Happy to share that my third PhD chapter has been published in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social. In this paper, we investigated how developmental temperature (26°C or 30°C) and inbreeding affect sexual traits in male guppies (Poecilia reticulata).👇

Developmental temp., not inbreeding, shapes life-history & behaviors in juvenile guppies. Warmer conditions accelerate maturity & reduce boldness with distinct male-female differences -key insights amid climate change: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... @mikejennions.bsky.social @mahmudalhasan.bsky.social

Developmental temperature, not inbreeding, shapes life history and locomotor behaviours in juvenile guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Abstract. Inbreeding plays a strong role in shaping life-history traits and behaviours. Supporting evidence for this role often comes from observational st

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“The PhD stipend is $33,511 … well below minimum wage of $47,627” “Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.” #RaiseTheStipend

PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia’s best and brightest away

The University of Melbourne student whose work could contribute to curing blindness says ‘people are shocked to find out how unlivable it is’

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Yesterday, my supplementary file was vanished from my external hard drive. Weeks of work gone? Tried everything—nothing. Then, this fix saved me: 1.Open CMD (Win + R → cmd → Enter) 2.Run: chkdsk X: /f 3. If still missing: attrib -h -r -s /s /d X:\*.* BOOM—file restored! Try this first!

Making DNA dance in the lab! In the middle of an exciting PCR run for guppy muscle telomere length measurement. Telomeres may be tiny, but they hold massive secrets about life and longevity. Science is not just a profession; it’s a journey of curiosity and discovery 🐟

Two newly described mollusc species, named Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum, indicate that early molluscs were more diverse than previously thought. The spiky, wormlike fossils were found in Herefordshire in England, and date to around 430 million years ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

New Silurian aculiferan fossils reveal complex early history of Mollusca - Nature

Fossils of two new worm-like aculiferan species add to the diversity of this group, showing that evolution in early aculiferans generated unusual forms comparable to other crown-group molluscs.

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