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@ewanharney.bsky.social & @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social show evidence of transgenerational developmental plasticity as a result of heat shock in fruit flies, documenting gene expression and phenotype changes 3+ generations following heat shock. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag069 #evobio #molbio

📢 New work with @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social out now in Molecular Biology and Evolution! Transgenerational effects of heat shock 🥵 on gene regulation 🧬 and fitness-related traits in natural Drosophila 🪰 populations: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Transgenerational effects of heat shock on gene regulation and fitness-related traits in natural Drosophila populations

Abstract. Heat stress will increasingly affect populations as climate change leads to higher temperatures and more frequent heat waves. Recent work suggest

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Urban habitats reshape pollinator communities and flowers respond: jewelweed sepal size evolves via plastic and genetic changes. By @jeromeburkiewicz.bsky.social @simjoly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/evle... image credit Wim Rubers @Wikimedia

Our Computational Biology Facility(@cbflivuni.bsky.social) are proud to announce the winners of its fifth #InternationalWomensDay Scholarship – an annual award aiming to bridge the gap for women in the field of data science. ➡️ bit.ly/4sxQW6f #TeamLivUni | #WomeninScience

Yesterday was IWD, and so we'd like to announce the winners of our IWD 2026 scholarship — Congratulations to Dr Sibel Cal Kayitmazbatir and Maryam Shahid, this scholarship is extremely well deserved, and we wish you the best of luck in your journeys going forward. 🎉@calsibel.bsky.social #IWD2026

Continent-wide differentiation of fitness traits and patterns of climate adaptation among European populations of Drosophila melanogaster doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Esra Durmaz Mitchell et al. Drosophila melanogaster