Congratulations to Priscilla and many thanks for the great collaboration!

Priscilla Lau@prilau.bsky.social · 6d ago

Our paper (also, my first first-author paper) is now available in MEE early view! In this study, we introduced a state-dependent Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model we implemented in RevBayes to test adaptive hypotheses in macroevolution. (1/3) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Looking for a postdoc opportunity in evolutionary genetics? Join the Wolf Lab at LMU Munich. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...

@jochenwolflab.bsky.social Check out Athena's preprint on song divergence in the willow tits suggesting that song may act as a reproductive barrier. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Excited to share our new paper on pollen foraging in Heliconius himera @behavecol.bsky.social! 🦋🌼 academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... We explored how female and male H. himera differ in pollen foraging & sensory traits. 1/6🧵👇

Sexual dimorphism in pollen foraging and sensory traits in Heliconius butterflies

Male and female butterflies often face different ecological and sensory demands, yet how this shapes their foraging behaviour remains unclear. In Heliconiu

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¡Contento de compartir nuestro nuevo artículo sobre el forrajeo de polen en Heliconius himera en @behavecol.bsky.social! 🦋🌼 Exploramos cómo hembras y muchos de H. himera difieren en el forrajeo de polen y rasgos sensoriales. 1/6🧵👇https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/37/3/arag014/8490681

You want to work on Transcriptional Regulation in Beetles 🐞? Join our GEvol Community and work with many great people ➡️ Two open PhD positions in @bfeldmeyer.bsky.social lab in Frankfurt: g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio...

Two exciting PhD positions for biologists or bioinformaticians in Barbara Feldmeyer's lab at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Institute in Frankfurt, one on transcriptional regulation of odorant perception in hymenoptera and... g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio...

...the other is on transcriptional regulation of sociality in beetles. The latter is in direct collaboration with Sandra Steiger, Peter Biedermann, Mark Harrison and us. Both projects are part of the DFG priority program Gevol @gevol.bsky.social g-evol.uni-muenster.de/newprojects/...

Oft Herr Mendel dreams that genes form living matter. They do the latter. doi.org/10.1093/gene...

Beyond Mendel: a call to revisit the genotype–phenotype map through new experimental paradigms

Abstract. The long-standing notion that genotypes map to phenotypes through simple one gene–one trait relationships continues to shape both research in the

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@jochenwolflab.bsky.social Where do potentially harmful mutations accumulate? We have an answer in birds. Congratulations Fidel for wonderful paper! doi.org/10.1093/gene...

Determinants of mutation load in birds

Abstract. Many mutations have detrimental effects. The mutation load in a population depends on the efficacy of purifying selection in removing deleterious

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@jochenwolflab.bsky.social Where do potentially harmful mutations accumulate? We have an answer in birds. Congratulations Fidel for wonderful paper! doi.org/10.1093/gene...

Determinants of mutation load in birds

Abstract. Many mutations have detrimental effects. The mutation load in a population depends on the efficacy of purifying selection in removing deleterious

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GEvol Job Alert: PhD position in Robert Paxtons lab in Halle This research project focuses on the extent to which the origin of eusociality in the socially variable halictid bees is ascribable to changes in gene regulatory mechanisms. Find this and more open positions @ g-evol.uni-muenster.de

Want to join us at Oxford? This is a great Royal Society fellowship scheme to bring early career researchers from abroad. royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society

This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

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***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)

Dirk Metzler@dirkmetzler.bsky.social · 8mo ago

PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation. See job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...

And of course I am also very excited and happy about the joint project with @bfeldmeyer.bsky.social , @steigerlab.bsky.social , Peter and Mark on the evolution in brood care behavior in beetles and about the collaborations and scientific exchange with all the great colleagues in @gevol.bsky.social !

I am also super happy and excited about our joint project with @luisapallares.bsky.social as part of DFP SPP GEvol @gevol.bsky.social !

Luisa F. Pallares@luisapallares.bsky.social · 9mo ago

So happy to be part of the @dfg.de GEvol SPP! Looking forward to the next 3 years of collaborations with all the labs, and in particular with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social with whom we have a very exciting project on the evolution of transcriptional noise in the Drosophila clade! 🪰🧬🪰

@jochenwolflab.bsky.social Check out the latest paper spearheaded by @chyiyin.bsky.social. She explored different methods for target enrichment of DNA extracted from thousands of years old crow bones. Long live ancient DNA! doi.org/10.1111/1755...

Performance of Two Custom Probe Kits for In‐Solution Enrichment of Ancient Avian DNA

Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis remains challenging due to low endogenous DNA content of degraded samples. Hybridisation-based in-solution enrichment has emerged as an effective tool for targeting genomi...

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🎉We are happy to announce that our wonderful GEvol SPP will be funded by @dfg.de for another 3 years. Included are 17 great projects all over Germany with amazing people. You want to be part of this fantastic community? Soon you can find new PhD/Post-Doc positions here & on our website. Stay tuned🎉

Matrilines attack, for the hosts there is no hope. Egg kaleidoscope. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Genomic architecture of egg mimicry and its consequences for speciation in parasitic cuckoos

Host-parasite arms races facilitate rapid evolution and can fuel speciation. Cuculus cuckoos are deceptive egg mimics that exhibit a broad diversity of counterfeit egg phenotypes, representing host-ad...

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This month is my turn to bust science myths in our institute's mini-videos series. This month's topic: fruit flies and evolution! 🪰🧬 @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social

MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Fruit flies are more than pests! Humans share 60% of their genome with them. @luisapallares.bsky.social busts myths about how these tiny creatures can tell us about human diseases. Watch Luisa's full video here: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths #Drosophila #Genomics

Fantastic comparative study by Gina Calabrese in coop with Safran & Rabosky lab explores whether seasonal migration can promote speciation in birds. A large-scale comparative analysis packed with methodological insights! academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

No Consistent Effect of Migration on Speciation Rates in Two Avian Superfamilies: A Check on the Robustness of Trait-Dependent Diversification Methods

Abstract. Seasonal migration is performed by taxonomically diverse groups across the planet’s oceans and continents. Migration has been hypothesized to pro

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Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change. Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned

SINGER, our ARG inference method, is finally published and freely available online: doi.org/10.1038/s415... It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...

Robust and accurate Bayesian inference of genome-wide genealogies for hundreds of genomes - Nature Genetics

SINGER is a method for creating ancestral recombination graphs to understand the genealogical history of genomes. The method has increased speed, and thus scalability, without sacrificing accuracy.

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Many thanks to all GEvol members for a truly wonderful annual meeting. It was really great to catch up with you all again.

Mutation load sits on the large chromosomes in birds. Fidel's comparative work on 19 bird species shows an interesting interaction between recombination, selection and gene conversion affecting the genomic distribution of genetic load. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Determinants of mutation load in birds

Mutations contribute substantially to mortality and disease. The mutation load in a population depends on the efficacy of purifying selection in removing deleterious genetic variation. Here, we estima...

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Chongyi's paper from the biodiversity exploratories (@bexplo.bsky.social‬) is finally out ! How do genomic traits interact with community ecology? Antropogenic havoc. Communities shake. Genomes grow and break. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Context‐dependent relationships between genomic traits and plant performance in temperate grasslands

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Two million bases defy conformity. Meth rebels follow lead. Merondun (2025) Mol Ecol doi.org/10.1111/mec....

DNA Methylation Reflects Cis‐Genetic Differentiation Across the European Crow Hybrid Zone

Chromatin modifications provide a substrate for epigenetic variation with evolutionary potential. To quantify the contribution of this layer of variation during speciation in crows, we leveraged geno...

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Sauna, vodka, tea. Inhale the North, speciate. Even ants must pee. Stankowski (2024) Evol J Linnean Soc doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Toward the integration of speciation research

Abstract. Speciation research—the scientific field focused on understanding the origin and diversity of species—has a long and complex history. While relev

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