Jonathan Romiguier
@selfishmeme.bsky.social
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Scientist interested in Ants / Molecular Evolution / Population genomics / Phylogenomics
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The #OpenAccess #EditorsChoice article for the issue reports on the #phylogenomics of Messor harvester #ants (Hymenoptera: #Formicidae: Stenammini), and unravels their biogeographical origin and #diversification patterns.

Why not give it a read?
doi.org/10.1111/syen.12693

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🐜 Une nouvelle étude révèle un phénomène inédit dans le règne animal : certaines reines donnent naissance à des mâles d’une autre espèce. Ce mécanisme appelé « xénoparité » permet à leurs colonies de survivre.

Explications avec des GIF de fourmis ⬇️
Chez les fourmis moissoneuses, des reines enfantent des mâles d’une autre espèce
Une nouvelle étude révèle un phénomène inédit dans le règne animal : certaines reines donnent naissance à des mâles d’une autre espèce. Ce mécanisme appelé « xénoparité » permet à leurs colonies de su...
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selfishmeme.bsky.social
This is one of the most accurate coverage of the study I’ve seen (including written articles), it really deserves to be shared with both scientists and non-scientists!
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If you’ve heard about our study on ants producing two different species but are still confused about how it works (and don’t have time to read the paper), this 10-minute video made by @bengthomas.bsky.social is very informative:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-O4...

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Ants That Broke Biology
YouTube video by 7 Days of Science
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Reposted by Jonathan Romiguier
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Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
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Oh wow, I need to know now.
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alexwild.bsky.social
The new XKCD has to be a reference to the ant paper where ants just casually lay eggs of a different species, yes? Maybe? There are so many weird bugs its hard to know.
Line drawing of a two story institutional building with a sign in front, "Welcome to the BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. It has been 3 days since we discovered something existentially horrifying about abugs that make you question your whole reality."
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I drove myself crazy picking citations for this sentence. After spending a whole night hunting for which Greek philosopher might have said it first, I realized I didn’t want to spend another night figuring out how to format an Aristotle citation to comply with Nature’s guidelines.
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Be sure to check Poster number 100 with Alice Ha at #ESEB2025 if you fancy crazy reproductive systems
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New #OpenAccess work in #RESSystematicEnt finds #phylogenomics of #Messor harvester ants (Hymenoptera: #Formicidae: Stenammini) unravels their biogeographical origin and #diversification patterns
doi.org/10.1111/syen.12693

#Biogeography
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Our analyses also suggests that the genus originated in the Irano-Indian area around 20 million years ago, with a major diversification event during the mid-Miocene climatic optimum.
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We redefined the taxonomic groups of the genus thanks to the genomic sequencing of 58 Messor species from museum collections @nhm-london.bsky.social
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Incredible organisation ! I ♥️ Lille.

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Huge colony of Messor barbarus in the @MuseumOrleans. I'll answer to visitor questions this Sunday!