Ya Yang（杨涯）
@yangyayy.bsky.social
Plant evolutionary biologist #Euphorbia #Caryophyllales Associate prof. & herbarium curator @ U of Minnesota.
Origin of subgenomes in the circumboreal, allopolyploid, carnivorous plant #Drosera anglica New #AJB research by Rebekah Mohn & @yangyayy.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Caryophyllales #Droseraceae #Hawaii #phylogenomics #polyploidy #sundew
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A 4/4 Teaching Load Becomes Law at Most of Wisconsin’s Public Universities
The mandate, included in the state’s new budget, applies to full-time faculty across the University of Wisconsin system — except at the two R1 universities, where professors must carry 2/2 loads.
chronicle.com
In case you missed it: SSB is hosting a breakout meeting Jan 9-11. Thinking about hosting a workshop or tutorial? Email @jembrown.bsky.social for more information - or find him at the in-person #evol2025 in two weeks! ssb2026.github.io
2026 SSB Breakout Meeting
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New pre-print from the lab on the natural history, phylogenomics, and allopolyploidy of North American Drosera. This work was from the pre-COVID field work graduate student Rebekah Mohn did in peatlands across the US and fell into muddy pits many, many times.
bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 2y agoOrigin of subgenomes in the circumboreal allopolyploid carnivorous plant Drosera anglica (Droseraceae) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.09.632192v1