The genetic basis of nakedness is not fully known, a candidate mutation in the gene HR (hairless), is present in other furry animals. NMR seems to be the blindest, and might use sensory hairs throughout the body to navigate

Daniel Mendez Aranda on different Heliophobius variants sensitivity to acid and capsaicin and convergence with Heteroglobus @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #ESEB2025 symposium 17

So happy to have joined this amazing symposium! So many great talks and posters! Thanks for including me!

BEAST X v10.5.0 finally released – you can't just do beta releases forever. github.com/beast-dev/be...

Details and instructions for installing on the BEAST website: beast.community

Excited to launch our AlphaGenome API goo.gle/3ZPUeFX along with the preprint goo.gle/45AkUyc describing and evaluating our latest DNA sequence model powering the API. Looking forward to seeing how scientists use it! @googledeepmind

Applications are now open for the Workshop on Genomics 2026 (11-24 Jan) in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. For the first time, we are offering Early Bird Registration discounts! 🐣 Do not miss the chance! 🤩 Help us spread the word among friends and colleagues! 🙆🏽‍♀️ #evomics2026
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Glad to see this paper finally out! An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids
@natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It was a pleasure and very inspiring having @theafrogers.bsky.social and @mendezaranda.bsky.social at our institute this week giving a talk about their research! 🧬 Comparing Hi-C contact maps from our different study organisms and learning so much more! 😎

Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio

Recordings from the 2024 @evolmtg.bsky.social Story Collider event are online thanks to @sse-evolution.bsky.social, so if you couldn't make it to Montréal you can hear some terrific tales of personal challenge and growth, and also me whinging about fieldwork 🌿

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Ever wondered how bats develop wings from their hands? 🦇✨

Check out our new preprint and the thread below! 🤓

👏Big applause to our amazing first authors Magdalena Schindler and Christian Feregrino and thanks to all our co-authors for their help! 🥂

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