Zoe Postel

@zopos.bsky.social

Evolutionary biologist • plant genomeS evolution • mating system • speciation 🌿🧬 Post-Doc in Tanja Slotte's team • DEEP/Stockhom Univ.

Darwin was fascinated by primrose flowers coming in two forms. We were fascinated by a different question: Wow does this system arise at genetically, and what happens when it evolves more than once? Our new paper in #ScienceAdvances @science.org has the answers! 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Distinct genomic architectures but the same gene underlie the convergent evolution of a plant supergene

High-quality genome assemblies from multiple plant species reveal different paths of evolution in supergenes.

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In @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social for the upcoming special issue 'Ecology and Evolution' : the last paper of my PhD 🥳 Evo-demographic scenarios for evolution of reproductive isolation between lineages of S. nutans 🌱 Thank you to all co-authors and reviewers! 👇 academic.oup.com/pcp/article/...

Genetic Isolation among Four Lineages of Silene nutans

Abstract. Speciation is the process leading to the emergence of new species. While being usually progressive, it can sometimes be fast with rapid emergence

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Led by Juania Gutiérrez-Valencia and with the help of numerous collaborators! Thanks a lot! A great project to be part of!

Tanja Slotte@tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 3y ago

This work was spearheaded by Juanita Gutiérrez-Valencia (not on bsky) with lots of contributions from many Slotte lab members, including @panazerv.bsky.social and @zopos.bsky.social as well as collaborators at NGI Sweden, NBIS, University of Granada and University of Seville, Spain. Thanks to all!

Super happy to be awarded a project grant for our Linum supergene and mating system work from the Swedish Research Council, AND a Formas grant on unlocking genetic variation for drought tolerance using landscape genomics in crop wild relatives!