While ignoring phylogenetic info 🙈🌳: what do patterns of trait variation tell us about an underlying diversification process? New theoretical work by postdoc @albertchristian.bsky.social detailing how SSE parameter "rulesets" generate particular state freq outcomes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

On the mapping between evolutionary scenarios and governing rules in state-dependent speciation-extinction models

Biologists often wish to explain why one trait is more common than its alternatives among species in a clade: is it due to asymmetries in diversification or character evolution processes? State-depend...

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Albert Ch. Soewongsono@albertchristian.bsky.social · 5d ago

A new preprint w/ @landismj.bsky.social that I’m excited to share! We develop a theoretical framework linking evolutionary scenarios to mathematical constraints on parameters that produce given stationary frequencies in state-dependent speciation-extinction models. We call these “rulesets.” #EvoBio

V happy about this one (@brentcemerson.bsky.social @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social @hernmoral.bsky.social)et al Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation. 1/2

If you use AI less than I do, you just don’t get it. If you use AI more than I do, you’ve fucking lost it. The optimal amount of AI is exactly how much I currently use.

Modeling trait heterogeneity and inferring causal links in the macroevolution of growth habit in eudicot angiosperms Neupane et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/W5JBKK...

New preprint modeling biogeo diversification of Hawaiian Kadua 🌱🏝️🌋 w/ @ca-naturalist.bsky.social @sswiston.bsky.social @fabiology.bsky.social @phylogeny.bsky.social Warren Wagner, Bruce Baldwin, Ken Wood @ninaronsted.bsky.social @fzapata.bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.16.694722

Two new #hornwort papers from our group out in Nature Plants @natureplants.bsky.social today - a great way to celebrate the new year! 1/4

Bluesky is already feeling a lot like the old Twitter before Elon Musk, especially for academic stuff

We have 3 tenure line positions that we are seeking to fill this year (Field Ecology, Genetics, and Immunology). Please consider applying, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions bsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/44951 bsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/44970 bsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/44950

Hello to all the evolutionary biologists that just joined in the past 2-3 weeks! Connect with your people through the Evolutionary Biology feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... It tracks posts with #evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics