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Andy Gardner @andygardner.bsky.social · Aug 18

Two other members of the research group have successfully made it to @eseb2025.bsky.social ahead of me.

Look out for @kztwyman.bsky.social, whose poster "A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality" (P01.068) is in this evening's session.

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Charikleia Karageorgiou (Clio) @evobioclio.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our latest preprint explores the evolution of the primate amylase locus, uncovering structural innovations, regulatory shifts and molecular convergence.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Convergent evolution through independent rearrangements in the primate amylase locus

Structurally complex regions of the genome are increasingly recognized as engines of evolutionary convergence due to their propensity to generate recurrent gene duplications that give rise to similar ...

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · Aug 11

Mrnjavac et al. reevaluate arguments against Muller's hypothesis, and find that they do not conclusively exclude a role for sheltering in sex chromosome evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf177

#evobio #molbio

An Extension of Muller's Sheltering Hypothesis for the Evolution of Sex Chromosome Gene Content

Abstract. The first influential hypothesis for sex chromosome evolution was proposed in 1914 by H. J. Muller, who argued that once recombination was suppre

doi.org

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Emiliano Martí 🇦🇷 @emilianomarti.bsky.social · Jul 28

Happy to share our latest article, led by Tee Muirhead, now out in PNAS! We report the evolutionary genomics of the newly discovered neo-sex chromosomes in Myzomela — involving translocation, inversions & degeneration on the neo-W. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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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Charikleia Karageorgiou (Clio) @evobioclio.bsky.social · Jul 28

Outreach volunteers sought! @imprintedgene.bsky.social and I will host “Breaking Bread: Exploring the Evolution of Amylase in humans” at Festa Major de Gràcia, Barcelona (16 Aug, 19:00). We need 1-2 volunteers (ES/EN) for visitor guidance and on-site translation. Please DM or email me if interested.

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Andy Gardner @andygardner.bsky.social · Jun 11

New paper: "Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination" (Open Access)

w/ Robert Baird, @imprintedgene.bsky.social‬, Jan Ševčík, Katy Monteith, @laurarossevo.bsky.social‬ & @ajmongue.bsky.social‬

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‪@natcomms.nature.com‬

Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination - Nature Communications

X chromosomes evolve faster than autosomes, but confounding factors make this a difficult phenomenon to study. Utilising the unusual sex determination system of Sciaridae flies, this study finds a slo...

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · Jun 11

Talks by:

@tatianagiraud.bsky.social‬
Bo Xu
@vincentcastric.bsky.social
@wenjuanma84.bsky.social‬
Sha Sun
Pengfei Wu
Robert Baird
Jing Liu
@imprintedgene.bsky.social‬
Deborah Charlesworth

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Charikleia Karageorgiou (Clio) @evobioclio.bsky.social · May 10

The Tree of Sex consortium: A global initiative for studying the evolution of reproduction in eukaryotes

Abstract. Reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life that affects all levels of biology, from genomes and development to population dynamics and diversif

academic.oup.com

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Steve Ramm @steveramm.bsky.social · Apr 17

Abstracts for @eseb2025.bsky.social due next week! Milk, ejaculates, skin secretions, regurgitate, microbes ...our symposium will have it all, with invited speakers @berasymbionts.bsky.social and @jennyperry.bsky.social ...and you?
Organised w/ @joriskoene.bsky.social and @wolfnerlab.bsky.social

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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · Apr 16

Now available for preorder!

The Paradox of the Organism:
Adaptation and Internal Conflict, edited by me and Manus Patten, will be published by @harvardpress.bsky.social this fall.

Cover coming soon.

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · Apr 12

The man who sent Japan's cherry blossoms out to the world: "If my cherries can help spread some happiness and avoid war, then it’s all worthwhile, and I can sleep soundly."

The man who sent Japan's cherry blossoms out to the world

Masatoshi Asari's trees — symbols of peace and reconciliation — blossom in the U.K., U.S., Poland and China.

www.japantimes.co.jp

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Apr 11

Registration is open for the Internal Conflicts STN Workshop at ESEB 2025 on August 17 in Barcelona. Free registration includes lunch. More info: https://internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/workshop-ii/ #workshop

Workshop II – INTERNAL CONFLICTS AND ORGANISMAL ADAPTATION

internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com

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Max Reuter @maxreuter.bsky.social · Apr 9

Ever wondered why you too should publish in @jevbio.bsky.social? Wonder no more, we have the answers for you (in case you didn’t know already):

Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Apr 9

Why publish in JEB?

✅ Society-owned and not-for-profit model
✅ Dedicated submission support - in-house Managing Editor
✅ Range of article types
✅ Modern Open Science policies - our own Data Editor
✅ Large editorial board with wide-range of expertise

#societyjournal @eseb.bsky.social

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Matthew Hahn @3rdreviewer.bsky.social · Feb 3

Octo-squid-nautiloid sex chromosomes!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cephalopod sex determination and its ancient evolutionary origin

Octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes—the coleoid cephalopods—are a remarkable branch in the tree of life whose members exhibit a repertoire of sophisti…

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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · Jan 22

1/7 Very happy to share our latest paper on the joint evolution of separate sexes and sexual dimorphism in @jevbio.bsky.social, led by @thomaslesaffre.bsky.social and in collaboration with John Pannell at @dee-unil.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae136

The joint evolution of separate sexes and sexual dimorphism

Abstract. Dioecious plants are frequently sexually dimorphic. Such dimorphism, which reflects responses to selection acting in opposite directions for male

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · Jan 15

Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution provides full support— registration, travel, lodging, meals— and mentoring for students to attend the Evolution 2025 meeting in Athens, Georgia this summer! Applications are due Monday, submit yours here:

Society for the Study of Evolution

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Andy Gardner @andygardner.bsky.social · Jan 15

New paper: "Kin competition drives the evolution of earlier metamorphosis", with @bingdongevo.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · Jan 13

*Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation*

Join us on Thursday, 9am Eastern, for a history special in our STN lecture series!

Jack Werren and Bengt Olle Bengtsson will reflect on their many years of working on genetic conflicts.

John Werren (University of Rochester): Cooperating on Conflict: Selfish Genetic Elements, Heritable Microbes, and Genetic Conflicts.
Bengt Olle Bengtsson (Lund University): Decades of conflicts: A personal history.

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Franca Eichenberger @francae.bsky.social · Jan 8

New paper on "Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales." 🐋🧬
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

@emma-carroll.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 1/8

Graphical abstract of the methods and main results of the publication. It includes a photograph of a group of several humpback whales competing to be closest to the female of the group.

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Jan 13

Tie that binds - Hill-Robertson Interference can produce signals of sexual antagonism even in the absence of sexually antagonistic selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.08.632022v1

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Alan Flatrès @mentalan.bsky.social · Jan 5

My second paper, written with @geoffwild.bsky.social, has been published in @journal-evo.bsky.social
! Title: Selective advantage of redirected helping in a viscous population: doi.org/10.1093/evol....

Selective advantage of redirected helping in a viscous population

Abstract. When a brood fails, the failed parent can help a neighbor rear its offspring. This behavior is known as redirected helping and occurs in various

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · Nov 22

🚨JOB 🚨Would a title "Professor of Life History Evolution" suit you? If yes... Become a colleague of us here in Mainz! I am happy to provide more information if this intrigues you.
cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/karriere/wp-...

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Dec 20

Temporal Dynamics of Faster Neo-Z Evolution in Butterflies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.19.572367v1

The faster-Z/X hypothesis predicts that sex-linked genes should diverge faster than autosomal genes.

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · Dec 12

One-week international workshop on evolution June 22-29 in the Swiss Alps for Master's & early PhD students. Application due 28 January 2024.

I've co-taught the course several times (but not this time), and it's a terrific format and beautiful location.

www.evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/gua...

Evolutionary Biology | University of Basel

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · Nov 28

Do deleterious mutations promote the evolution of recombination suppression between X and Y chromosomes? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Do deleterious mutations promote the evolution of recombination suppression between X and Y chromoso...

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

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