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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 7d

NOD-like receptor genes evolve under diversity-enhancing mechanisms in a fungal species complex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.29.679196v1

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André Marques @amarques.bsky.social · 25d

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Rayan Chikhi @rayanchikhi.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌎👩‍🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵

Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open.

doi.org/10.1101/2024...

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Mercè Montoliu Nerín @mmontonerin.bsky.social · 27d

Do not miss this pre-print update! It has been an honor being part of it! 🤩🧬 Follow the thread ⬇️ to understand the power of #logan, and how you could apply it too! 🤗

Rayan Chikhi @rayanchikhi.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌎👩‍🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵

Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open.

doi.org/10.1101/2024...

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Yun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 27d

SINGER, our ARG inference method, is finally published and freely available online:

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...

Robust and accurate Bayesian inference of genome-wide genealogies for hundreds of genomes - Nature Genetics

SINGER is a method for creating ancestral recombination graphs to understand the genealogical history of genomes. The method has increased speed, and thus scalability, without sacrificing accuracy.

doi.org

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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · Sep 2

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5

su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Purple pollen visible in a dissected flower of Linum grandiflorum, flowering flax, an insect-pollinated species.

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PopGen Vienna @popgenviennaphd.bsky.social · Sep 2

The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (Sep-Jan). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · Aug 30

Your daily Avian Hybrids story!

Do crows engage in extra-pair copulations to avoid hybridization?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/d...

#ornithology

Do crows engage in extra-pair copulations to avoid hybridization?

Extra-pair copulations might be a suitable strategy to circumvent the fitness costs of interbreeding.

avianhybrids.wordpress.com

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Laura K Hayward @lkhayward.bsky.social · Aug 23

Why do males and females often differ in traits?
The expected answer: selection.
But our new paper in GENETICS shows that genetic drift alone can generate sexual dimorphism — even when male & female optima are the same

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Sergio Tusso @stusso.bsky.social · Aug 29

Super cool Fede! Felicidades!

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Andrew Roger @andrewjroger.bsky.social · Aug 25

I gave a symposium talk at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology 2025 (#eseb2025) meeting last week and this was my title slide showcasing how I was speaking as an independent scientist because @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social has locked us out.

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Mahwash Jamy @mjamy.bsky.social · Aug 21

Interested in eukaryotic algal evolution, metagenomics, new plastid diversity, and more? Check out my poster (P175) today at #eseb2025 ! #protistsonsky

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Ingo Müller @ingomue.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you're at #ESEB2025 drop by my poster today and let's chat about Birds-of-Paradise and their potential ring-like speciation history!

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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · Aug 19

MEME alumni (www.evobio.eu) at #ESEB2025! We span so many generations now, from the first cohort (graduated in 2012) to those who are still studying, with master students, PhD students, postdocs, and PIs among us! So happy to get together in every ESEB 🤩

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Ana Catalán @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social · Jun 24

This work shows the first overview on the population genetics and demographic history of the big European firefly, **Lampyris noctiluca**. Feeling very happy this work is out :) academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Sex-biased Migration and Demographic History of the Big European Firefly Lampyris noctiluca

Abstract. Differential dispersion between the sexes can impact the colonization process and demographic history of a species. Here, we explored the demogra

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Wolf Lab @jochenwolflab.bsky.social · Jul 14

Is there an independent role of epigenetic variation in speciation? We looked for answers in the crow hybrid zone.
In brief: DNA seems to be in the driving seat.

Congrats Justin! This was a long journey.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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S. Lorena Ament @loreament.bsky.social · Jul 2

Happy to see this out! "Reconstructing NOD-like receptor alleles with high internal conservation in #Podospora anserina using long-read sequencing", now in ‪@microbiologysociety.org‬! 🧬

Keep reading for a simple explanation 🧵 1/n
#Fungi #Allorecognition
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Reconstructing NOD-like receptor alleles with high internal conservation in Podospora anserina using long-read sequencing

NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are intracellular immune receptors that detect pathogen-associated cues and trigger defence mechanisms, including regulated cell death. In filamentous fungi, some NLRs mediat...

www.microbiologyresearch.org

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · Jul 1

Using simulations and empirical data, Thawornwattana, Flouri, @wtf-r-species.bsky.social & @zihengyang.bsky.social ‬ et al. evaluate the performance of the MSC-M model for inferring gene flow.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf121

#evobio #molbio #geneflow

Inference of Gene Flow between Species from Genomic Data When the Mode, Direction, and Lineages are Misspecified

Abstract. Thanks to genomic data, interspecific gene flow is increasingly recognized as a major evolutionary force that shapes biodiversity. Two models hav

doi.org

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · Jun 30

Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. Apply through this link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 15 August.

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · Jun 24

@anaevolcatalan.bsky.social @hoehna.bsky.social @stusso.bsky.social @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social et al. analyse genomes of the European firefly, revealing a complex demographic history shaped by glaciation and sex-biased dispersal.

🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/6/msaf123/8170119

#evobio #molbio

Sex-biased Migration and Demographic History of the Big European Firefly Lampyris noctiluca

Abstract. Differential dispersion between the sexes can impact the colonization process and demographic history of a species. Here, we explored the demogra

academic.oup.com

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Chyiyin Gwee @chyiyin.bsky.social · Jun 20

Despite their strikingly different plumage, carrion and hooded crows show strong asymmetrical gene flow hidden beneath the feathers #hybridzone #evolution #demography #bird

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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BehavEcolPapers @behavecolpapers.bsky.social · Jun 12

Fungal sexual reproduction and mating-type loci CurrentBiology

Fungal sexual reproduction and mating-type loci

Sun et al. highlight the tremendous diversity of fungal reproductive modes and the underlying genetics, in particular the organization and function of mating-type loci.

dlvr.it

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Sergio Tusso @stusso.bsky.social · Jun 10

so looking forward!!

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Francesca Raffini Lab @francescaraffini.bsky.social · May 28

🚀 PhD Opportunity 🎓: Why do some species survive #climatechange while others vanish?

Join us in 🧜‍♀️ to 🔍🌊🐌 :
🐚Unravel rapid #evolution & #adaptation, biological invasions & extinction
🐚Integrate #genomics, #conservation, ecology & more
🐚Turn science into conservation action

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Mozes Blom @moosblom.bsky.social · Jun 9

Only two more days to apply!! Put your name in the hat, even if you feel like you don't match all criteria listed. Happy to chat regardless!

Mozes Blom @moosblom.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 Wanted: PhD student excited about population genomics, Natural History Collections and birds!
📍 Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
🕒 3 Years, fully funded by the Leibniz Junior Researchgroup program

Details and Application portal 👇

jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/8...

14/2025 PhD student (f/m/d)

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