"How two hybridizing monkeyflowers resist phenotypic homogenization" I'm very happy to share this. We would really appreciate your feedback!

Jenn Coughlan@jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 4d ago

So proud of this manuscript- lead by the fantastic @henryarenas.bsky.social with two undergraduates (Cage Cochran and Quinn Evans) each doing a Herculean effort during their honors theses, and Hongfei Chen helping out tremendously with lab work. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I am recruiting a #postdoc to work on assembling and analyzing #genomes of the amazing Furnariidae. Let’s unlock the secret behind their #evolution. The official application portal will be available soon at www.uno.edu/careers. Feel free to contact me for details at sclaramu@uno.edu

Our work on gene expression differences between the color morphs of a colour variables spider is now published here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Gene Expression and Structural Differences Underpinning Black and White Colouration in Spiders

The presence of multiple color variants within a single population, known as color polymorphism, is a striking example of intraspecific phenotypic variation and a model for studying evolutionary proc...

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Fabian Salgado-Roa@facasaro.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We decided to put this one out before the end of the year "Gene expression and structural differences underpinning black and white colouration in spiders" ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

In Baños-Ecuador studying this colourful population

We just published a first exploration using whole body RNAseq of the mechanisms shaping color variation in Gasteracantha. More work to come — stay tuned! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Genetic Basis of Color Polymorphism in the Orb‐Web Spider Gasteracantha cancriformis

This study investigates the genetic basis of coloration in the polymorphic spider Gasteracantha cancriformis using RNA-seq data from different female color morphs. We assembled a reference transcript...

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Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

This looks neat, actually does a formal analysis of what I've suspected for a long time -- ΔK is an odd way to decide number of pops. H/T @biologyjoe87.bsky.social for the paper. (Personally I think K=0) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

We decided to put this one out before the end of the year "Gene expression and structural differences underpinning black and white colouration in spiders" ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

🚨Two funded PhDs on the evolutionary ecology of antipredator colouration 🦋 with myself and Iliana Medina. One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st Please share among potential students!

This is the Sunburst Candy Spider from Thailand. Not AI (sucks to have to declare this). Very real and had been on my wish list for a long time. The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.

I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio

GitHub - alanrogers/popgen: A course on population genetics

A course on population genetics. Contribute to alanrogers/popgen development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Hello everyone! One of my colleagues and probably one of the best supervisors I've met, Dr. Iliana Medina, is advertising a PhD position involving lots of bugs and many different colours! More info in the image below, do share this widely!!

PhD opportunity in Melbourne, Australia, working in ecology and evolution of coloration with Iliana Medina (not on Bluesky). I can't recommend enough working with Iliana and living in that great city. Happy to chat if someone wants more details.

We are hiring in Evolutionary Biology — apply to join our department!

Claus Wilke@clauswilke.com · 9mo ago

My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have. apply.interfolio.com/177547

Been looking for a fresh specimen of Leucauge sarawakensis for a long time! Each time we found one, someone walked into its web. Hence, the ex situ shots.

A young PI here in Mainz has a fabulous PhD position that will be filled soon! By you? Keywords: Social insects, ageing, gene expression. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...

Exiting career-boosting opportunity for a a skilled and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher: We're hiring a Post-doctoral fellow in Evolutionary Biology! Please apply no later than 31 October! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/ and please spread the word!!!!

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Meet new Stengl-Wyer Scholar, Fabian Salgado-Roa! He studies phenotypic and genetic diversity change at multiple geographical scales, using arthropods as a model system. Learn more about him at our new blog post. biodiversity.utexas.edu/news/feature... #biology #ecology #science #entomology

Meet Stengl-Wyer Scholar: Fabian Salgado-Roa

This article is about 2025 Steng-Wyer Scholar Fabian Salgado-Roa

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And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯

Bryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬@crvscience.com · 10mo ago

Homie got 229 pairs of chromosomes www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Most "tarantula-like" (Mygalomorph) spiders can't use silk to balloon around, unlike "typical" (Araneomorph) spiders. BUT. Ummidia trapdoor spiders can! (still only as babies, same as all spiders.) That's why theyre so widespread around the world compared to their relatives! #Arachtober 🧪🌿🕷️

Tom Astle@tjalamont.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here are some teeny tiny trapdoor spiderlings, found atop a plant stem getting ready to balloon away to find a new home. When I shot this, I didn't realize trapdoor spiders dispersed in this way - they're pretty chunky. But of course the babies are very small. (North Carolina) #Arachtober 🐙🌿

It was a pleasure to be involved in this!

Will Allen@wlallen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congratulations to Fabian Salgado-Roa, winner of the Medalla Humbold-Caldas Best Publication in Biogeography! His paper is titled "The Andes as a semi-permeable geographical barrier: Genetic connectivity between structured populations in a widespread spider." tinyurl.com/2pmcem2c

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An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion

We document the first known hybridization event between the Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) and Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), two distantly related species whose ranges now overlap in Texas due to cli...

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Awesome faculty position alert! Tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please help spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/173889

Still possible to apply to this #post-doc position at CESAB #Montpellier. Application closing date: September 15th 2025 (12:00 PM CET) How taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs. Please share widely #PopGen #NbS #Biodiversity

Nicolas Bierne@couplingdmi.bsky.social · last yr.

3-year #postdoc position at Centre de synthèse et d'analyse de la biodiversité (CESAB) in Montpellier to work on how taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs. Please share widely #PopGen #NbS