correctement un savoir scientifique et des concepts trÚs précis ?
theconversation.com
Happy to share our new bioRxiv preprint đhttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.05.723031v1 đ We show repeatable patterns of introgression across continents, even when different lineages hybridize, emphasizing the role of demographic history in speciation in cryptic Ectocarpus species!
[VidĂ©o] Marine Le Pen condamnĂ©e : « Les deux seules personnes qui Ă©copent d'une inĂ©ligibilitĂ© immĂ©diate et sans sursis, ce sont des messieurs de 75 ans » Pour voir notre Ă©mission spĂ©ciale sur Mediapart đâ https://l.mediapart.fr/cfX
đș Marine Le Pen a Ă©tĂ© condamnĂ©e en appel, le 7 juillet 2026, pour dĂ©tournements de fonds publics dans lâaffaire des assistants parlementaires du Rassemblement national. Elle a annoncĂ© dans la soirĂ©e son pourvoi en cassation et sa candidature Ă la prĂ©sidentielle. Voici des archives.
Our latest contribution on #regulatoryevolution in which we show that the shape of fitness functions and the distribution of mutational effect sizes jointly limit adaptation by regulatory mutations. Led by @simonaube.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The shape of fitness functions and the distribution of mutational effect sizes jointly limit adaptation by regulatory mutations - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Saturation mutagenesis of the FCY1 promoter in budding yeast shows that adaptation to 5-fluorocytosine is not accessible through single cis-regulatory mutations, despite large mutational effects on pr...
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How dare I as a taxpayer subsidize inexpensive food I will never take advantage of. Socialist nonsense. I want my taxes to go to things that directly benefit me like the Iran War or SpaceX subsidies or White House remodeling.
Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
đą happy to share our new paper in @molecology.bsky.social Common chiffchaff subspecies diverge in the same migration-related region as willow warblers (see thread): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Common Chiffchaffs (<fi>Phylloscopus collybita</fi>) Diverge in a Genomic Region Associated With Migration Differences in Willow Warblers (<fi>Phylloscopus trochilus</fi>)
Despite technological advances in both tracking and sequencing technologies, finding the genetic mechanisms behind migratory traits remains a challenge. Recent studies have shown that migratory direc...
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Following the decision of Statistics and Computing to charge (high!) APCs to *all* accepted papers, I decided to resign from the Editorial Board. (Sorry to the let EiC down, he's doing a super job).
âSpringer about to hijack Statistics & Computingâ xianblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/s...
We (@rileyshultz.bsky.social) tracked a recessive mutation from birth to death in honey bees. It causes ivory eyes. We collaborated across the continent to identify the mutation and it's downstream effects. Ultimately it is purified through selection on drones. We think Hamilton would be pleased!
Shultz @beeharpur.bsky.social et al. documented the trajectory of a spontaneous deleterious mutation from its origin in a single queen to its extinction, directly observing how haplodiploidy exposes recessive alleles to immediate purifying selection đ doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag156 #societyjournal
Comment le débat s'est imposé? Ben parce qu'on (P. Baptiste et son cabinet) nous l'a imposé bien sûr. www.lemonde.fr/campus/artic...
UniversitĂ©s : comment le dĂ©bat sur la hausse des frais dâinscription sâest imposĂ©
Les deux mandats dâEmmanuel Macron ont permis une petite rĂ©volution, dâabord en dĂ©cuplant les frais dâinscription pour les Ă©tudiants extracommunautaires puis en posant les jalons dâune hausse gĂ©nĂ©rali...
lemonde.fr
"Ăquations personnelles" de Sylvia Serfaty. J'ai beaucoup aimĂ© ce livre, Ă©crit avec beaucoup de franchise et d'honnĂȘtetĂ©, dans un style direct. En autre, il met en lumiĂšre les questionnements des mathĂ©maticiens face Ă l'essor de l'IA. En tant qu'Ă©volutionniste, je me sens moins menacĂ©. Ai-je tort ?
đ pixy đ - "[...] implementations of new estimators of Watterson's Ξ and Tajima's D that are unbiased with respect to missing data. - [...] support for arbitrary ploidy and multiallelic sites. - [...] optimizations, including multicore execution" REPEAT AFTER ME: There is no reason not to use Pixy.
Expanded unbiased population-genomic summary statistics in pixy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.27.741083v1
Fantastic dental calculus and where to find it! Now published (not quite with this title) @ecol-evol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @johnlrichards.bsky.social uncovers general rules for the formation of preserved oral microbiomes in mammals. With @markella-morait.bsky.social and many others
Dental Calculus Formation Is Linked to Diet and Phylogeny in Mammals
In a survey of >â1600 specimens across all mammalian orders, we found that most species present dental calculus. We found calculus production to be strongly associated with herbivory, and we provide ...
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Fantastic dental calculus and where to find it Johnny Richards and team (@markella-morait.bsky.social + curators from 5 museums) survey >140 mammalian species with >1,600 specimens to understand what factors determine dental calculus formation. #aDNA #museomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#HelloESR Voici un kit de démarrage de chercheuses et chercheurs en écologie-évolution en poste en France go.bsky.app/HM6CfJ5 Aidez-moi à le compléter ! Une contrainte : une auto-nomination de chercheur doit s'accompagner d'une nomination de chercheuse
Happy to share another great publication lead by Lea Genty @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social showing direct and indirect effects of agricultural practices on surrounding coleopteran communities. đđ§Ș www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Agricultural practices shape beetle communities in field margins directly and through indirect effects driven by plants
The presence of field margins in agricultural landscapes increases plant and animal diversity, providing food resources and shelter. Margins also incrâŠ
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another great teamwork @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social led by Léa Genty and @cnmeynard.bsky.social !! Part of our #ANR projet #AgriBiodiv focusing on #Metacommunities and #plant-insect interactions across an agricultural intensification gradient (in 500 French parcels ) @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social
Happy to share another great publication lead by Lea Genty @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social showing direct and indirect effects of agricultural practices on surrounding coleopteran communities. đđ§Ș www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very happy to share our new paper! We show that earwig mothers do not prepare their offspring to better fight infections - a phenomenon called trans-generational immune priming. Inherited immune protection may thus be more limited than often assumed... authors.elsevier.com/c/1nTiU534QE...
Face aux feux extrĂȘmes qui dĂ©vorent le Sud-Ouest, le gouvernement communique beaucoup. Mais lâalgorithme de ses discours est bloquĂ© sur une programmation monomaniaque : le sĂ©curitaire. Pas de vision, pas dâhorizon dâaction, et surtout⊠pas de climat. Parti pris de @jadelindgaard.bsky.social
Incendies : qui sont les vrais pyromanes ?
Face aux feux extrĂȘmes qui dĂ©vorent le Sud-Ouest, le gouvernement communique beaucoup. Mais lâalgorithme de ses discours est bloquĂ© sur une programmation monomaniaque : le sĂ©curitaire. Pas de vision, pas dâhorizon dâaction, et surtout, surtout⊠pas de climat.
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"Ăquations personnelles" de Sylvia Serfaty. J'ai beaucoup aimĂ© ce livre, Ă©crit avec beaucoup de franchise et d'honnĂȘtetĂ©, dans un style direct. En autre, il met en lumiĂšre les questionnements des mathĂ©maticiens face Ă l'essor de l'IA. En tant qu'Ă©volutionniste, je me sens moins menacĂ©. Ai-je tort ?
Interested in joining a growing lab in LA? Weâre hiring a postdoc!! Please spread the word to folks in your network and feel free to get in touch with any questions recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11142
Jâai fait une petite compilation. NâhĂ©sitez pas Ă ajouter les vĂŽtresâŠ
Je repense Ă cette Une de Valeurs Actuelles de 2019.
Holiday in the climate emergency. No thatâs not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
đĄïž Ce vendredi, le mercure sâest envolĂ© jusqu'Ă 41,4 °C Ă St-CĂŽme-d'Olt (Aveyron). Plusieurs villes ont connu des tempĂ©ratures inĂ©dites pour un mois de juillet : 36.4 °C Ă Quimper (FinistĂšre) et 40.2 °C Ă Premery (NiĂšvre). La sĂ©cheresse se voit depuis l'espace (photo satellite vendredi Ă 12:22). đ°ïž
#PauvretĂ© | Les inĂ©galitĂ©s sont Ă leur niveau le plus Ă©levĂ© depuis 30 ans. Les 20 % les plus aisĂ©s perçoivent 38,8 % de la somme des niveaux de vie, soit 4,6 fois plus que les 20 % les plus modestes qui en perçoivent 8,4 %. Ce rapport atteint ainsi un nouveau maximum. đ www.insee.fr/fr/statistiq...
Dans le contexte de rĂ©chauffement climatique, l'Ă©tĂ© est la saison qui se rĂ©chauffe le plus rapidement dans les rĂ©gions mĂ©diterranĂ©ennes, et c'est encore plus vrai pour les extrĂȘmes chauds. Ce rĂ©chauffement va se poursuivre, et les Ă©tĂ©s actuels paraĂźtront agrĂ©ables et frais en fin de siĂšcle. 3/3
Our evolutionary tree for all world bumblebees paper on the cover of Insects! One conclusion: males with enlarged eyes and short antennae are evolutionarily convergent which may be associated with truly territorial mate-searching behaviour (competing for perches) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Received copies of my book today! Very grateful to the Publishers and Editors for all their efforts towards bringing it to life. Iâm very pleased with the end result. #Ichneumonidae #Pimplini #Pimplinae