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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 15h

📣CALL FOR PAPERS!

Upcoming SPECIAL ISSUE: Evolution at species range edges

Guest Edited by Shengman Liu, John Pannell and Sophie Karrenberg

More information here: academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...

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Vincent CASTRIC @vincentcastric.bsky.social · 9d

Very happy to announce that the next POPGROUP meeting will take place in Lille on 7-9 January !

Follow ‪@popgroup2026.bsky.social for all updates.

📢 Please share widely ! 📢‬

POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 9d

Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !

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POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 9d

Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !

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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · 16d

Out First Release in @science.org this week:

A large scale analysis of the epigenetics of transposable elements in Arabidopsis shows transgenerational stability

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#PlantScience

Transposable elements are vectors of recurrent transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

DNA methylation loss at transposable elements (TEs) can affect neighboring genes and be epigenetically inherited in plants, yet the determinants and significance of this additional system of inheritan...

www.science.org

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Stephen I Wright @stepheniwright.bsky.social · Aug 27

Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · Aug 10

A very interesting monkeyflower in Denmark!

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is an extension of nQuack: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Find more here: mlgaynor.com/nQuack/

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hi #Botany2025 - In my quest to never do flow cytometry again, I am collecting sequence data (radseq, target enrichment, WGS, ect.) with confirmed ploidal level. If you have samples, reach out!

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Josselin Clo @josselin-clo.bsky.social · Jul 22

Carlos and Diane just published a preprint about genetic diversity in a selfing polyploid species complex:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

First (and hopefully not the last) great collaboration with Spanish colleagues! @mabdelaziz.bsky.social @anagarciamunoz.bsky.social

The effects of ploidy and mating system on the evolvability of populations: theoretical and empirical investigations

Polyploidy has been associated in theoretical works with better adaptive potential, even though it is related to higher selfing rates. Self-fertilization causes an increase in homozygosity and has bee...

www.biorxiv.org

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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · Jul 22

Propagating the #Kalanchoe collection
@sphaeromeria.bsky.social

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Jul 22

⭐Issue 6 of JEB is now online!⭐

This issue is headlined by a Target Review from @josselin-clo.bsky.social et al. on #matingsystems evolution, accompanied by several #invitedcommentaries expanding on this key discussion comparing concepts in plants and animals:

academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38/6

Volume 38 Issue 6 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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Josselin Clo @josselin-clo.bsky.social · Jul 22

Carlos and Diane just published a preprint about genetic diversity in a selfing polyploid species complex:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

First (and hopefully not the last) great collaboration with Spanish colleagues! @mabdelaziz.bsky.social @anagarciamunoz.bsky.social

The effects of ploidy and mating system on the evolvability of populations: theoretical and empirical investigations

Polyploidy has been associated in theoretical works with better adaptive potential, even though it is related to higher selfing rates. Self-fertilization causes an increase in homozygosity and has bee...

www.biorxiv.org

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Jul 22

The effects of ploidy and mating system on the evolvability of populations: theoretical and empirical investigations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.17.665335v1

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Magdalena Bohutínská @majdabohu.bsky.social · Jul 17

Since I finally decided to properly move to Bluesky, I'm archiving here the link to my JMS prize talk from the Evolution 2024 in Montreal. Even after one year I feel very honored and grateful for the opportunity ❤️👇
youtu.be/ZCxufrteETA?...

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Vincent Debat @vincentdebat.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congrats to Violaine for this well deserved prize!! Champagne!
sfecologie.org/2025/07/16/p...

[Prix Recherche SFE²] Lauréate 2025 - Violaine Llaurens - sfecologie.org

Toutes nos félicitations à Violaine Llaurens (DR CNRS, CIRB & ISYEB, Paris & Université des Antilles), lauréate du Prix Recherche SFE² 2025.

sfecologie.org

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · Jul 14

Anyone planning to recruit future postdocs at #Botany2025?

I'm on the market for a faculty position, but I know a great future-postdoc who wants to network!

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Jeannette Whitton @jeannettewhitton.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy Canada Day!
28 years ago today, I started my faculty position at UBC. How can that be?
20 years ago, I was got tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor.
Today, I get to update my title to Professor.
I’m pretty excited, and also have a few thoughts.

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Vincent CASTRIC @vincentcastric.bsky.social · Jun 27

How does genome doubling modulate the action of natural selection in a population ?
--> Check out our theoretical and empirical analysis of an iconic balanced polymorphism in plants.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Autopolyploidy exacerbates dominance masking under negative frequency-dependent selection : evidence from sporophytic self-incompatibility in Arabidopsis arenosa and A. lyrata

Polyploidy is a widespread phenomenon in flowering plants, with up to 30% of extant species being recent polyploids. Whether and how polyploidy modulates the action of natural selection remains debate...

www.biorxiv.org

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Jun 25

Whole genome duplication enables rapid evolution of male-biased sex allocation in Galax urceolata https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.19.660553v1

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Magdalena Bohutínská @majdabohu.bsky.social · Jun 23

Using photos of multiple pots to estimate germination rates. Once it's zoomed in, it looks doable. Any experience to share? 🌱

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Vincent CASTRIC @vincentcastric.bsky.social · Jun 19

Interested in the evolution of molecular interactions ? We are recruiting a new PhD student with a background in proteomics to study the diversification of the receptor-ligand interaction controlling plant self-incompatibility.
--> details here : initiative-excellence.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...

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Marie Monniaux @mariemonniaux.bsky.social · Jun 19

Join us in Lille to work on the amazing diversity of receptor-ligand complexes involved in plant self-incompatibility! At the interface of evolution, structural and plant biology

Vincent CASTRIC @vincentcastric.bsky.social · Jun 19

Interested in the evolution of molecular interactions ? We are recruiting a new PhD student with a background in proteomics to study the diversification of the receptor-ligand interaction controlling plant self-incompatibility.
--> details here : initiative-excellence.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · Jun 16

Did you know plants can change sex expression within a single generation, and reversibly at that?🌱 What else but #epigenetics might play a role in this? 🧬 Read more in the new study published at @camphilsoc.bsky.social's Biological Reviews ⬇️

🔗 buff.ly/oL0JETy

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Description and source: Figure form the original study

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Josselin Clo @josselin-clo.bsky.social · Jun 16

Is the study of mating system evolution comparable between plants and animals? A commentary on Clo et al., 2025 url:https://academic.oup.com/jeb/article/doi/10.1093/jeb/voaf034/8161282

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Vincent CASTRIC @vincentcastric.bsky.social · Jun 13

Super glad to see this out !

Lovely collaboration with @russcd.bsky.social @crouxevo.bsky.social and the groups of @meauxjuliette.bsky.social @plantadaptation.bsky.social

Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · Jun 10

Diverging Arabidopsis populations quickly accumulate pollen-acting genetic incompatibilities
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Christopher Condon et al.

Diverging Arabidopsis populations quickly accumulate pollen-acting genetic incompatibilities

Abstract. The process by which species diverge from one another, gradually accumulate genetic incompatibilities, and eventually reach full-fledged reproduc

doi.org

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