Check out my open database of eukaryote recombinantion rates estimated from linkage map data. Contributions welcome. If you have recently built a linkage maps please 🙏 add your data github.com/jessstapley/...

GitHub - jessstapley/RecMapDB: Data to calculate Recombination rate across Eukaryotes

Data to calculate Recombination rate across Eukaryotes - jessstapley/RecMapDB

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Excited to share our most recent manuscript on the genetic architecture of phenotypic plasticity in the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 4w ago

Genetic mapping of trait plasticity in a plant pathogenic fungus reveals genetic architecture and candidate genes for plasticity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.18.745209v1

Genetic mapping of trait plasticity in a plant pathogenic fungus reveals genetic architecture and candidate genes for plasticity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.18.745209v1

BGE+ will open thematic funding calls via the EU’s #FSTP mechanism: biodiversitygenomics.eu/supporting-c... €2.75M for an ultimate goal: mobilise European researchers to increase production/application of #genomic data during the next 3.5 years @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social

🚨 #Policy brief for recent @nature.com paper: available in 14 languages (more to come)🚨 We highlight key recommendations for #policymakers, #conservation practitioners & researchers to safeguard #GeneticDiversity. 🔗Download the policy brief: www.coalitionforconservationgenetics.org/resources-da...

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss — Coalition for Conservation Genetics

Policy brief available for download in 14 languages

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The Coalition for Conservation Genetics@coalitioncongen.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌍Global study on 600+ species reveals an alarming decline in genetic diversity🧬 But there's hope: we have the tools and conservation strategies to prevent further decline - if we act now. Read the paper by following the links below⬇️ #Biodiversity #GeneticDiversity #Conservation

🚨New #policy research! A recent study explores how the #conservation of #GeneticDiversity can be integrated into the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulations & why safeguarding genetic diversity is key to ecosystem resilience🌿 Read more here: www.coalitionforconservationgenetics.org/resources-da...

Genetic diversity is key to restoring nature — Coalition for Conservation Genetics

Find out how genetic diversity can be integrated into the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulations.

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Breaking news: The #NCCR #CLIM+ on "Climate Extremes & Society" will be funded by the @snf-fns.ch in the coming 4 years! With 47 PIs, 20 institutions & 22 stakeholders from #health to #finance & #agriculture, it will unite climate expertise from both natural & social science! nccr-climplus.ch

Spatial inference of ancestor locations suggests northern refugia for canopy-forming #kelps in the Pacific Northwest Jordan B. Bemmels, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @gregowens.bsky.social #PlantScience #phylogeography

We are recruiting‼️A permanent university lecturer position in BIOSTATISTICS is available at @helsinki.fi Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Great colleagues, excellent infrastructures and startup support 🙌🏻 DL 14 September jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

University Lecturer in Biostatistics

University Lecturer in Biostatistics

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Arctic charr #genome - a highly polygenic basis of morph differentiation with population-specific selection on alleles linked to the development of similar morph phenotypes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals How Plasticity and Genetic Differentiation Underlie Sympatric Morphs of Arctic Charr

Salmonids have a remarkable ability to form sympatric morphs after postglacial colonisation of freshwater lakes. These morphs often differ in morphology, feeding and spawning behaviour. Here, we expl....

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👇 This is an excellent opportunity to join this fantastic group led by our great new colleague Prof. Melissa Chapman @milliechapman.bsky.social at the USYS Department @usyseth.bsky.social ofETH Zürich @ethz.ch as doctoral student or postdoc!

Millie Chapman@milliechapman.bsky.social · last yr.

The Environmental Policy Lab at @ethz.ch is hiring! 🌱 A Postdoc broadly interested in resilient data infrastructure & policy for biodiversity governance 🌱 Two PhD students interested in biodiversity policy and spatial planning more info here: epl.ethz.ch/the-group/op... Please share widely! 🌍

We discuss the startling news that the rubber hand illusion works on OCTOPUSES m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q8B...

Famous psychology trick works on octopuses too

YouTube video by New Scientist

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Happy to see our latest work out in @molbioevol.bsky.social. We revisit the evolution of 5-methylcytosine across neglected eukaryotic supergroups, establishing an ancestral repressive role silencing genome invaders, both transposons and viral elements👾: academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... 🧵 1/7

Repressive cytosine methylation is a marker of viral gene transfer across divergent eukaryotes

Abstract. Cytosine DNA methylation patterns vary widely across eukaryotes, with its ancestral roles being understood to have included both transposable ele

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Just want to share this wild revision history of the Wikipedia page on Linkage Disequilibrium where Felsenstein himself debated people on the correct use of notations & definitions. After 100 years of #popgen people does not seem to be totally agree on what LD is? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Li...

We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Painters often prime a canvas with a layer of white to make it smoother, stronger and to enhance the colours they will later layer on, but it seems this is a mechanism that birds were using long before humans picked up paintbrushes.

The secret to what makes colours pop on dazzling songbirds

Hidden layers of colour in the plumage of tanagers and some other songbirds explain what makes them so eye-catching

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1/5 ✨Proud✨ to see our review with Katie Peichel as featured content in Trends_Ecol_Evo, with my beloved alpine lineages of Arabidopsis arenosa on the cover. Hope that you find it interesting! doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.007

🎉🧬🇨🇭 Researchers in Switzerland can soon deposit human genomics data in a secure national archive, and control access to researchers around the world, with Swiss FEGA joining the international FEGA network 👇 Swiss FEGA is consortium of six institutions, including at @ethz.ch, coordinated by SIB.

Switzerland joins the Federated European Genome-phenome Archive (FEGA)

Following the successful demonstration of secure infrastructure for storing and sharing sensitive patient data, Switzerland has now officially joined the Federated European Genome-phenome Archive (FEG...

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#TEsky Lepidopteran genomes have denser transposable elements in smaller chromosomes, likely driven by non-allelic homologous recombination doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

Lepidopteran genomes have denser transposable elements in smaller chromosomes, likely driven by non-allelic homologous recombination

Abstract. Transposable elements (TEs) drive major genome size and structural variations, yet evolutionary forces affecting their accumulation and removal r

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“Invest in data resources to make FAIR a reality”, a correspondence penned by our director, @dessimoz.bsky.social, @francesarnold.bsky.social‬, Richard J. Roberts, and @timjph.bsky.social, published in Nature.

Seen a potential problem in a published article? Wonder whether and how to respond? Here are some thoughts on how to figure out what's best for you. Happy to hear your thoughts... thetrophiclink.org/posts/2025-0...

Pls. share widely Calling all transposon fans & lovers of genetic innovation MOBILE GENOME welcomes you in Heidelberg, Nov. 4–7 2025 → Vibrant & friendly community → Cutting-edge talks from mechanisms to physiology → Plenty of surprises (TEs never stop innovating) submit abstract by July 29

EMBL Events@events.embl.org · last yr.

⏰ Abstract deadline for 'The mobile genome' is 29 July! 👉 https://s.embl.org/mge25-01-bl Join us 4–7 Nov 2025 at EMBL Heidelberg (or online) to explore the impact of TEs across biology. 🧬🔍 ⭐🧑🏼‍🔬 24 talks + 15 flash talks from posters – don't miss out! #EMBOMobileGenome

The National Research Programme “Promoting #Biodiversity and Sustainable Ecosystem Services for Switzerland” (NRP 82) is supporting 15 projects with a total of 11.2 million francs. And it is doing so with an approach that is completely new in #Switzerland. ➡️ buff.ly/1nx56ln

11.2 million francs for biodiversity

The National Research Programme “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services“ (NRP 82) is supporting 15 research projects.

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📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share! jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/w/div) in “Microbial Infection Strategies” at Leibniz HKI Jobportal

Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena

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🕷️🕸️🧬 whole #genome sequencing of 202 parent-offspring trios from 34 families across 3 social & 4 subsocial species - sociality is associated with an approximately 50% reduction in germline mutation rate www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #biodiversity #genomics

Convergent Evolution of Sociality Causes Reduction of Mutation Rates in Spiders

Germline mutations play a crucial role in determining the rate of molecular evolution. In the spider genus Stegodyphus, sociality has independently evolved three times within the past million years, e...

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11 Funded PhD Positions in Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Göttingen in Germany Explore 11 fully funded PhD opportunities in Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Göttingen. Work on groundbreaking research in genome evolution, reproductive systems, and bioinformatics. Apply before…

11 Funded PhD Positions in Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Göttingen in Germany

Explore 11 fully funded PhD opportunities in Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Göttingen. Work on groundbreaking research in genome evolution, reproductive systems, and bioinformatics. Apply before September 1, 2025!

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In #G3journal, Ziming Zhong, Bruce A. McDonald, and @jessstapley.bsky.social identified genomic regions associated with colony growth and melanization under temperature conditions in the wheat pathogen, showing how the pathogenic fungi respond to temperature stress. Read more: buff.ly/4eBnwhs

A great collection of papers here ... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17550998... Special Issue: Advancing species conservation and management through omics tools

Special Issue: Advancing species conservation and management through omics tools: Molecular Ecology Resources: Vol 25, No 5

Molecular Ecology Resources is a broad journal publishing computer programs, statistical & molecular advances & more for studies in evolution, ecology & conservation.

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Milking it - leveraging large pedigree-SNP dataset to study age-related changes in Recombination in Dairy cattle. Finally out thanks to a very talented student Evelyn Jade and a dedicated academic @annasanture.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

An Increase in Male Recombination Rate With Age in Dairy Cattle Is Heritable and Polygenic

Meiotic recombination is an essential process for shuffling genetic diversity in sexually reproducing organisms, can vary within and between individuals in response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors....

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13 PhD Positions in Food Science at University of Naples Federico II, Italy – Open for International Students The University of Naples Federico II has opened applications for the 41st PhD cycle (2025/2026), offering fully funded opportunities for international students. Deadline: July 7, 2025.

13 PhD Positions in Food Science at University of Naples Federico II, Italy – Open for International Students

The University of Naples Federico II has opened applications for the 41st PhD cycle (2025/2026), offering fully funded opportunities for international students. Deadline: July 7, 2025.

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