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Lisa Pokorny
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Ramón y Cajal Researcher @ Real Jardín Botánico (RJB-CSIC) | Earlier @ IBB (CSIC-CMCNB), CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC) & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Duke University & UAM alumna | #Biogeography #Evolution #Phylogenomics #Plants #Systematics
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thismialab.bsky.social
New #Thismia description just dropped in @phytokeys.pensoft.net
Please welcome Thismia selangorensis, a beautiful new mitriform species described by Siti Munirah from vicinity of Kuala Lumpur #Malaysia

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November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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stevengawoski.bsky.social
Turquoise Radiolarians 1/2022 11 X 15 inches [28 x 38 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper #sciart #gawoski #plankton
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Nature research paper: Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals

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Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals - Nature
Comparisons of 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and outgroups have been used to reconstruct ancestral adaptation to life on land across 11 distinct terrestrialization events, revealing strong evidence for convergent genomic evolution across the animal kingdom and recurring periods of terrestrial colonization.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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anaserrasilva.bsky.social
If you're interested in understanding discordance in phylogenomic analyses, the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social's special issue 'Phylogenomic Discordance: Patterns, Processes, and Solutions' is for you!

tinyurl.com/v2eces3s

I'll be sharing a few articles a week until we're through the issue! (1/n)🧪
Phylogenomic Discordance: Patterns, Processes, and Solutions
Phylogenomics, the study of evolutionary relationships using genomic data, has revolutionized our understanding of the Tree of Life. As a field, phylogenomics h
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September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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aridideas.bsky.social
"This increases the known large-scale fungal phylogenetic diversity by roughly one-third." 🧪💻🧬

Thirty novel fungal lineages: formal description based on environmental samples and DNA mycokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...

#fungi #sequencing
Thirty novel fungal lineages: formal description based on environmental samples and DNA
Molecular analyses of soil and water commonly reveal large proportions of fungal taxa that cannot be assigned to any taxonomic or functional groups. Some of these so-called dark taxa have been encoded...
mycokeys.pensoft.net
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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deemteam.bsky.social
This paper has been a must! Great collaboration with @mkrupovic.bsky.social and @yifanzhou.bsky.social, a N&V by a legend of halophilic archaea tinyurl.com/yc3dcv72, and one picture of one of our expeditions to Dallol making the cover of the November issue of @natmicrobiol.nature.com

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November 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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fburki.bsky.social
We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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hoehna.bsky.social
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
hoehnalab.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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corallab.bsky.social
New Nature paper!

Vaga et al. (2025) reconstruct a time-calibrated phylogeny of stony (scleractinian) corals, which suggests that some could be resilient to climate change.

Congrats @claudiavaga.bsky.social

Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A global coral phylogeny reveals resilience and vulnerability through deep time - Nature
The most recent common ancestor of the stony coral Scleractinia dates to about 460 million years ago and was probably a solitary, heterotrophic and free-living organism.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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draverbee.bsky.social
I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!

We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
Circular phylogeny showing the branching pattern of 30k plant species with lineages with poricidal and non poricidal taxa indicated. A small subset of poricidal taxa are illustrated around the phylogeny.
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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sebot.bsky.social
🌿 ¡Ya está abierta la inscripción al VI Simposio de Botánica Española!

📅 Hasta el 1 de noviembre de 2025
🎓 Gratuito para afiliados SEBOT y de sociedades botánicas afiliadas a SEBOT.
📍 Plazas limitadas
👉 Inscríbete aquí: www.simsebot.org/inscripcioac...
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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sebot.bsky.social
¡Hemos subido a YouTube las seis últimas charlas del ciclo de Cafés Sistemáticos ☕️🍀!

Las temáticas van de la genómica a la taxonomía, pasando por la etnobotánica, la paleobotánica y la biogeografía. ¡Qué las disfrutéis! 🧵

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October 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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natplants.nature.com
Free-to-read link @natgenet.nature.com: rdcu.be/eHzSP
News & Views: "The dawn of bryophyte genomics is here" rdcu.be/eHzS2
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
We’re excited to announce the Call for Symposia, Colloquia, & Workshop Proposals for #Botany2026, Aug. 1–5, 2026 in Tucson, AZ.

Help us explore this year’s theme: Biodiversity at the Boundaries.

There is a hard deadline of October 16 for Symposia and Colloquia proposals.

www.botanyconference.org
Flyer for Botany 2026, themed “Biodiversity at the Boundaries.” The event will be held August 1–5, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. The circular logo shows a desert landscape with colorful cacti and flowering plants. Large text reads: “Call for symposia, colloquia, and workshop proposals!” The website www.botanyconference.org is listed, along with sponsor logos at the bottom: Botanical Society of America, ASPT, Society of Herbarium Curators, ABLS, IAPT, and American Fern Society.
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Beyond #phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data,” led by @emcassey.bsky.social, @erikarmoore11.bsky.social, Mafe Torres Jimenez & ‪@yannickwoudstra.bsky.social‬

Deadline 30 Nov 2025

botany.org/home/publica...
The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Beyond phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data”. The image beneath the title: On the left side of the image is a large circle divided in two halves: the left side of the circle comprises four images of flowers/herbarium specimens and the right side of the circle contains the text “Target Capture.” Five dotted line arrows point from the large circle to five smaller circles on the right. Smaller circles (clockwise from top): (1) “Off Target”, (2) “Biodiversity assessments”, (3) “Population genomics”, (4) “Evo-Devo”, (5) “Species identification”. The text beneath the image reads: “Proposal deadline November 30, 2025”. The Applications in Plant Sciences logo is in the bottom left corner, and a QR code is in the bottom right corner. Image credit: Yannick Woudstra.
September 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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ecoevorxiv.bsky.social
An evolving view of character macroevolution doi.org/10.32942/X28...
August 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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molbioevol.bsky.social
Ji, Kapli, Flouri & @zihengyang.bsky.social assess the impact of genotyping errors in phylogenomic data on Bayesian inference of species trees, suggesting that it is better to sequence a few samples at high depths over many samples at low depths.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf184

#evobio #molbio
The Impact of Sequencing and Genotyping Errors on Bayesian Analysis of Genomic Data under the Multispecies Coalescent Model
Abstract. The multispecies coalescent (MSC) model accounts for genealogical fluctuations across the genome and provides a framework for analyzing genomic d
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August 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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antonsuvorov.bsky.social
My very first post on here.
I am stoked to share lab's latest paper led by @ethantolman.bsky.social. Ethan developed a highly scalable pipeline to differentiate between various gene flow models, including ghost introgression in phylogenomic datasets. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
GhostParser: A highly scalable phylogenomic approach for the identification of ghost introgression
A growing body of empirical research shows that interspecific gene flow is a widespread biological force that shapes evolutionary histories across the Tree of Life. Computational approaches designed t...
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August 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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camilledelavaux.bsky.social
So excited that my Tansley Insight "On the role of mutualisms in plant biogeography: consequences for ecology, evolution, and invasion" is out today!! @newphyt.bsky.social
On the role of mutualisms in plant biogeography: consequences for ecology, evolution, and invasion
Most plant species world-wide depend on one or more mutualisms – beneficial associations with other species. Evidence is emerging that these biotic mutualisms shape plant biogeography (i.e. distribut....
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August 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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jsantoyo.bsky.social
ASTER: A Package for Large-scale Phylogenomic Reconstructions. #Phylogenomics #SpeciesTreeInference @molbioevol.bsky.social 🧬 🖥️
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July 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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deemteam.bsky.social
Check out our paper to explore how the evolutionary history of SELMA supports or challenges various hypotheses on the origin of red complex plastids.

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July 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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henrylnorth.bsky.social
Suturing fragmented landscapes: Mosaic hybrid zones in plants may facilitate ecosystem resiliency
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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July 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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cp-cell.bsky.social
Now online! Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage
Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage
Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million years ago. The alternate inheritance of highly divergent parental alleles drove the origin of tubers and explosive species diversification and niche expansion into the high Andes.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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lauraeme.bsky.social
🎉 Now out “Phylogenomic analyses indicate the archaeal superphylum DPANN originated from free‑living euryarchaeal‑like ancestors” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phylogenomic analyses indicate the archaeal superphylum DPANN originated from free-living euryarchaeal-like ancestors - Nature Microbiology
Phylogenetic reconstructions with conserved protein markers from the 11 known DPANN phyla reveal their monophyletic placement within the Euryarchaeota.
www.nature.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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stevenjrobbins.bsky.social
Short-read metagenomic sequencing cannot recover genomes from many abundant marine prokaryotes due to high strain heterogeneity and platform-inherent GC bias (likely viruses, too), but Nanopore long reads can address this. A results thread on our recent preprint 🧵.
May 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM