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Carlos Lara-Romero Ph.D @carlos-lara0.bsky.social · 14d

Evolutionary Applications has included our article on assisted gene flow management in response to climate change in a special issue on genetic rescue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1....

Access the article here: doi.org/10.1111/eva....

#Evolution #ClimateChange #Legume #CropWildRelative

Genetic Rescue: Evolutionary Applications

Evolutionary Applications is an open access evolutionary biology journal, covering questions of health, social and economic significance.

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 21d

New study shows that genetic groups of popular utility dogs excel in social learning and spatial problem-solving 🐶🦮🧬

doi.org/10.1111/eva.70151

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 23d

How do marine organisms adapt their cell membranes to extreme temperatures? New study on oysters reveals divergent strategies: cold-adapted oysters use shorter lipid chains, while warm-adapted ones modulate unsaturation. Key biomarkers for climate resilience! 🦪🦪

doi.org/10.1111/eva.70156

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 28d

The almond's past is complex! A new study uses genetics to trace its domestication from a single Middle Eastern origin, with significant contributions from several wild species and recurrent gene flow. These findings are crucial for future conservation and breeding 🌳🧬

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Schulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...

W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416

Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · Aug 29

OUT in @evolappjournal.bsky.social ! 🧑‍🔬💧🦠

Using our #transmission framework on #microsporidia parasite lines we found that performance outside the host trades off with increased virulence in #Anopheles
#MicroSky #SymbioSky

We show the importance of parasite ecology to virulence evolution.

Virulence Evolution: Thinking Outside of the Host

The main theory of the evolution of virulence relies on a trade-off between virulence and transmission rate. However, it has been difficult to measure the required trade-off. A recent transmission de...

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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ah, the natural world and its unfathomable diversity.
Golden showers as foreplay, who'd have thought?

Marine Ecology Progress Series @meps-ir.bsky.social · Sep 5

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We observed unique rockfish mating behaviors, including urinations and vocalizations. Moreover, dominant males have large urine bladder to store urine. These findings offer new insights into rockfish reproduction, and are valuable for future studies.
bit.ly/meps_767_121

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Maren Wellenreuther @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social · Sep 5

Size matters—but maybe not how we thought. Most chromosomal inversions are just a few hundred bp. Ignoring these “small players” could mean we’ve misunderstood how genomes evolve -out in TREE authors.elsevier.com/a/1ljL1cZ3X3...

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · Sep 4

Genomic data can be used for developing targeted SNP genotyping panels for estimating genomic vulnerability to climate change and demonstrate a novel application of donor and recipient importance analysis for informing freshwater fisheries management 🐟🐟🐟

doi.org/10.1111/eva.70149

📸 Craig Goodwin

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Nicolas Bierne @couplingdmi.bsky.social · Sep 2

Still possible to apply to this #post-doc position at CESAB #Montpellier.
Application closing date: September 15th 2025 (12:00 PM CET)
How taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs.
Please share widely #PopGen #NbS #Biodiversity

Nicolas Bierne @couplingdmi.bsky.social · Jul 10

3-year #postdoc position at Centre de synthèse et d'analyse de la biodiversité (CESAB) in Montpellier to work on how taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs. Please share widely #PopGen #NbS

FRB｜Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité @frbiodiv.bsky.social · Jun 4

[📢 Postdoc offer in Montpellier] Work on intraspecific diversity & translocation in Nature-based Solutions 🌿

Join the EVOLUTION Knowledge-Hub at the #FRB-CESAB

🔗 More informations: bit.ly/43uRz6Z

@cnrs.fr @inrae-france.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social

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Maren Wellenreuther @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hot off the press @evolappjournal.bsky.social
Can genomics help us future-proof fisheries against climate change? This new study applies genomic offsets to kokanee salmon, showing how climate vulnerability maps onto stocking and translocation strategies. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40881941/

Application of Genomic Offsets to Inform Freshwater Fisheries Management Under Climate Change - PubMed

Genomic tools are becoming increasingly necessary for mitigating biodiversity loss and guiding management decisions in the context of climate change. Freshwater fish species are particularly susceptib...

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CeMEB - Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology @cemeb.bsky.social · Sep 1

Working on evolution in the marine realm (or evolution in general)? Join us at the Center for Marine Evolutionary Biology Assembly 2025, taking place Oct 8th - 10th at Uppsala University, Sweden! No attendance fee! Register at bit.ly/467NohA until Sep 5th! More info and contact here bit.ly/4p2p5do!

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Nicolas Bierne @couplingdmi.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hi marine biologist folks #MarBiol 🦪🐙🪸🐟🦈🦀🦐🌱🦭🌊 Please give us 5 minutes of your time to fill this online survey on marine connectivity policy - The marine connectivity science and tools we need for the ocean we want #MarCo #MarEvol

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OOSC 2025 - Online survey for Session 10-14 - The marine connectivity science and tools we need for the ocean we want

This questionnaire has been created to reach out to experts with roles and contributions to the management and/or conservation of the ocean and its resources. It explores the existing challenges and p...

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Aug 24

New Orleans' Brown Anoles Can Tolerate Extraordinary Amounts of Lead in Their Blood www.anoleannals.org/2025/08/23/n...

New Orleans’ Brown Anoles Can Tolerate Extraordinary Amounts of Lead in Their Blood

Tulane University reports: Lead-resistant lizards in New Orleans could hold clues to combating lead poisoning August 20, 2025 9:00 AM Stacey Plaisance [email protected] Tulane researchers found…

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Tree of Sex @treeofsex.bsky.social · Aug 23

Tree of Sex annual workshop started today. It will be two days packed with reproductive biology.

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Maren Wellenreuther @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social · Aug 23

Had a fab time at @eseb.bsky.social — great science & great people! Surprised how little speciation came up (though lots on adaptation). Omics everywhere, but sometimes missing that key natural history context. Still, super inspiring! #ESEB2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Maren Wellenreuther @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social · Aug 22

Dafni Anastasiadi presented the invited talk at @eseb2025.bsky.social today about our work on epigenetic temperature adaptation in the sea, showing that polymorphic CpGs evolved repeatedly in response to varying climates and do impact fitness

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Damien Gergonne @damsgergonne.bsky.social · Aug 20

I presented my poster at the #ESEB2025 !

📢 Call for entomologists🐝 We are looking for Vespula germanica from Europe to further our understanding of the invasion dynamics of the species. Please get in touch!

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John Lovell @jotlovell.bsky.social · Aug 18

Determining presence-absence variation (PAV) across reference genomes is a major goal of pangenome analysis. It turns out that A LOT of gene PAV is due to methodological artifacts.

We explore the causes of this in soybean and cotton datasets in our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

pangenome 'expansion' curves for cotton and soybean

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 18

I've had a wonderful 1st day at @eseb2025.bsky.social Here are the sketches from some of the talks I attended today. My highlights include Tristan on the adaptive genomics of colour spots on owls, Vicky on pearl mussel's response to climate change & Rebekah on firefly TEs & TE-induced mutations

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Day 2 of #ESEB2025 🌟
We had some fantastic talks this morning at the Symposium #23 on Evolutionary Genomics & Climate Change 🌱🌎🧬

👨‍🔬 Here's Prof. Luciano Beheregaray, Associate Editor of EVA, reminding everyone of the special issue with Molecular Ecology!

📅 Deadline: February 28, 2026

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Come visit us at the Wiley booth at #ESEB2025! Let's talk about Evolutionary Applications and solve any doubts you have! 🧬🌎

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

The symposium was brilliantly closed by Dr. David Berger with his talk on "Strong Selection, but low repeatability: Temperature-specific effects on genomic predictions of adaptation" #ESEB2025

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ledoux talked about coral heat stress: "Can Mediterranean Gorgonian Populations Cope with Extreme Climatic Events? Insights from Common Garden Experiments and Population Genomics in Paramuricea clavata". A powerful reminder of why this research is crucial 🪸 #ESEB2025

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Paulo Aceyo talked about bromeliads and elevational change in his presentation: "A locally adapted neotropical bromeliad shows loss of macrosynteny and expansion of
stress related gene families among individuals along an elevational gradient" 🪴 #ESEB2025

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