New OA Article: "Integrated analysis of fossils and molecular divergence time estimates a latest Jurassic origin of angiosperms" rdcu.be/foNXh ... suggest a Late Jurassic origin of flowering plants, indicating a cryptic early history of angiosperms.
Irene Villa-Machío
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Postdoctoral Researcher at URJC (Spain) | Earlier Ramón Areces Fellow & Visitor Researcher at Missouri Botanical Garden (USA) | Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC (Spain) | #Bioinformatics #Evolution #Biodiversity #Genomics #Plants
#ERGAReads | A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics 🧬 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MolecularEcology #structuralvariants #genomics #PopulationGenomics @rebekahoomen.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social
A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco‐Evolutionary Population Genomics
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has greatly expanded researchers' ability to study structural variants (SVs), that is, the variation in the presence, number, orientation or position of a DNA sequence.…
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📢❗La ciencia no se firma, se financia Hace ya dos años que se firmó el #PactoXLaCiencia y no puede quedarse en un pacto vacío ✊🏼El 28 de septiembre saldremos a las calles de diferentes ciudades para recordar que #SinCienciaNoHayFuturo @dianamorantr.bsky.social @cienciagob.bsky.social
🔴La convocatoria “Consolidación Investigadora” de este año vuelve a sufrir un recorte 📉Es un 50% menos que 2024, que a su vez ya fue recortada otro 50% respecto a 2023 👉¿Consecuencia? Aún más problemas para la estabilización @cienciagob.bsky.social @ageinves.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social 🧵
A new study reveals the ancient origins and genetic diversity of Femeniasia balearica, prompting the development of new conservation strategies for Balearic endemics. #insular #threatened #PPEES @mfmazuecos.bsky.social @sebot.bsky.social @sebicop.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Population genomics and taxonomy solve a conservation conundrum in the Balearic paleoendemic Femeniasia balearica
A robust understanding of taxonomy, distribution and intraspecific genetic diversity is crucial for the conservation of narrow endemic species, which …
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📢 It’s time to harmonise practices for assessing genome-wide genetic diversity 🧬 Standardisation is key to meet the needs of stakeholders in biodiversity #conservation. 🔗 New publication by #ERGA @biogeneurope.bsky.social out now in #MolecularEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation
Biodiversity resilience relies on genetic diversity, which sustains the evolutionary potential of organisms in dynamic ecosystems. Genomics is a powerful tool for accurately estimating genetic divers...
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Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2) dafnee.isem-evolution.fr 🧪 #science
DAFNEE, a Database of Academia Friendly jourNals in Ecology and Evolution
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♻️Ecological correlates of population genetics in Linum suffruticosum, an heterostylous polyploid and taxonomic complex endemic to the Western Mediterranean Basin by Maria Antònia Vanrell and co-authors Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience
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It's back! The Society of Systematic Biologists is running Year 3 of the Mentorship Program! Find community, support your colleagues, and talk trees. Apply by June 10th, 2025. Program info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p... Application form: forms.gle/QtD22C9dtfRF... @systbiol.bsky.social
Proud to share our new study: genetic diversity in European alpine plants is less shaped by environment than expected. Highlights the need for species-specific data in conservation! 🧬🏔️ Awesome co-workers! #Genetics #Alpine #Conservation @ecol-evol.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Environmental Data Do Not Correlate With Plant Genetic Diversity in Alpine Ecosystems
This study investigates the impact of environmental factors on genetic diversity in 14 European alpine plant species using AFLP data. Among 48 environmental factors, only surface curvature (pcurv) sh...
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Explore how hybridisation drives biodiversity! New research shows recurrent hybridisation and HHS shape genetic diversity & create incipient hybrids in Iberian Phalacrocarpum 🌱⛰️ D. Criado, R. Piñeiro, @jonathanfwendel.bsky.social, and G. Nieto. @annbot.bsky.social academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
Homoploid hybrid speciation and recurrent hybridization along the northwestern Iberian mountain chain
AbstractBackground and Aims. Natural hybridisation can lead to diversification and adaptive introgression, among other outcomes. However, the mechanistic u
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Distinguishing species boundaries from geographic variation | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Impact of Ghost Introgression on Coalescent-Based Species Tree Inference and Estimation of Divergence Time
Abstract. The species studied in any evolutionary investigation generally constitute a small proportion of all the species currently existing or that have
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Tracing the biogeographic history of the world's most isolated insular floras
We inferred the spatio–temporal colonization histories of seven vascular plant lineages (Acaena magellanica, Austroblechnum penna-marina, Azorella selago, Colobanthus kerguelensis, Notogrammitis cras....
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PlaceMyFossils: An Integrative Approach to Analyze and Visualize the Phylogenetic Placement of Fossils Using Backbone Trees
Abstract. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in using morphology to establish the placement of species on phylogenetic trees derived from m
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¿Te interesan las áreas megadiversas? En ellas el paisaje puede estar dominado por muy pocas especies (hiperdominancia). Te proponemos un TFM en el RJB @csic.es para explorar este fenómeno en el género de leguminosas 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 DC. (JAEINT25_EX_0917) @sebot.bsky.social @jovenesbotanica.bsky.social
DPE@dpe-csic.bsky.social · last yr.🎺 Ayer se publicó en el BOE la convocatoria JAE Intro 2025 y HOY comienza el plazo de solicitudes ❕ 🔛 Becas de introducción a la investigación para estudiantes universitari@s #JAEIntro25 ℹ️ Encuentra toda la información en 👉 sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro... 🗓️ Solicita tu beca hasta el 2 de mayo.
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Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.
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Mañana se presenta un libro muy necesario que visibiliza a grandes científicas que quedaron en la sombra, con propuestas didácticas para llevarlo al aula. "Matildes" ha sido editado por Daniel Gómez Escrivá Claudia Pérez Gómez Borja Puchol Forés Podéis descargarlo aquí: omp.uv.es/index.php/PU...
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