I've been using a free UC Davis plant biology textbook for my general botany class, and students liked it shorturl.at/uFzUL. However, I am not allowed to use it going forward unless it is made accessible. Anyone has contact information for the UC Davis botany folks to discuss making it accessible?

Origin of subgenomes in the circumboreal, allopolyploid, carnivorous plant #Drosera anglica New #AJB research by Rebekah Mohn & @yangyayy.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Caryophyllales #Droseraceae #Hawaii #phylogenomics #polyploidy #sundew

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A 4/4 Teaching Load Becomes Law at Most of Wisconsin’s Public Universities

The mandate, included in the state’s new budget, applies to full-time faculty across the University of Wisconsin system — except at the two R1 universities, where professors must carry 2/2 loads.

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In case you missed it: SSB is hosting a breakout meeting Jan 9-11. Thinking about hosting a workshop or tutorial? Email @jembrown.bsky.social for more information - or find him at the in-person #evol2025 in two weeks! ssb2026.github.io

New pre-print from the lab on the natural history, phylogenomics, and allopolyploidy of North American Drosera. This work was from the pre-COVID field work graduate student Rebekah Mohn did in peatlands across the US and fell into muddy pits many, many times.

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 2y ago

Origin of subgenomes in the circumboreal allopolyploid carnivorous plant Drosera anglica (Droseraceae) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.09.632192v1