@c-salaz1.bsky.social
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We are excited to share our recent work on the surprising robustness of Ancestral Recombination Graph (ARG) inference tools to computational phasing errors, now available on BioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.1....
This work is co-advised by @yundeng.bsky.social and Rasmus Nielsen.
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This work is co-advised by @yundeng.bsky.social and Rasmus Nielsen.
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Robustness of Ancestral Recombination Graph Inference Tools to Phasing Errors
Ancestral Recombination Graphs (ARGs) are fundamental population genetic structures that encode the genealogical history of a sample of haplotypes along the genome. They have recently received substan...
biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are excited to share our recent work on the surprising robustness of Ancestral Recombination Graph (ARG) inference tools to computational phasing errors, now available on BioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.1....
This work is co-advised by @yundeng.bsky.social and Rasmus Nielsen.
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This work is co-advised by @yundeng.bsky.social and Rasmus Nielsen.
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Christmas spiders (Austracantha minax). Photos by Lee Murphy & Zartok. #SciArt #NaturePhotography
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Christmas spiders (Austracantha minax). Photos by Lee Murphy & Zartok. #SciArt #NaturePhotography
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Extensive horizontal transfer of transposable elements shapes fungal mobilomes
@currentbiology.bsky.social by @jromeijn.bsky.social et al from @mfseidl.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
@currentbiology.bsky.social by @jromeijn.bsky.social et al from @mfseidl.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Extensive horizontal transfer of transposable elements shapes fungal mobilomes
Romeijn et al. reveal that horizontal transposon transfer is widespread in fungi,
contributing up to 70% of transposon content in some taxa. The authors uncover thousands
of events across diverse line...
www.cell.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Extensive horizontal transfer of transposable elements shapes fungal mobilomes
@currentbiology.bsky.social by @jromeijn.bsky.social et al from @mfseidl.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
@currentbiology.bsky.social by @jromeijn.bsky.social et al from @mfseidl.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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🚨Two funded PhDs on the evolutionary ecology of antipredator colouration 🦋 with myself and Iliana Medina.
One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social
The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st
Please share among potential students!
One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social
The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st
Please share among potential students!
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨Two funded PhDs on the evolutionary ecology of antipredator colouration 🦋 with myself and Iliana Medina.
One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social
The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st
Please share among potential students!
One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social
The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st
Please share among potential students!
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New in #GENETICS: @dortizba.bsky.social and colleagues developed Retriever, a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation for species lacking external reference panels, such as non-model organisms. buff.ly/2GX9Bu4
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New in #GENETICS: @dortizba.bsky.social and colleagues developed Retriever, a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation for species lacking external reference panels, such as non-model organisms. buff.ly/2GX9Bu4
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Check out our review/perspective piece on phylogenetic diversification analysis, intended for the 75th anniversary of
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Check out our review/perspective piece on phylogenetic diversification analysis, intended for the 75th anniversary of
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
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Not sure our paper rocks as much as Katharina’s cover illustration, but we’re very delighted it was picked as ‘Editor’s Choice’ on @evolletters.bsky.social!
Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Not sure our paper rocks as much as Katharina’s cover illustration, but we’re very delighted it was picked as ‘Editor’s Choice’ on @evolletters.bsky.social!
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Check out this new #AJB On the Nature of Things essay!
#Pangenomes as a framework for adaptive radiation, speciation & adaptation
By @nicolo-tellini.bsky.social , Ole Tørresen, David Edwards, Loren Rieseberg, Kjetill Jakobsen & José Cerca
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #evolution
#Pangenomes as a framework for adaptive radiation, speciation & adaptation
By @nicolo-tellini.bsky.social , Ole Tørresen, David Edwards, Loren Rieseberg, Kjetill Jakobsen & José Cerca
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #evolution
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Check out this new #AJB On the Nature of Things essay!
#Pangenomes as a framework for adaptive radiation, speciation & adaptation
By @nicolo-tellini.bsky.social , Ole Tørresen, David Edwards, Loren Rieseberg, Kjetill Jakobsen & José Cerca
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #evolution
#Pangenomes as a framework for adaptive radiation, speciation & adaptation
By @nicolo-tellini.bsky.social , Ole Tørresen, David Edwards, Loren Rieseberg, Kjetill Jakobsen & José Cerca
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #evolution
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The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov
Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!
Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!
Ecology, Evolution, and Working Landscapes
ecoevoreu.ucdavis.edu
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov
Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!
Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!
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Not every gene is special: one simple rule to control the false discovery rate when analysing high-throughput sequencing data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.28.690516v1
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Not every gene is special: one simple rule to control the false discovery rate when analysing high-throughput sequencing data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.28.690516v1
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Oh this is fascinating. NA captive population of giraffes are extensively hybridized, and are not effective representatiom of the separate giraffe species in the wild.
Makes you wonder about current and future 'de-extinction' type experiments as well.
doi.org/10.1093/jher...
Makes you wonder about current and future 'de-extinction' type experiments as well.
doi.org/10.1093/jher...
🦒 Recent genomics research confirms four distinct giraffe species, revealing extensive hybridization in North American captive populations. To ensure effective conservation, authors recommend phasing out hybrids and creating new, genetically pure stocks through international collaboration.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Oh this is fascinating. NA captive population of giraffes are extensively hybridized, and are not effective representatiom of the separate giraffe species in the wild.
Makes you wonder about current and future 'de-extinction' type experiments as well.
doi.org/10.1093/jher...
Makes you wonder about current and future 'de-extinction' type experiments as well.
doi.org/10.1093/jher...
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Blind cave spiders~
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Blind cave spiders~
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
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A new high-coverage #Denisovan genome, chock-full of fascinating new information. Must-read study by @stephanepeyregne.bsky.social @janetk.bsky.social and colleagues
On @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: 🧪🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
On @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: 🧪🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan
Denisovans, an extinct sister group of Neandertals who lived in Eastern Eurasia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene, are known only from a handful of skeletal remains and limited genetic data, incl...
www.biorxiv.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
A new high-coverage #Denisovan genome, chock-full of fascinating new information. Must-read study by @stephanepeyregne.bsky.social @janetk.bsky.social and colleagues
On @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: 🧪🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
On @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: 🧪🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Happy to see this finally out! Diego is a brilliant student that took our grad course on Macroevolution during lockdown, and this eventually escalated to me becoming a co-author in his PhD chapter.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interaction between floral rewards and floral symmetry shapes diversification dynamics in Amazonian trees
Floral zygomorphy, or monosymmetry, is thought to have a positive effect on the diversification rates of angiosperms, but its true impact is still an open topic. Given the controversy surrounding th...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Happy to see this finally out! Diego is a brilliant student that took our grad course on Macroevolution during lockdown, and this eventually escalated to me becoming a co-author in his PhD chapter.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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📢 NEW GENOME ALERT
In #G3journal, Frandsen et al. present a chromosome-scale assembly of the tetraploid epazote, a perennial plant growing in tropical climates in the Americas with regional culinary and medicinal importance. buff.ly/Vbp0rde
In #G3journal, Frandsen et al. present a chromosome-scale assembly of the tetraploid epazote, a perennial plant growing in tropical climates in the Americas with regional culinary and medicinal importance. buff.ly/Vbp0rde
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
📢 NEW GENOME ALERT
In #G3journal, Frandsen et al. present a chromosome-scale assembly of the tetraploid epazote, a perennial plant growing in tropical climates in the Americas with regional culinary and medicinal importance. buff.ly/Vbp0rde
In #G3journal, Frandsen et al. present a chromosome-scale assembly of the tetraploid epazote, a perennial plant growing in tropical climates in the Americas with regional culinary and medicinal importance. buff.ly/Vbp0rde
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📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🥳New paper out in the Journal of #ornithology
Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
September 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🥳New paper out in the Journal of #ornithology
Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
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Delighted to see this paper with @anaignatieva.bsky.social now published in Genetics!
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
We tackle a thorny issue arising in statistical tests for genetic interactions (epistasis) using ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs)... 🧵
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
We tackle a thorny issue arising in statistical tests for genetic interactions (epistasis) using ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs)... 🧵
Phantom epistasis through the lens of genealogies
Abstract. Phantom epistasis arises when, in the course of testing for gene-by-gene interactions, the omission of a causal variant with a purely additive ef
academic.oup.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Delighted to see this paper with @anaignatieva.bsky.social now published in Genetics!
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
We tackle a thorny issue arising in statistical tests for genetic interactions (epistasis) using ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs)... 🧵
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
We tackle a thorny issue arising in statistical tests for genetic interactions (epistasis) using ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs)... 🧵
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How do loci for bacterial capsules (Klebsiella) manage to get swapped around despite their outstanding phenotypes? They just plug and play, having little impact on the rest of the genome. Kudos to @julielebris.bsky.social , check her thread below
How complex functions, with important physiological and evolutionary impacts get repeatedly and efficiently transferred across genomes?
That’s what we explored using one of the fastest-evolving loci in Bacteria: the capsule locus.
The paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thread👇
That’s what we explored using one of the fastest-evolving loci in Bacteria: the capsule locus.
The paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thread👇
Serotype swapping in Klebsiella spp. by plug-and-play
Understanding how complex, multi-gene systems evolve and function across genetic backgrounds is a central question in molecular evolution. While such systems often impose costs through epistatic inter...
www.biorxiv.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
How do loci for bacterial capsules (Klebsiella) manage to get swapped around despite their outstanding phenotypes? They just plug and play, having little impact on the rest of the genome. Kudos to @julielebris.bsky.social , check her thread below
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Check out our new paper! We find cavefish colonized caves 3x and global cooling events may have influenced these events.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
July 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Check out our new paper! We find cavefish colonized caves 3x and global cooling events may have influenced these events.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Latest findings on cryptic infection of giant viruses published in @ScienceMagazine. We discovered a large virus hiding within a green algal genome producing virions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cryptic infection of a giant virus in a unicellular green alga
Latency is a common strategy in a wide range of viral lineages, but its prevalence in giant viruses remains unknown. Here we describe a 617 kbp integrated giant viral element in the model green alga C...
www.science.org
May 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Titin evolution, titin force and muscle contraction instruct sarcomere dimensions in insect muscles to allow high frequency flight, larval crawling and max force to cut leafs. @ibdm.bsky.social @mpi-nat.bsky.social @jfrupprecht.bsky.social @vincent-loreau.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
May 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Titin evolution, titin force and muscle contraction instruct sarcomere dimensions in insect muscles to allow high frequency flight, larval crawling and max force to cut leafs. @ibdm.bsky.social @mpi-nat.bsky.social @jfrupprecht.bsky.social @vincent-loreau.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....