Our new study is now available on @molbioevol.bsky.social Here, we show that the loss of prfB autoregulation might be driven by compensatory evolution rather than direct adaptation of prfB expression. Sometimes, such complex traits can be an 'Evolutionary jail', constraining a species from escaping.

Molecular Biology and Evolution@molbioevol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@sungbin.bsky.social et al. explore the evolutionary forces behind prfB autoregulation loss to illustrate how compensatory evolution can favor trait loss when the fitness benefit of losing the trait outweighs its cost. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag125 #evobio #molbio

@prczhaoyansong.bsky.social’s deep dive into the dark matter of compost communities is now out 🎉 Genomic islands hijack jumbo phages—whose capsids enable transfer of large tracts of DNA—shedding new light on the scale & scope of phage-mediated gene flow 😎 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Jumbo phage–mediated transduction of genomic islands | PNAS

Bacteria acquire new genes by horizontal gene transfer, typically mediated by mobile genetic elements (MGEs). While plasmids, bacteriophages, and c...

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No new genes needed to fly - just rewire what you have! 🦇🧬 Great new paper from the labs of @fany-real.bsky.social @stemundi.bsky.social @dariloops.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415... #EvoDevo #SingleCell #BatWings

Comparative single-cell analyses reveal evolutionary repurposing of a conserved gene programme in bat wing development - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Single-cell comparison of developing bat and mouse limbs reveals conservation of cell populations and gene expression patterns, and suggests repurposing of genes involved in proximal limb development ...

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Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics@molgen.mpg.de · last yr.

How did the bat get its wings? New research from a collaboration between the labs of Stefan Mundlos (MPIMG), Dario G. Lupiáñez, and Francisca M. Real (@cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social) show how genetic programs were reused during the evolution of mammalian flight. --> www.molgen.mpg.de/news-2025-fl...

Still on a science high after an incredible Microbial Population GRS/GRC. Honored to have been able to talk about my work. Grateful for all the amazing feedback, ideas, and inspiring conversations—especially from the brilliant scientists whose papers I’ve long admired. Can’t wait for the next one!

Mike Blazanin@mikeblazanin.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to seeing everyone, new and old, at the Microbial Population Biology GRS + GRC in just a couple days! go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC

Published in Nature today! Here, we sought to systematically ask how natural community's metabolism changes with the environment. A simple consumer-resource model can predict N-cycle metabolism (nitrate use) and, more importantly, the mechanism behind its change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Functional regimes define soil microbiome response to environmental change - Nature

Experimental perturbation of soil pH leads to a generalizable model of the soil microcosm comprising three functional regimes with distinct mechanisms linking environmental change to metabolite dynami...

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Glad to share our work with Dr. Jenna Gallie's group! The study reports on the mechanism of how the tRNA gene repertoire can become flexible within a population level, which was originally considered to be much more stable. Great job, @guyngan.bsky.social ! #MicroSky #EvoSky

Large-scale duplication events underpin population-level flexibility in tRNA gene copy number in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

Abstract. The complement of tRNA genes within a genome is typically considered to be a (relatively) stable characteristic of an organism. Here, we demonstrate t

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Excited to join the conference. There are interesting topics and great participants. Please consider joining virtually if you are interested. The registration is still open. Also, it's FREE! #MicroSky #EvoSky

MEEhubs@meehubs.bsky.social · 3y ago

🔥 Just under 1 month until the MEEhubs 2024 conference! 🔥 Detailed program now online on our website - Submission deadline for virtual posters TODAY!! - Registration deadline in-person hubs TODAY!! (Oxford closed) - Registration for virtual-only attendance til Jan 5 2024! #MicroSky www.meehubs.org

This is an introductory post of myself. I'm Sungbin Lim, from South Korea, doing PhD in Microbial Evolutionay Dymanics group with Dr. Jenna Gallie in MPI for Evolutionary Biology. I'm interested in evolution of bacterial translation and programmed ribosomal frameshifting (PRF). Nice to meet you!

New conference/workshop "Women in evolutionary biology" at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. Registration until 15 January, the event is in May 2024. 🧪👩‍🔬 #ecoevo Iink here: workshops.evolbio.mpg.de/event/102/re...

Women in Evolutionary Biology

Women in Evolutionary Biology is an event to promote diversity and equality in the field. For this purpose, we bring together female scientists from different backgrounds working in evolutionary bi...

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🦠 Do microbiomes have their own microbiomes? 🦠 Well... kind of. Much smaller than bacteria, there is a whole zoo of Darwinian entities that depend on microbial hosts. We could call these collectives "nanobiomes", and there's much to explore! 🧵 A thread (originally on Twitter, now on Bsky) ⬇️