The May issue of MBE is here, featuring the work of @topalwos.bsky.social et al., who evaluated genotype imputation accuracy in a large barn owl low-coverage WGS dataset. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/issue/43/5 📷 Alex Labhardt #evobio #molbio

Are you looking to sequence a bunch of samples from a wild population in low-coverage but don't have a reference panel? You might be surprised how well it can work. See for yourself in our new benchmark study: doi.org/10.1093/molb...

Benchmarking imputation accuracy in the presence or absence of a reference panel

Abstract. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of a large number of samples is costly. Solutions include targeting a proportion of the genome (eg SNP arrays) or l

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I'm excited to share that our preprint is now available on bioRxiv! Our study challenges the widespread use of molecular genetic diversity as a predictor adaptive potential, with important implications for how genetic data is used to inform conservation decisions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Nucleotide diversity is a poor predictor of short-term adaptive potential

A capacity to adapt is essential for a population to avoid extinction in a changing world and is recognised as a global conservation priority. Adaptation requires additive (heritable) genetic variatio...

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Our new @science.org paper is out! Cuckoos and hosts are locked in a coevolutionary arms race over egg mimicry. But how are these egg types inherited, and could this drive speciation? We sequenced hundreds of genomes to find out! doi.org/10.1126/scie... 🧵1/6

Genomic architecture of egg mimicry and its consequences for speciation in parasitic cuckoos

Host-parasite arms races facilitate rapid evolution and can fuel speciation. Cuculus cuckoos are deceptive egg mimics that exhibit a broad diversity of counterfeit egg phenotypes, representing host-ad...

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day 2 #InverteFest #invertebrate weird fact: there are some ants with only a single chromosome, while some butterflies shred their genome into multiple "microchromosomes" 🧬🐜🦋

Pre-print now out on bioRxiv! If you saw my talk at #eseb and want more info, here it is:

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Growth effects and the underlying genetic architecture of inbreeding depression in a wild raptor https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.17.670740v1

PhD fellowship available 📢! We are offering a 3-year fully funded PhD fellowship at the interface between functional ecology and quantitative genetics in Montpellier FR ! (Application deadline 31 July)

🚨🐜!!! Check out our new paper where we investigate the impact of a soil level (SoilTemp) dataset on niche shifts of introduced ant species globally — using soil temperatures often lessens the extent of niche shifts between native and introduced ranges! 🐜 🐜 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

👋 Interested in working on the evolution of genetic architecture 🧬 of complex traits using linked-read sequencing of thousands of common lizards 🦎 from a wild population and common garden experiment? #evolution #genetics Well, I have a PhD offer for you 👇 devillemereuil.legtux.org/erc-funded-p...

1/7 Cumulative culture/knowledge occurs when information builds up across generations through a combination of innovation and transmission. In our new paper, we investigate the role of teaching and its coevolution with learning in this process. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Excited to share our new preprint on barn owls revealing how parental roles are flexibly negotiated outside the nest! Using simultaneous GPS + accelerometer tracking, we captured 20,000+ hunting attempts from 68 breeding pairs: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social

A truly phenomenal effort from PhD student, Giulia Campli, “The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review” 🦂🦋🧬🪰🦀🪳 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...